Tag: Burmese refugees

Immigration: NSC Board Member Michele Hangley Discusses NSC Services, Refugees And ICE

September 12, 2018Dylan Long

Michele Hangley is a lawyer and a litigation shareholder at the law firm Hangley Aronchick. She is also a board member at the Nationalities Service Center, a local organization which provides various services to immigrants and refugees

South Philadelphia: Refugee Resettlement Contributes To Diverse History

December 14, 2016Margaret E Andresen

The Philadelphia non-profit Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association Coalition (SEAMAAC) was bustling with activity in the afternoon hours of Nov. 7. Men and women with origins spanning from Vietnam and Laos, to Indonesia and Burma,

South Philadelphia: “Growing Home” Project Provides Refugees With a Place to Grow

June 2, 2011

Surprisingly, a once abandoned lot in South Philadelphia allows refugees from two little known nations in southern Asia to feel more at home while integrating them into their new lives in the United States. This