RISE: Refugee and Immigrant Student Education

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Our Mission:

We seek to connect, engage, and empower New Haven’s refugee and immigrant populations and the local communities to foster inclusion and tolerance through weekly in-school and in-home cultural lessons and monthly community outreach events. RISE works with these local schools, families, and communities to create cultural awareness through our aforementioned activities.

Our Activities:

In-home and after school tutoring with IRIS New Haven
RISE provides tutors for IRIS New Haven for students at local New Haven public schools in the form of in-home and after school tutors as well as early childhood care through the Family Literacy Program.

After-School and In-Home Tutoring at IRIS
RISE partners with IRIS for Yale students to serve the local New Haven refugee community. As IRIS tutors, Yalies provide after-school and in-home tutoring, mentoring refugee youth and helping IRIS staff facilitate their integration into the surrounding communities through engaging learning and enrichment activities.

Student Leaders:

  • Claire Dow – Co-Coordinator/Co-President
  • Ellie Huh – Co-Coordinator/Co-President

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Our Mission:

We seek to connect, engage, and empower New Haven’s refugee and immigrant populations and the local communities to foster inclusion and tolerance through weekly in-school and in-home cultural lessons and monthly community outreach events. RISE works with these local schools, families, and communities to create cultural awareness through our aforementioned activities.



Our Activities:

in-home and after school tutoring with IRIS New Haven
Direct Service
RISE provides tutors for IRIS New Haven for students at local New Haven public schools in the form of in-home and after school tutors as well as early childhood care through the Family Literacy Program.

After-School and In-Home Tutoring at IRIS
Advocacy, or Activism
RISE partners with IRIS for Yale students to serve the local New Haven refugee community. As IRIS tutors, Yalies provide after-school and in-home tutoring, mentoring refugee youth and helping IRIS staff facilitate their integration into the surrounding communities through engaging learning and enrichment activities.



Student Leaders:

Ellie Huh - Co-Coordinator/Co-President Ilham Abdelkadir - Co-Coordinator/Co-President

About the Author

Dwight Hall