Defend, Hope & Thrive: What's Next for Neighbors for Refugees
The momentum is undeniable. Over a hundred helping hands attended our Defend and Thrive gala to raise funds for critical services in support of our refugee families. Communities have come together to protect residents from immigration sweeps and millions have marched in defense of human rights.
As we close out 2025 and look ahead to 2026, it is more essential than ever that we continue to stand up for marginalized people and to strengthen our communities. Here, at Neighbors for Refugees, we are committed to a message of hope and will continue to provide legal support, food, job training, childcare and more services in the new year.
Take a few minutes to watch this video that celebrates our refugee families, volunteers and leadership, then please consider a tax-deductible, year-end donation that will directly help people in need.
Current Videos
The Extraordinary Story of the Abasi Family: Refugees from Afghanistan
Neighbors Set Up Apartment for a New Afghan Family
We Meet Two Refugee Families: One from Afghanistan and One from Sudan
We Meet Several Neighbors
Volunteers and Two Families from Afghanistan and Sudan
Here's What's Happening at Neighbors
July/August Newsletter
Defend and support refugee families, update on Afghan SIV family, save October 23 for Neighbors gala.
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Defend and Support our Refugee Families
Shifting to defend and support our refugee families; recapping challenges of the "Big Beautiful Bill".
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May Newsletter
New Afghan refugee family will be resettled in Westchester very soon; generous $32,000 match jumpstarts mid-year appeal to fund expanded refugee services; press event condemns Homeland Security efforts top deport legally-present refugee families.
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April Newsletter
Afghan refugee SIVs still permitted to come to the U.S. but less U.S. government support; refugees in the U.S. with legal but temporary status face possible deportation; Neighbors increasing legal defense, childcare, and employment support to Westchester refugees.
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Neighbors Served
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Volunteers Engaged
Through its Road to Independence Fund (Y2I), Neighbors for Refugees, a Westchester nonprofit and refugee resettlement organization, has helped more than 300 Westchester refugees, SIV's, asylum seekers, and refugees in the New York TriState areas.
These families have escaped violence and persecution to live in a safer and more secure environment. Our programs have given New York Refugees, and our neighbors, the tools and networks needed to move from surviving to thriving. We are truly about building a better life together.
I urge you to celebrate the extraordinary courage and contributions of refugees past and present.
- Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General
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