Sponsors Organized to Assist Refugees (SOAR) recently celebrated its 40th year of operation and the resettlement of more than 25,000 refugees. As one of only four agencies licensed by the … Continue reading Yahya: The Story of a Staff Member
Sylvia: The Story of a Volunteer
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon’s Northeast Emergency Food Program (NEFP) shattered records in 2020. Economic fallout from the COVID pandemic exponentially increased the need for supplemental food. Between March 2020 and … Continue reading Sylvia: The Story of a Volunteer
Reckoning with Racism
This last June 19, 2021, on Oregon’s first officially recognized “Juneteenth” holiday, over 300 people gathered outside the Coos Bay Historical Society in southern Oregon. In partnership with the Oregon … Continue reading Reckoning with Racism