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Justin Harnish
- Dec 28, 2019
- 7 min
Developing Community Through Achievements in Self-Reliance
A couple years ago, Women of the World rebranded one of our three programs, changing the name from the Practical English Program to Community Development. We did not do this because we hired a consultant or because we stopped prioritizing practical English classes for the forcibly displaced women we serve, instead, we changed the name because our free, volunteer-led Practical English courses were the epicenter around which a safe space was developing for women. We started to
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Justin Harnish
- Feb 9, 2017
- 2 min
Op-ed: Thank you, Utah leaders, for standing up for refugee women
On behalf of the hundreds of women refugees served by Women of the World and on behalf of the immigrants, like me, from the Middle East, thank you Governor Herbert, Salt Lake County Mayor McAdams, and Salt Lake City Mayor Biskupski for your courageous stance on behalf of our new neighbors. Our ladies have taken refuge in Salt Lake City. They have placed themselves and their families at your mercy. The path from war, through refugee camps, to unfamiliar lands has been fraught
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