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Woman finds dream job through Exodus Refugee

August 3, 2017 Priscilla Lalthanmawii launches business in Greenwood two years after resettlement Priscilla Lalthanmawii and her 12-year-old son arrived in the United States on Feb. 24, 2015. The day was long-awaited. They fled Burma in 2008 and were living in a Malaysian refugee camp for five years before bein…Read More.

Lauren

August 1, 2017 The best advice I’ve ever received is ‘don’t sweat the small stuff.’ In starting new initiatives and helping more people, it’s easy to get lost in the details. Overall, the vision for where we’re going is the most important thing. With this amazing partnership, we’re able to now get…Read More.

José

July 28, 2017 The library has played a big role in my personal life. I came from the Congo. Growing up we didn’t have libraries, my first encounter with a library was in high school, where we had a small library of old books. Even in college access to books was a rarity. The library is a place for […]Read More.

Milicent

July 27, 2017 I got hooked on theatre very young. In elementary school, I felt like it fit and it was fun…I had a good middle/high school teacher. Theatre was fun and she pushed us. For a lot of children—and even adults–the IRT has been their one theatre experience. That is a great thing to tout. [A…Read More.

Marilyn

July 27, 2017 It’s hard to think that at this time in your life, when you can’t care for yourself, seems like God has stepped in providing a place like this. It’s taken a lot of people to help us. It started as an exercise place to go with other seniors, after we’d just moved to Indy. My […]Read More.

Basimah & Mohammad

July 27, 2017 Exodus made our move to America easy because everything was organized. We got on a plane from Jordan to Turkey. Then we went from Turkey to Washington D.C. Finally we went from Washington D.C. to Indianapolis. A caseworker was waiting for us at the airport. At every airport there was someone ther…Read More.