Welcome! Perhaps this is your first time here at ResettlementSupport.com. If you’ve been one of the regulars, then you realize that my attention to this site has dropped since publishing my refugee resettlement how-to book called 10 Million To 1. Book promotion can certainly chew up a lot of time. Part of the problem has [...]
This Tuesday, November 29, is the official “online book launch” of 10 Million To 1. By ordering a copy of the book from Amazon on this date you will be joining many others. Together we can make an impact by creating a spike in sales. I am in the midst of a nationwide publicity campaign. [...]
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed on Toginet, Internet Talk Radio, regarding the release of the new refugee resettlement how-to book, 10 Million To 1. Just click the play button below to listen in… [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Just a reminder. If you’d like to pick up a copy of the [...]
Today I received a preview copy of the new book 10 Million To 1. I actually wasn’t expecting it quite yet, so when the UPS driver dropped it off I wasn’t sure what he was delivering. Then I saw the label from Balboa Press. Excitement! I thought, “Is this a copy of my book?” Yes, [...]
Refugee Resettlement – Getting More People Involved Get it now: 10 Million To 1 — Advance Copy Recently I did a short presentation for a volunteer fair which had a refugee resettlement focus. Here’s a (modified) video of the presentation about overcoming the fears and getting more people involved. Of course it’s also got a [...]
Well, it has been quite some time since I have written here. We had a bit more stuggle with the last family we helped resettle. There are a number of reasons for the difficulties, but nothing really worth mentioning here. I’m only mentioning this as a segue to bridge the gap from the last post [...]
This seems like an appropriate time to explain what I mean when I say, “helping refugees find home” and having a goal to “resettle 10 million refugees by 2030 or sooner.” I have clarified this in other places, but not here in this blog. To become a refugee a person has fled their “home.” They are in a [...]
The draft of my new refugee resettlement book, basically a how-to-guide for resettlement volunteers, is currently being reviewed by several of the US government approved refugee resettlement agencies including: Church World Service Episcopal Migration Ministries International Rescue Committee Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service It is also being reviewed by the UNHCR office in Washington D.C. [...]
I am writing a book, a how-to guide, on refugee resettlement. Today someone asked me how I got involved in writing the book. As I replied to her email I thought this might make a good post to the blog. I have worked with refugee families since 2001. Our first family arrived on September 7. [...]
