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Every Campus A Refuge
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Mobilizing universities to temporarily host refugees on campus grounds and assist them in resettlement.
🌟 We are thrilled to celebrate Diya Abdo, who has been named a 2025 Ashoka Fellow! 🌟

❤️ Please join us in congratulating Diya and in celebrating the collective work of our ECAR campuses, partners, and communities who make this movement possible.

Learn more here: ashoka-usa.org/fellows
October 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🍰💜 Another sweet success from our ECAR Chapter at Clemson University!

Their latest bake sale raised $400 to support their ongoing efforts to create a culture of welcome and help resettled friends feel at home in the Clemson Family.
October 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We wrapped up this year’s Gathering with a beautiful evening festival.

We can’t wait to gather again next year! 👀 Stay tuned for details on the 2026 ECAR Gathering
October 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The ECAR Gathering brought together educators, students, and community partners for hands-on workshops that deepened understanding, sparked collaboration, and offered practical tools to strengthen the work of welcome.

👉 Swipe to see some of our favorite moments.
October 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Alongside inspiring panels and conversations, this year’s Gathering invited participants to do it together, engaging in interactive workshops that blended creativity, movement, reflection, and connection.

👉 Swipe to see some of our favorite moments.
October 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🌟 Intern Spotlight: Jada Ball 🌟

We’re so grateful to have Jada Ball on our team, joining us through our partnership with Humanities at Work at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, helping us advance ECAR’s mission of welcome and belonging across campuses nationwide!
October 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Last month, campuses, community partners, & advocates came together for a weekend of learning, reflection, & collaboration at the ECAR Gathering.

🎙️ Our panels sparked meaningful conversations on the evolving landscape of refugee resettlement in the U.S.

👉 Swipe to see some of our favorite moments.
October 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🎓✨ Become a Resettlement Campus! ✨🎓

The ECAR Training-of-Trainers Program prepares higher education leaders to make their institutions Resettlement Campuses.

Learn more at 🔗 www.everycampusarefuge.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🌟 Intern Spotlight: Bri Martinez 🌟

We’re so grateful to have Bri Martinez on our team, joining us through our partnership with Humanities at Work at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, and helping us build campuses of radical hospitality and belonging!
October 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🎓 NEW program for colleges and universities to provide education opportunities for students who arrived to the U.S. as refugees and have resettled in their state. Learn more and sign up for an HEI info session Wednesdays at noon ET communitysponsorshiphub.org/campus
September 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Thank you Lafayette College and Refugee Action for hosting the 4th ECAR Gathering. Stay tuned for more photos from this weekend!

Video credit: ECAR at Clemson
September 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We’re just days away from the 4th Annual ECAR Gathering, happening Sept. 12–13 at Lafayette College!

This year will feature:
✨ Easton City Council Member Taiba Sultana
✨ Lafayette faculty, students, and staff
✨ Easton community members and national partners

🔗 news.lafayette.edu/2025/09/03/l...
September 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Fourth Annual ECAR Gathering is just about a week away! We can’t wait to welcome our community to Lafayette College.

Interested in participating? There’s still time to register!

👉Register here: gathering.everycampusarefuge.org

📸 Autumn Hollifield and Russell Sage College
September 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
📣 There is still time! Registration is OPEN!

Join us for the 2025 Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) Gathering!

🎟️ Registration is just $150 (meals + activities included!)
🔗 Learn more & register: gathering.everycampusarefuge.org

Come be part of the movement. Let’s build campuses of refuge—together.
August 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🎉 We’re thrilled to welcome Western Carolina University to the Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) Network!

Welcome to the ECAR family, Catamounts!
August 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🎉 We’re honored to be one of six incredible organizations awarded a $5,000 Resilience Grant from @The Hello Neighbor Network!

Thank you, @Hello Neighbor, for investing in immigrant- and refugee-led organizations working toward a more inclusive future.
July 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
📣 Registration is OPEN!

Join us for the 2025 Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) Gathering!

🎟️ Registration is just $150 (meals + activities included!)
🔗 Learn more & register: gathering.everycampusarefuge.org

Come be part of the movement. Let’s build campuses of refuge—together.
July 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Through Ṣawt, we amplify the voices of 19 refugees hosted by ten campuses across the U.S., sharing their journeys of challenge, triumph, and resilience.

Some of these powerful oral histories have been creatively adapted into a comic format.

🎨 Josh Neufeld
📖 Check out Fatema's story here
July 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
📣 Registration is OPEN!

Join us for the 2025 Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) Gathering!

🎟️ Registration is just $150 (meals + activities included!)
🔗 Learn more & register: gathering.everycampusarefuge.org

Come be part of the movement. Let’s build campuses of refuge—together.
July 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This month, ECAR’s Christian Matheis presented a powerful workshop at the 2025 Engineering Cohesive Communities conference on immigrant integration.

We're proud to see ECAR contributing to vital conversations on inclusion and social cohesion. 💬🤝🌍
June 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
📣 Big semester for ECAR at Clemson!

They launched a new student organization, welcomed 50+ volunteers, hosted bake sales & community events, and presented work across campus and the region, all in service of building a culture of welcome for refugee families.
June 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🎉 We’re so excited to see ECAR chapters starting to use our new logo alongside their college and university branding! It’s inspiring to watch each campus make the movement their own while staying connected to the larger ECAR community. Special shout out to Russell Sage College in Troy, NY!
June 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📣 Registration is OPEN!

Join us for the 2025 Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) Gathering!

🎟️ Registration is just $150 (meals + activities included!)
🔗 Learn more & register: gathering.everycampusarefuge.org

Come be part of the movement. Let’s build campuses of refuge—together.
June 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🎉 Two of our incredible chapters—from Russell Sage College and Hudson Valley Community College—recently presented at the C2UExpo “Partners in Place” conference hosted by MacEwan University in Canada! 🌍

Huge congrats to Catherine Willis and Ali Schaeffing! 🌍👏
June 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Last month, at the Crossing Borders, Building Belonging: Understanding Refugee Displacement conference at the University of Washington, Dr. Abdo shared the transformative vision behind the Resettlement Campus model.

🌍📚 A powerful reminder that higher education can—and should—be a force for welcome.
June 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM