Back

ICFRC: Working with Refugees and Displaced Persons: The International Rescue Committee in Iowa

Listen to an audio podcast of this program.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a humanitarian nonprofit organization supporting individuals impacted by conflict and displacement. The IRC operates in 52 countries internationally and 30 offices in the United States. Sarah Terlouw, IRC's Executive Director in Iowa, will speak about her 15-year career supporting refugees and other conflict-affected populations. She will share her experiences overseas and the transition to working domestically, focusing on the opening of the IRC in Iowa in 2022 and the organization's expansion into Iowa City in October 2023. Aimerance Makunda, originally from the DRC and an Iowa City resident since 2012, also speaks.

For more information about the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council, visit icfrc.org.

Related Programs

thumbnail of video

ICFRC: Manufacturing Consent - The Failure of EU Elections, Media, and the Public Sphere
Recorded: October 9, 2024
Runtime: 01:01:00

thumbnail of video

ICFRC: Election Watch 2024 - Journalistic Experience From the Global Stage
Recorded: September 18, 2024
Runtime: 00:59:10

thumbnail of video

ICFRC: Writing, Democracy, and Global Threats to Both
Recorded: September 18, 2024
Runtime: 01:18:04

thumbnail of video

ICFRC: 2024 Mandela Washington Fellows
Recorded: July 17, 2024
Runtime: 01:26:43

thumbnail of video

ICFRC - Obstacles to Peace: Stories about Palestine
Recorded: May 3, 2024
Runtime: 01:26:52

thumbnail of video

ICFRC - MSF/Doctors Without Borders: Surgical Missions and Tales from the Field
Recorded: April 17, 2024
Runtime: 00:53:28

thumbnail of video

ICFRC: Eyewitness to History
Recorded: April 10, 2024
Runtime: 01:06:07

thumbnail of video

ICFRC: Kosovo: Education as Resistance
Recorded: April 5, 2024
Runtime: 00:52:59

thumbnail of video

ICFRC: Why Women Peacebuilders Matter
Recorded: March 8, 2024
Runtime: 00:55:51