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Empowered by Upwardly Global, Farzana reignites a cause-driven career in New York City nonprofits As a young woman in Afghanistan, 27-year-old Farzana stood out. “I was one of those strange girls,” she says. Throughout her upbringing, she pushed her conservative family to support her educational pursuits, which Afghan women had
CHICAGO — Upwardly Global today commends Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s signing of two key pieces of legislation that help eliminate licensing barriers for internationally trained doctors to practice medicine in the state, a groundbreaking step to alleviate critical labor shortages in the healthcare sector. Upwardly Global, the leading organization promoting
- Topics: Healthcare, News, Policy
New data reveals Afghan professionals already contribute over $33M to U.S. economy annually; swift legislative action needed to secure their future NEW YORK — Two years since Operation Allies Welcome evacuated over 80,000 Afghans to the United States in the wake of the Taliban takeover, Afghan refugees’ ability to safely
- Topics: Afghan Response, News, Press Releases
Upwardly Global’s Director of Communications, Joshua Garner, recently spoke with The CEO Magazine about how businesses can best utilize the untapped skills and professional experience refugees can contribute to their new communities, as well as help them obtain skill-aligned employment. Garner shares that the outlook on refugee workforce inclusion is
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Upwardly Global is excited to share Impact Report: Crisis Response and Serving Afghan Refugees, the first in a new series. Each quarter, we will share a new Impact Report providing an in-depth look at a specific area of our work. Read the full report here.
- Topics: Impact Reports, News, Publications
On July 26, Upwardly Global President and CEO Jina Krause-Vilmar spoke with John Fugelsang on SiriusXM’s ‘Tell Me Everything’. The conversation centered around the recent rejection of the Biden Administration’s asylum policy by a Federal judge, the ongoing issues with the asylum seeking process at the border, and changing demographics
- Topics: News, News Coverage