Building a Better Future: Supporting Refugee Youth to Thrive

KHRCA BuildingKHRCA 2016-17 Colloquia – Fleeing Genocide: Displacement, Exile and the Refugee. Event 3: Building a Better Future: Supporting Refugee Youth to Thrive.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 at 12:20pm.

Speakers: Sara Rowbottom, Education and Learning Manager at the International Rescue Committee and Dr. Kathleen Landy, Director of CETL, Queensborough Community College.

Ms. Rowbottom highlights issues relevant to educating refugees, providing information on IRC’s educational programs, and discussing the IRC Refugee Youth Summer Academy, a six-week program designed to transition newly arrived refugees into New York schools. Sara Rowbottom is the Education & Learning Manager for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in New York, overseeing a comprehensive continuum of services designed to meet the educational needs of children, youth, and adults fleeing conflict and crisis and resettling in New York City. Among the programs under her direction are a six-week Refugee Youth Summer Academy to prepare newly arrived students for success in NYC public schools, individualized coaching and support for families of newly arrived children and youth, and Cultural Orientation, English as a New Language, and Citizenship test preparation for adults. With more than a decade working in the international development and humanitarian assistance fields, and eight years with the IRC, Ms. Rowbottom possesses expertise in program design, implementation, and monitoring, as well as financial and technical assistance for mutual assistance organizations, and community assessment. She holds a BA in Political Science from Brown University and a Masters of International Affairs from The New School.











When: Wed., Nov. 16, 2016 at 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Where: Queensborough Community College
222-05 56th Ave.
718-281-5044
Price: Free
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KHRCA BuildingKHRCA 2016-17 Colloquia – Fleeing Genocide: Displacement, Exile and the Refugee. Event 3: Building a Better Future: Supporting Refugee Youth to Thrive.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 at 12:20pm.

Speakers: Sara Rowbottom, Education and Learning Manager at the International Rescue Committee and Dr. Kathleen Landy, Director of CETL, Queensborough Community College.

Ms. Rowbottom highlights issues relevant to educating refugees, providing information on IRC’s educational programs, and discussing the IRC Refugee Youth Summer Academy, a six-week program designed to transition newly arrived refugees into New York schools. Sara Rowbottom is the Education & Learning Manager for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in New York, overseeing a comprehensive continuum of services designed to meet the educational needs of children, youth, and adults fleeing conflict and crisis and resettling in New York City. Among the programs under her direction are a six-week Refugee Youth Summer Academy to prepare newly arrived students for success in NYC public schools, individualized coaching and support for families of newly arrived children and youth, and Cultural Orientation, English as a New Language, and Citizenship test preparation for adults. With more than a decade working in the international development and humanitarian assistance fields, and eight years with the IRC, Ms. Rowbottom possesses expertise in program design, implementation, and monitoring, as well as financial and technical assistance for mutual assistance organizations, and community assessment. She holds a BA in Political Science from Brown University and a Masters of International Affairs from The New School.

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