{"id":24192,"date":"2025-05-06T11:39:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/hvccs-second-ecar-family\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T11:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:39:38","slug":"hvccs-second-ecar-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/hvccs-second-ecar-family\/","title":{"rendered":"HVCC&#8217;s Second ECAR family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2023 HVCC became an ECAR (Every Campus a Refuge) chapter. In conjunction with Russell Sage College&#8217;s ECAR program,\u00a0 we host and support a refugee family as they arrive in the area, and then move to longer term housing. Faculty, staff and student time and generosity created opportunities for mutual understanding and a softer landing for newcomers. I am so excited to introduce you to our second ECAR family:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Russell Sage College\u2019s ECAR chapter welcomed a new Afghan family of seven last month: Mom, dad, three sons (ages 8, 6, and 4) and two daughters (2.5 year old twins).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We couldn\u2019t be happier to continue our partnership with Russell Sage College by supporting this new family of New Yorkers as they make our community their home.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/realigning-the-united-states-refugee-admissions-program\/\"> Jan. 20 Executive Order<\/a> suspended USRAP and refugee resettlement, <a href=\"https:\/\/everycampusarefuge.org\/\">ECAR<\/a> was able to partner with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nooneleft.org\/\">No One Left Behind<\/a> to continue welcoming families with Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs). Afghan SIV holders served alongside U.S. troops, and their families.<\/p>\n<p>They are now settled in an apartment in Albany with immediate needs met. There are still ways to support them, and I will share more opportunities as they arise. Right now we are looking for the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A female Pashto speaking volunteer would be very helpful. Visiting mom weekly or every several weeks would help with community orientation.<\/li>\n<li>Gift cards for Market 32 or Walmart<\/li>\n<li>If you would like to make a donation to support living costs, please reach out and I can provide you with a donation link<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am happy to answer other questions about ECAR or ways you can get involved.<\/p>\n<p>Catherine Willis (c.willis@hvcc.edu)<\/p>\n<p>ECAR Coordinator<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Tue, 06 May 2025 11:39:38 +0000 by\u00a0c.willis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In 2023 HVCC became an ECAR (Every Campus a Refuge) chapter. In conjunction with Russell Sage College&#8217;s ECAR program,\u00a0&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}