Wilmington’s 5th Annual World Refugee Day Festival

May 28, 2019 Dear Wilmington Neighbor, Each year in June communities around the world gather to celebrate World Refugee Day. This is a day for awareness of the global refugee crisis– with more than 25 million refugees worldwide—as well as a time for people to meet their neighbors in Wilmington resettling as refugees. Refugees have…

Holiday Joy Store Provides Gifts for Refugee Children

“Don’t Tell Me This Town Ain’t Got No Heart.” Wilmington comes together to provide new gifts for local refugee children this holiday season.

The Journey Begins: Who We Are

We started as a group of dedicated volunteers, each on a distinctly unique journey. Kathryn Polk:  Kathryn Polk first connected with local refugees through Interfaith Refugee Ministry Wilmington (IRMW), during its early inception in 2011, as a volunteer ESL tutor and classroom teacher. After working with refugees for 5 years as a weekly volunteer teacher,…