LSS-SW in the News
April 20, 2022: KOLD News 13: “Tucson-area nonprofits holding volunteer recruitment”
March 18, 2022: 12 News: “Phoenix hotel helps dozens of Afghan refugees with jobs”
March 8, 2022: Cronkite News: “After scrambling to resettle nearly 1,900 Afghans, groups await more”
February 28, 2022: KGUN 9: “Tucson resettlement agency could help Ukrainian refugees”
January 14, 2022: Arizona Daily Star: “Donate […] and qualify for a tax credit”
December 26, 2021: KGUN 9: “Evacuees from Afghanistan continue to arrive in Arizona”
October 22, 2021: KVOA: “Lawyers needed to help Afghan refugees navigate asylum process”
October 17, 2021: Arizona Daily Star: “More Afghan refugees expected to arrive in Tucson this week”
October 12, 2021: KGUN 9: “More Afghan refugees arriving in Tucson”
October 11, 2021: Arizona Daily Star: “Family that fled Afghanistan finds peace in Tucson”
September 29, 2021: Arizona Republic: “More than 140 Afghan evacuees have arrived in Arizona and hundreds more expected soon”
September 29, 2021: Tucson Sentinel: “Afghan refugees in Tucson will require the simple but critical work of interpreters”
September 23, 2021: KVOA: “As Haitians start to arrive, Afghan refugees expected in Tucson as soon as next week”
September 22, 2021: New York Post: “Organizations desperate for translators as Afghan refugees settle in US”
September 21, 2021: KGUN 9: “Tucson preps for 300-500 refugees from Afghanistan”
September 21, 2021: Fox News: “Organizations hiring translators as thousands of Afghan refugees resettle in the US”
September 20, 2021: KOLD News 13: “Up to 500 Afghan refugees expected to resettle in southern Arizona”
September 17, 2021: KTAR: “Arizona to get 5th largest number of Afghan evacuees in the nation”
September 17, 2021: AZCentral: “Phoenix family stranded in Kabul back in Arizona after help from resettlement workers, U.S. congressman”
September 16, 2021: KVOA: “First group of Afghan refugees expected to arrive in southern Arizona this fall”
September 15, 2021: Arizona Daily Star: “25 Afghan refugees, a first wave, are expected in Tucson by mid-October”
September 14, 2021: KTAR: “Afghan evacuees coming to Arizona this week”
September 13, 2021: KGUN 9: “Behind the effort to help Afghan refugees feel at home in Tucson”
September 7, 2021: KJZZ: “Nonprofits Help Afghan Refugees Adjust To Life in Arizona”
September 4, 2021: Tennessee Star: “First Afghan refugees resettled in top destination, Phoenix”
September 3, 2021: ABC 15: “Refugee resettlement through the eye of their mentor”
September 2, 2021: ABC 15: “Refugee resettlement agency calls on the community for help”
September 1, 2021: 12 News Phoenix, “Arizona likely to become top destination for Afghan refugees”
August 30, 2021: KOLD News 13, “Organizations prepare to receive refugees from Afghanistan”
August 29, 2021: Fox 10 Phoenix, “Afghan refugees expected to settle in Arizona within next few weeks”
August 27, 2021: KTAR, “Valley group ready to welcome refugees fleeing Afghanistan”
August 27, 2021: Arizona Republic, “Afghan refugees who fled Taliban could begin arriving in Arizona next week”
August 27, 2021: Arizona Republic, “As Arizona agencies prepare to receive refugees from Afghanistan, volunteer help is sought”
August 25, 2021: Pima County Public Libraries, “Welcome to America”
August 24, 2021: KOLD News 13, “Arizona Afghans relieved after Ducey’s refugee proposal, still worried”
August 24, 2021: ABC 15, “Valley refugee organizations preparing to help Afghans resettle”
August 20, 2021: Cronkite News, PBS: “Arizona Afghans relieved after Ducey’s refugee proposal, still worried”
August 18, 2021: KJZZ, “Tucson Man Wants Relatives out of Afghanistan”
August 17, 2021: AZ Family, “Amid overseas crisis, Phoenix-area nonprofits expect more Afghan refugees”
March 21, 2021: Arizona Republic, “176 Arizona nonprofits receive Season for Sharing grants, many to help address COVID-19 needs”
September 8, 2020: Tucson.com, “Aging agency can help low-income seniors in Tucson with grocery shopping”
Media Inquiries
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