Journey's End Refugee Services Volunteer and Mentoring Opportunities

A CGHE partner organization JERS is looking for individuals, groups, and families to make a difference for refugees in the Buffalo community. Through their Volunteer Services department, K-12 and college students, church groups, businesses, retirees, and other good neighbors can provide support for refugees.

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Trauma-informed Care for Survivors of Torture

Griswold with students, members of forensic exam team.

In collaboration with the WNY Center for Survivors of Torture and the student-run Human Rights Initiative at UB, medical students are assisting survivors of torture and political violence.

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Students Assisting in Forensic Exams of Political Asylum Seekers
4/12/16
Through a unique intersection of medicine, the justice system and the human rights field, medical students are advancing their training by assisting survivors of torture and political violence seeking asylum in the United States.
Helping refugee survivors of trauma
6/12/14
UB faculty member Kim Griswold has been named medical director of the new Western New York Center for Survivors of Refugee Trauma and Torture.

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Strengthening Effective Preventive Services for Refugee Populations: Toward Communities of Solution
Kim S. Griswold, Kevin Pottie, Isok Kim, Wooksoo Kim, Li Lin

The Value of Medical Students in Support of Asylum Seekers in the United States
The Human Rights Initiative at the University at Buffalo

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