Breakout Sessions

We will host seven community building breakout sessions/workshops during this year's conference. The goal of these sessions is for participants to connect with others in their fields to discuss the landscape, needs and constraints, and how to move forward together.
Links to each of these sessions will be included in the conference email and conference calendar appointments. These will go out the weekend before the conference. If you are having difficulty finding this information, please contact Kara Fink at iorinfo@idahorefugees.org.

Session Times: All sessions will be held from 10:30am-11:30am
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Session Topics:

  • -Early/K-12 Education
    • Co-facilitators: Christina Bruce-Bennion (Idaho Office for Refugees) & Lisa Sterling (Boise School District)
  • -Adult Education
    • Co-facilitators: Chelsea Jordan (English Language Center) & Trevi Hardy (College of Western Idaho)
  • -Advocacy & Communications
    • Co-facilitators: Tecle Gebremichael (GEO Group) & Georgette Siqueiros (International Rescue Committee Boise)
  • -Racial Equity & Inclusion
    • Co-facilitators: Julianne Donnelly-Tzul (International Rescue Committee Boise) & Georgette Bisoka (International Rescue Committee Boise)
  • -Health
    • ​Co-facilitators: Tony Fisk (Tidwell Social Work Services) & Rama Deen (Tidwell Social Work Services)
  • -Housing 
    • ​​Co-facilitators: Slobodanka Hodzic (Agency for New Americans), Wyatt Schroeder (Agnew::Beck)
  • -Initial Resettlement (Case Management, Employment, Transportation)
    • Co-facilitators: Zeze Rwasama (CSI Refugee Center), Kaite Justice (Valley Regional Transit), Sara Bonfanti (International Rescue Committee Boise)