Students at Rockhurst University, in Kansas City, Mo., learned about the harsh realities of refugee camp life at the Jesuit Refugee Service/USA (JRS/USA) Refugee Campout, held during the university’s Social Justice Week in April. Part....
Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins (JC:HEM), a project bringing online courses from Jesuit universities to refugee camps worldwide, is considering a major expansion that may eventually include the creation of an online-only Jesuit....
Seattle University has developed a community health course for African refugees in Malawi through the Jesuit Commons, an initiative to connect the expertise of faculty from Jesuit schools in the U.S. with students in refugee camps.
The Jesuit Refugee Service/USA (JRS/USA) has come out against the recent decision by the U.S. government to resume the deportation of Haitians, saying it “will put lives at risk while creating an additional problem for....
On November, 14, 1980, Jesuits moved to meet the humanitarian and education needs of the Vietnamese boat people, and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) was born. Today, the number of forcibly displaced persons worldwide has increased....
