News & Stories
We are reflecting this month on Independence Day and the freedom that has attracted people to the United States. At World Relief Memphis, we often reflect on America as a country of immigrants and displaced persons. Throughout the generations, people have immigrated to the U.S. and established new lives. That continues today! Asylees are just…
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The vision behind our Youth Mentoring Program
In March, our much-anticipated Youth Mentoring Program launched after much preparation. As we start to see the first fruits of this program,…
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A Mother’s Love: Mother’s Day 2021
This Mother’s Day, we want to wish all of our mothers, in all stages of life, a Happy Mother’s Day.…
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Senior Spotlight: Gabriel Lenge is chasing the goal
This year, we have a number of students graduating from high school, many of them being the first ones to do so…
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8 TED Talks to add to your summer watch-list
We know that sometimes it can be hard to cut through the noise that arises around the subject of immigration, asylum…
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A Good Neighbor
To close out Volunteer Appreciation Month, we spoke to one of our Good Neighbor Teams about their experience welcoming a…
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Coming full circle: how sewing tied one volunteer back to her family roots
In 1949, a young Yugoslavian man left war-torn Europe with all that he had in the search of a better life. Rather than…
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