Season 2, Episode 5 features an interview with Bethany Showalter, the Special Programs Manager with the CWS Immigration and Refugee Program. She has worked in refugee resettlement in CWS affiliate offices for the past ten years. In her current role, she helps coordinate efforts with a group of humanitarian shelters along the southwest border to support asylum seekers as they travel to destination cities, which includes managing a free and confidential resource hotline for asylum seekers.

CWS press release about the asylum-seeker hotline: https://cwsglobal.org/cws-launches-call-center-to-connect-asylum-seekers-released-from-detention-with-resources-in-local-communities/

Asylum Hotline email: resourcecenter@cwsglobal.org

Do you have a question about how to be most helpful in serving refugees, immigrants, and asylum-seekers?Are you interested in sharing your work or your congregation’s work? Are you eager to make connections with other people who are doing the same kind of work and learn from one another? Join Partners in Welcome, a free online community that offers a chance for engaging conversation, connection with people all over the country who care about these issues, and a wealth of resources and learning opportunities. We have so much to gain from sharing information and experiences with one another. Sign up at www.episcopalmigrationministries.org/partnersinwelcome

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Join in the work of welcome by making a donation to Episcopal Migration Ministries. No gift is too small, and all are put to use to welcome our newest neighbors. Visit episcopalmigrationministries.org/give or text HOMETOWN to 91999.

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