The AAUW (American Association of University Women) Elmhurst Area Branch will host its monthly meeting on Wednesday, January 11th at 7:00pm at the Elmhurst Public Library in the Kossman Meeting Room. Susan Tripi DeLano, Executive Director of the RE:NEW Project, will be the guest speaker.
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Re:new is a nonprofit organization that provides training, employment, and community to refugee women resettled in DuPage County, Illinois. It is a team of over 40 women volunteers, staff and artisans working together to design and market handcrafted products as it creates a space for refugee women to thrive.
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Susan Tripi DeLano will share some of the challenges refugees encounter in the resettlement process as well as the ways the Re:new Project is meeting the emotional, social and financial needs of refugee women by offering flexible employment in a safe, nurturing, and encouraging environment that focuses on both personal and professional development of the women in the Artisan Development programs.
The AAUW Value Promise states that, “By joining AAUW, we belong to a community that breaks through education and economic barriers so all women have a fair chance.” Re:new is an organization that is doing that here in our own community.
This program is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. For more information about AAUW, please visit aauwelmhurst.org or email info@aauwelmhurst.org.
