Every Campus A Refuge

Inspired by the Popes call on every parish to host one refugee family, guided by her institutions Quaker tradition, and animated by the Arab-Islamic word for campus () which means sanctuary, Diya Abdo, associate professor of English at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.A founded Every Campus a Refuge, an initiative which calls on every college and university around the world to host one refugee family on their campus grounds and to assist them in resettlement. Now, more than ever, private colleges and universities can play a pivotal role in housing and resettling refugees. Thus far, Guilford College has hosted 42 refugees total (23 of them children between the ages of 10 months and 17 years). The hosted families have come from Africa and the Middle East, including two Syrian families. Our campus community assisted them in their resettlement in Greensboro and continues to maintain connections with them after their graduation from the Every Campus A Refuge Program....