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You are invited to the NW Regional
Refugee Highway Roundtable.

The Details

When? October 24, 9 am - 12 pm Mountain Time

Where? On Line - Via Zoom

Who? We're inviting Jesus-following folks with all ranges of experience interested in working with refugees and asylum seekers. People representing churches, resettlement agencies, and grassroots practitioners from all over the Northwest.

What? An online gathering to share ideas and convene relevant conversations surrounding resettlement and the work involved in that. Joining us in this conversation with authors, D.L. Mayfield and Jessica Goudeau. They will be discussing Jessica's book, "After the Last Border". Along with that discussion, we will have a time of worship, prayer and workshops that you will choose from.

Why? Now, more than ever, we must form, collaborative, relational networks in our efforts to serve forcibly displaced people. This is an opportunity to learn from, encourage and prayers for each other and beyond.

How to Sign Up
Click on the link button below to go to the registration form. After you sign up you will receive a confirmation email. The link for the actual meeting will be sent out two days before the conference begins.

On the Sign Up Form, sign up for 1 of the 4 Workshops listed below.
Workshop 1: Refugee 101 - The Who, What, Where and Why of the Refugee Program-Nick & Laura Armstrong (Workshop for participants new to Refugee Resettlement)
Workshop 2: Understanding Trauma in Displaced People: Annaliese Jacobsson
Workshop 3: Creating Welcoming Spaces - What does that involve?: D.L. Mayfield
Workshop 4: Working with Youth Who Came as Refugees: Deb & Joel Ryman, Aubrey Stephan

Cost: There is not cost to join, although donations are welcomed to help cover the costs.

Conference Speakers:

Jessica Goudeau: Jessica Goudeau has written for The Atlantic, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Teen Vogue, among other places, and is a former columnist for Catapult. She produced projects for Teen Vogue (“Ask a Syrian Girl”) and “A Line Birds Cannot See,” a documentary about a young girl who crossed the border into the US on her own. She has a PhD in literature from the University of Texas and served as a Mellon Writing Fellow and Interim Writing Center Director at Southwestern University. Goudeau has spent more than a decade years working with refugees in Austin, TX and is the co-founder of Hill Tribers, a nonprofit that provided supplemental income for Burmese refugee artisans for seven years.

DL Mayfield: D. L. Mayfield has lived and worked in refugee communities in the US for 16 years (including Portland and Minneapolis). She currently resides in Portland with her husband and two children where they seek to love their neighbors well, many of whom are forcibly displaced people. She is the author of Assimilate or Go Home: Notes from a Failed Missionary on Rediscovering Faith and her second book, The Myth of the American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power was released April, 2020. D.L. also has her MATESOL and has taught English to Speakers of Other Languages for 14 years, with an emphasis on teaching community based English classes with non-literate students. If it weren’t for CoVid, you would find D.L. most days, hanging out at a neighbor’s home, enjoying international cooking and fellowship with her friends.

You are invited to the NW Regional Refugee Highway Roundtable.

The Details

You are invited to the NW Regional
Refugee Highway Roundtable.