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Sep 14, 2021

"We have a legal and moral obligation to protect people fleeing bombs, bullets and tyrants, and throughout history those people have enriched our society." --Juliet Stevenson

Working to Welcome and Resettle Afghan Refugees

"We've had 5,300 people sign up to be volunteers. That's beyond a record for us. We typically work with about 350 volunteers a year. We have more people who want to volunteer than we have things for volunteers to do at this point. But we're so grateful for all these people who want to step in and help." A number of different organizations are helping resettle the over 20,000 Afghan refugees who have recently landed in the United States. NPR speaks with the CEO of one such non-profit here.