We are excited to announce that the fourth annual Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) Gathering will take place in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. on September 12 and 13, 2025. The Gathering will bring together over 120 participants from across the United States to collaborate, innovate,
We are thrilled to share that Diya Abdo, founder of Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) and Lincoln Financial Professor of English at Guilford College, has been awarded the prestigious inaugural WES Values Award. This recognition, presented by World Education Services (WES) as part of their 50th anniversary celebration, highlights ECAR’s
ECAR founder and director Diya Abdo has been awarded an Emerson Collective Fellowship. Diya joins a cohort of 12 Community Champions — Emerson Collective Fellows who are committed to bridging divides and knitting their communities together. Fellows are nominated by a member of the Emerson Collective network and are selected through a rigorous,
We are excited to announce a new partnership between Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) and The Schmidt Family Foundation! Their generous support will help us further expand higher education’s vital role in welcoming and supporting refugees and immigrants as they settle in communities across the country. With the backing of
We are happy to announce that Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) is joining forces with the U.S. Department of State’s Welcome Corps on an inspiring new initiative: Welcome Corps on Campus. This historic opportunity broadens ECAR’s mission of extending refuge to displaced individuals on college and university campuses through an education
For a second year in North Carolina, the ECAR Gathering will bring together over 120 individuals from across the United States who are invested in transforming higher education communities into places of welcome and deep belonging. Participants will represent a range of diverse backgrounds including refugee and immigrant communities; higher
October 27, 2023 — A new guide is available for higher education institutions seeking to welcome and support refugees on campus, as well as engage surrounding communities on refugee issues. The AHLAN Manual (ahlan is an Arabic term to express welcome) was created and published by the Greensboro, North Carolina-based organization Every Campus
21AugLakshmi Premysler: It was an honor to represent Guilford College and the ECAR minor at a United Nations conference this summer. The conference hall was filled with experts, diplomats and passionate students who are all striving to include refugees in their communities. The projects that were presented at the UN
26OctA new guide is available for higher education institutions seeking to welcome and support refugees on campus, as well as engage surrounding communities on refugee issues. The AHLAN Manual (ahlan is an Arabic term to express welcome) was created and published by the Greensboro, North Carolina-based organization Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR). The guide
