SOAR also provides global and cultural education to help raise awareness in the local community about refugees and immigrants and the lives they were forced to leave behind. For more information about how refugees come to Portland through SOAR, and to learn more about one refugee's struggles, see the January 2000 Voice . Learn how you can volunteer at Sponsors Organized to Assist Refugees. The new building, a former Tai Kwon Do studio, was renovated for EMO by Portland Youthbuilders, an alternative high school here in Portland. The new space offers clients and staff more privacy in meeting and an accessible building for anyone who cannot climb stairs.
All donations are most welcome and tax deductible.
Look for an open house for the program later this fall.