#welcome corps

[reasonsforhope]

“America likes to tell a certain story about itself: It’s a safe haven, a place of refuge for the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. It’s a story that history shows hasn’t always been true. But thankfully, it just got easier for Americans to take matters into their own hands and turn that aspiration into a reality.

The Biden administration on January 19 launched the Welcome Corps, a new program that will allow groups of Americans to directly sponsor refugees to resettle in their communities.

Whereas recent programs have focused on bringing over people from specific places — Afghanistan, Ukraine, Venezuela — this program makes it possible for private citizens to resettle people from any place in the world, so long as they are refugees as defined by the US Refugee Act.

Under the Welcome Corps program, you and a few of your friends can pool together funds to provide an immigration pathway that allows vulnerable people who may not otherwise be able to immigrate the ability to rebuild their lives in the US. Forming a private sponsor group involves bringing together at least five adults in your area and collectively raising $2,275 for each person you want to resettle in your community. With that money, sponsors commit to helping them through the first three months there, which can include securing and furnishing housing, stocking the pantry with food, supporting job hunts, and registering kids for school.

It’s a powerful way to improve life for the newcomers, granting them protection from persecution or violence in their country of origin, plus the chance to access health care, education, and socioeconomic opportunities. It can also improve life for everyone who’ll be in the newcomers’ orbit, including you and your neighbors. Research suggests welcoming refugees will likely benefit your community as a whole, for example by opening new businesses that revitalize neighborhoods. In Canada, a similar private sponsorship program has proven immensely popular and successful over the past decade.

But you might be thinking: Why should it fall to private citizens to fork over the cash, time, and energy to resettle refugees? Shouldn’t that be the government’s job?

...It’s a fair point: This is the government’s job. That’s why the advocacy groups that pushed for the Welcome Corps program insisted that any refugees who come to the US via private sponsorship should be in addition to the number of traditional, government-assisted resettlement cases.

The State Department has signaled that it agrees. This means that by sponsoring a refugee, you can play a role in allowing the US to take in more refugees overall. It really is additive.

And unlike prior programs for Afghans or Ukrainians, which were temporary, ad hoc responses to crises, the Welcome Corps is intended to be a permanent fixture. The hope is that it’ll complement the traditional resettlement process, which has been struggling for years.”

-via Vox, 1/27/23

#refugees #asylum #us politics #immigration #migration is a human right #refugee #afghanistan #ukraine #welcome corps #refugee sponsorship #united states #human rights #immigration reform #immigrant rights #good news #hope #this has SO MUCH potential to make a difference #to let us help people rather than just watch the government be awful and racist #it's huge

[robynochs]

A friend of mine from Iran who has been granted asylum in Europe is hoping there are folks or orgs out there willing to help other queer Iranian refugees to resettle from Turkey to the US. Your engagement can save lives.

#welcome corps

[gwydionmisha]

#Refugees #How to Help #Welcome Corps

[coochiequeens]

A nice story about women helping women

Inlate January of this year, the Biden Administration began "inviting ordinary Americans to help settle Afghan refugees in America." Dubbed the "Welcome Corps," the initiative asks citizens to support refugees financially and in all other ways e.g. providing food, clothing, secure housing, education, health care (including mental health care), transportation, employment, and hospitality. The new "private sponsorship initiative" experts suggest that at least five people are needed in order to "welcome" and successfully sponsor one Afghan refugee or an Afghan family in America.

I strongly disagree. In the case of my one, adopted Afghan granddaughter, Meena, at least twenty to twenty-five volunteers from around the world were essential in getting Meena and her family out of Kabul; and more volunteers joined our efforts along the way, including new and generous donors, and a new team of pro bono lawyers who are working on Meena's application for asylum in America.

Some of our initial team's volunteers, who worked for NGOs or for various European governments, were on salary but were not necessarily reimbursed for their time or efforts in this regard. Some had experience in anti-trafficking work and petitioned their governments to accept our women judges, doctors, lawyers, journalists, business owners, and artists—all of whom were women's rights activists. We gathered information from American ex-military service members, corporate honchos, and human rights activists. We had a narrow window of opportunity, about six months, until refugees from Ukraine began pouring into Europe.

"I had a group of feminist women who wanted to save me and my dreams, and they did."

Once I understood that Meena, a medical school graduate, had also worked in Afghanistan as a researcher and translator for an American-based professor, I haunted the poor man. Jean-Francois Trani came through brilliantly. Professor Trani obtained a student visa and a scholarship for Meena at Washington University in St. Louis—a very fine and a very expensive school. Her scholarship only covers tuition, nothing else, not rent, food, books, computer upgrades, school fees, an expensive mandatory health insurance policy ($2800.00 per year), toiletries, clothing—just on and on. What one needs in order to live and to devote oneself, full-time to study.

Meena writes: 

Mandy Sanghera, a London-based human rights activist and philanthropist, and myself literally worked around the clock for more than six months rescuing 400 other Afghan women. I had a paid assistant who created spreadsheets in order to keep track of the biographies and ID information for at least 100 women and who tried to keep our correspondence on Signal, WhatsApp, and email in order. In fact, Mandy and I are still inundated with pleas for help from Afghan women who are living in hiding and in terror.

One amazing woman (whom I cannot name) got Meena and many others out on planes. Three amazing men and one woman were in charge of food and medicine drops. They also delivered wood in winter and had a network of doctors who delivered babies and did surgical procedures when necessary. One woman served as Meena's mental health counselor. Another served as her English tutor. Those who read my articles up at 4W contributed money to a war chest which was used primarily by our former lawyer at a time when, unfortunately, the Biden Administration was granting only a handful of Humanitarian Parole applications.

More wonderful women joined us. One, Penny Wilson, donated her frequent flyer miles and her administrative expertise. Another long-time feminist colleague of mine, a retired professor of Literature, Lilia Milani, pledged to cover Meena's rent for the year. I named some more names in my previous piece here up at 4W.

Last month, I decided to bring as many members of this team together to finally meet Meena in person in my home. I thought they deserved to know her—and she them. The founder of 4W, MK Fain came—and indeed, 4W is where I posted almost all my articles and a good number of 4W readers sent funds. We zoomed in Meena's mental health counselor and the woman who got her on the plane, who was in Africa at the time.

The women who gathered were so excited to meet Meena—and she them. They took her sightseeing in Manhattan: On a walking tour of Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Center, Times Square—Macy's! I introduced her to my son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughters and they took her to the Metropolitan Museum. I think a good time was had by all.

"We need to have an honest conversation about refugee education."

Penny suggested that we all go around the table, from oldest to youngest, and give Meena one piece of advice. And so we did. Penny brought a multitude of beautiful silk scarves, and we each got to pick one for ourselves. Meena got all the rest.

Mandy writes:

Meena has gotten all "A"s in her classes. She is now working for ten hours a week for a professor and may be allowed to work for a maximum of twenty hours but no more. This may— or may not—cover her food and toiletries.

Attached is a GoFundMe campaign for Meena. Please consider making a donation to support her ongoing expenses. It will help all of us to carry on. Meena will go the distance and make us all proud, but she needs financial assistance for legal filing fees, and for much else. These funds will go directly into her bank account. 

Oh—and what advice did I give Meena? I told her that she can thank me by freeing and supporting another woman.

#NYC #welcome Corps #Refugee women #afganistan #fleeing the Taliban

[talentconnectworldwide]

7 Mistakes to Avoid Before Immigrating to Canada

This blog will tell you about 7 mistakes that you should absolutely avoid AT ALL COSTS before immigrating to Canada. Go on, read it!

Leaving All Your Imp Documents Scattered Everywhere

2. Forgot to Open Bank Account

3. Didn’t Research Living Expenses

4. Unaware of the Local Culture 

5. Forgot to Research About Healthcare Options

6. Where Will You be Living?

7. Didn’t Pack Right for the Weather

#refugees #asylum #us politics #immigration #migration is a human right #refugee #afghanistan #ukraine #welcome corps #refugee sponsorship #united states #human rights #immigration reform #immigrant rights #good news #hope #Canada #ielts #pte #ieltskyahotahai #eilts #canadapr #canadvisa #usvisa #ukvisa #worldtour #Toronto #Montreal

[apolloschild666]

My impression of tumblr podcast fandom right now

#the penumbra fandom #the penumbra podcast #funny #art #mars corp #the mistholme museum of mystery morbidity and mortality #welcome to nightvale

[fandomnerd9602]

Claire Redfield x Reader?

A heartbroken Claire believes the Reader to have died at the hands of the infected, but Reader finds her later on, alive and well

Claire cries as Y/N hobbles towards her...

Y/N: baby what's wrong?

Claire: Y/N?!

Claire tackles Y/N to the ground, kissing them repeatedly...

Claire: you jerk! I thought you were dead.

Y/N: not yet.

Claire goes back to kissing them, Y/N rubs her back reassuringly...

#capcom #resident evil #resident evil welcome to raccoon city #kayla scodelario #claire redfield #claire resident evil #claire redfield x reader #umbrella corporation #umbrella corp

[binah-beloved]

Tea anon here again asking if Binah learned how to brew tea only because she wanted to spend more time with you

Binah has always known how to make tea. it's one of the few things that brought her happiness apart from slaughtering the weak, and she still knew how to specifically brew various different types of teas, although her favorite is and still was black tea

but when she was alone, she only made black tea. it's her favorite, there's no point in making any other types- but when you come into the picture she finds herself brewing different types, branching out and trying new flavors, because she knows one method to get you to stay in the room is to offer you a new type of tea to try

and she's not doing this solely for you to be near her- it's because she values your opinion. when she pushes a cup of tea that you've never tried and asks you to describe the taste, she's hearing your thoughts and your demeanor and your voice all in one. she wants to know what you think, what you like, why you like it- everything, because your point of view hold so much weight to her. anything you tell her is carefully tucked away, so she can make your favorite blend of tea whenever you're having a bad day and set the cup by your side, getting to see a smile grace your lips as you whisper, "You remembered."

of course she remembered- it's you, after all, and everything about you is worth remembering

#project moon #lobotomy corp #library of ruina #binah #binah lobcorp #binah library of ruina #binah truly is about the little things in life #small gestures that build up over time to show that she cares #she's not good at expressing herself verbally so instead she uses actions #and if she can share the fleeting happiness she feels when enjoying a cup of tea with you then she gladly will #and when you thank her you almost swear you hear her say 'you're welcome'

[just-an-enby-lemon]

"No pet is perfect. It becames perfect when you learn to accept it for what it is."

It's such a great line until you discover that his cat is a cursed misoginistic art thief and Cecil has no idea (and therefore isn't even accepting it for what it is) than it stops being a great cute line and becames hilarious.

#wtnv spoilers #welcome to nightvale #wtnv #cecil palmer #Khoshekh #wtnv silas #this is a joke #i do have very mixed feelings with the silas storyline #in one hand is really well writen the characthers are compelling the scene composition and descriptions are top tier #on the other hand it does take away from other arcs in retrospect #it makes cecil and koshekh relationship unbalanced and almost unilateral and his scene with the strex corp fells emptier #i think if silas was aubergene or just not koshekh it would be better #but i understand the need to shock #specially on an idependent project

[albatross-lancer]

Why did you fling EHECATL?

While I can't be certain of the reasons for why the Albatross pilots who were there chose to destroy the metavault, based on the weaponization of what was found in DHIYED, I assume they did so because of its horrific potential should it fall into the wrong hands.

Which, to be clear, are anyone's hands. No good can come from the development of paracausal weaponry.

Some might argue that the tech in metavaults can be used for purposes other than weapons, or that destroying the metavault wasn't the Albatross's call to make. And that's fair, we don't pretend to be the arbiters of how humanity should develop. But we were the ones who were there, the ones with a chance to prevent anyone else from suffering due to what we had found.

If someone manages to develop something beneficial from a metavault, we won't destroy any more.

#albatross #lancer #lancer rpg #I fully expect all the corps to jump on me for this and I welcome it

[killinguwithumbrellas]

In "Welcome to Night Vale" I wonder if they based Strex Corp on a specific company, lol

#wtnv #welcome to night vale #strexcorp #strex corp

[tteokdoroki]

— ‧₊❝server applications are closed 🍪🥛 ꒷꒦‧₊˚⋆

૮₍ ˃ ⤙ ˂ ₎ა — hi my loves !!! thank you so much for your patience! we would finally like to announce that applications to the “HYBE corp.” server are now officially open! @adoremiya and @soonigiri and i are so excited to welcome you all! rbs are appreciated <3

HYBE corp is an 18+ discord server welcoming those who love kpop, anime or both !! there's all sorts of fun things that'll be happening in the server! from kpop comebacks to fic writing and games nights!

applying is simple, just fill out this application form to audition and become one of our trainees. don’t forget to be prepared for an ID check <3!

please make sure that either your discord or tumblr messages are open so that myself, melody or noodle can dm you with your next steps and an invite link if you have been accepted!

the first round of applications for HYBE corp trainees are open from now (01/02/23) until (08/02/23) !! 

we hope to see you there!! lots of love noodle, melody and aali !!

#SQUEEEE ITS HERE #PLEASE JOIN #melody n noodle made it so pwetty and worked so hard on everything #so say thank u to them ok >:( #rbs are welcome !! #✧ ₊˚🥛੭ — hybe corp #✧ ₊˚💭੭ — aali just posted

[talentconnectworldwide]

What is the best way to prepare for the IELTS?

Want to prepare IELTS? So, What is the best way to prepare for the IELTS?

Are you unable to find an answer no matter how hard you have been trying and all you can find are half-baked blogs?

Prepare IELTS in 5 Easy-Peasy Steps!

Choosing which test to give

Understand the test

Question Types

Band Scores

Mock Tests are Life Savers

#refugees #asylum #us politics #immigration #migration is a human right #refugee #afghanistan #ukraine #welcome corps #refugee sponsorship #united states #human rights #immigration reform #immigrant rights #good news #hope #Canada #ielts #pte #ieltskyahotahai #eilts #canadapr #canadvisa #usvisa #ukvisa #worldtour #Toronto #montreal

[northwest-cryptid]

Friend Corp Session 1 went... interesting.

So to just quickly clear up any confusion as to how I'm documenting everything. I'm going to be recording every session I play of this and piecing together a whole documentary style playthrough video at the end, but each session I'm coming back to you guys with screenshots, updates, general questions as to which abnos we should be looking for, and overall just letting you know how things are going along the way. Come the final push to day 50 I might end up streaming it because as a vtuber I do occasionally stream (I've been garbage about my schedule lately lol) and I think it would be fun to actually let people come out and be there for the finale. I also quickly want to say that the name "Friend Corp" comes from Firebuug who left this comment on the post which was what prompted me to start calling it Friend Corp, so full credit for the name goes to our fellow friend Firebuug:

In other news, I just wrapped a 2 hour session that takes us through to the start of Security/Safety team and I thought I'd let you all in on the details.

Quick reminder: Nugget submissions are by no means cut off or stopped, the facility still needs your help!

Starting from the beginning we start Day 1 with our Friend Corp Communal Nugget OC reveal! Please welcome DIA!

So as you likely know, there is a list for Friend Corp that has all the currently enlisted nuggets along with their creators/owners. In a way the nuggets are there to represent the people who submitted them, and I totally understand if you don't have a nugget but don't want to be left out, so hey good news Dia is here as EVERYONE'S nugget. Dia represents the entire Friend Corp community. No single one of us own Dia, but rather we all collectively own Dia as a community so by all means feel free to project any sorta headcanons or whatever you want for them. Dia is our nugget comrade!

Day 1 goes by without a hitch and we're on to day 2!

Day 2 we hire our first Community Nugget: Marx [@something-soup-something]

The first abnormality we pick up (after One Sin of course) is Old Lady, not my favorite day 2 pick but she'll be useful to us both for ranged white damage and as a good early game Temperance trainer.

Thankfully Marx seems just fine handling the Old Lady

Despite being fresh off recruitment, Marx absolutely crushes it on day 2 gaining enough Temperance to be promoted to level 2 by the end of the day. Meanwhile Dia has picked up some new fashion having earned the EGO gift Penitence:

Day 3 is right around the corner, and while we pick up 1.76 MHz we also pick up a new friend in hiring Rain [@ordei]

Nothing too noteworthy happens this day outside of Dia being promoted to level 2.

Day 4 we pick up the Heart of Aspiration and it's business as usual!

Between Dia, Marx, and Rain the Control Department runs like a well oiled machine each swapping off with a different abnormality every so often to train each of the necessary early game stats. We want at least level 2 for Justice, Prudence and Fortitude and level 3 for Temperance but I was blown away by just how much these nuggets improved!

With Marx already moving up to Level 3 and Rain following close behind at Level 2 it was becoming clear to me that these nuggets were clearly tapping into the forbidden power, the power of Friend Corp.

Day 5 is an absolute breeze, no new recruits as at the time of this session these 3 were the only members of the Control Department but after the impressive display on Day 4 I was confident they had it in them to absolutely crush the new quota.

and just look at em go! These lads are professionals, we're producing energy outputs in the high 80 - 90% success rates consistently and due to how many Teths and how few Zayins we're working with stat progression is through the roof for early game.

The Old Lady decided to give her new friends Marx and Rain some glasses, which are very cute;

Though I did find it funny how despite having the Penitence EGO gift, Dia refused to wear it.

Dia really said "the giant floating skull gave me a crown of thorns, but I stay silly"

and after about exactly 15 minutes of grinding we end Day 5 with Marx hitting LEVEL 4?! Dia already reaching Level 3 and Rain bumping Justice from 2 > 3

Things really are looking up for Friend Corp!

Day 6 and we get to pick a new abno!

I was faced with a moral decision, remembering the ProjectMoon Abnormality Sexymonster Polls outcome I felt like I had to give this one to the Cherry Blossom squad since Fairy Festival beat em by a mere 3%!

But who will be in charge of the Cherry Blossom? Well none other than our resident Info team specialists: Yuri [@polyydeucess] (who's eyes might be wrong but don't worry we can go back and fix em if needed since I have no idea what they look like under the Judgement Bird bandages)

AND Julian [@firebuug]

I decided to hire 2 Agents on Day 6 since this is the first day we'll be dealing with Ordeals and I needed all the help I could get.

In retrospect I played this WAY too safe, the Friend Corp squad are no pushovers and backed by not only the Heart of Aspiration but two gunslingers with very high attack speed and the absolute mad lad Dia who will throw themself into danger without a second thought, the squad was more than capable of handling Doubt.

Day 6 wasn't quite as eventful as some of the others, and took nearly twice as long; but it was a fruitful day never the less.

Day 7 starts with us taking The Lady Facing The Wall because yes we DO need more White Damage Ranged Weapons we didn't have enough between Old Lady, AND Grave of Cherry Blossoms!

our first Panic goes to Julian! I couldn't stop laughing because everyone enters the hallway and calms Julian almost instantly, but the damn clerk who DARED to shoot at Julian must face consequences for their careless actions!

Despite being stabilized Julian delivers the final blow. That'll surely send a message to the rest of the clerks, this is Friend Corp if you partake in unfriendly behavior you will be put down. Shooting people isn't very friendly!

The rest of Day 7 goes smoothly with Rain being promoted to level 3, unfortunately both Julian and Yuri are really taking their time with the stat gains, which is fair given they have a single abno between them and are mostly assisting with security measures and responding to meltdowns.

On Day 8 we pick up Fragment of the Universe... and Julian panics again but thankfully Julian's good friend Rain is right there to lend a hand!

However this isn't before Julian makes a point to add 1 more to the kill count of Clerks who behaved in an unfriendly manner!

This frame right here kills me, JULIAN PUT THE GUN DOWN JULIAN NO RAIN IS A FRIEND!

By now the team has become strong, they've learned to fight together, to work as a team, to play to each others strengths and cover each others weaknesses.

Challenges and Ordeals that once seemed like a threat were now nothing to them. We may be understaffed, but the staff we do have sure knows how to pull out all the stops!

We did run into one small problem... but thankfully as a Veteran Manager I knew how to handle it.

By the end of Day 8 Dia and Rain both reached Level 4, and Yuri had made the advancement to Level 2!

Things were getting difficult, with so many Abnormalities that needed tending to and with so few employees to handle the meltdowns I was having to pick and choose which abnormalities to let meltdown (typically the non escape ones) and recovering the energy cost wherever I could.

But this is Lobotomy Corporation, where we face the fear and build the future; so rather than stop we press on to Day 9 picking up Skin Prophecy.

WE ALMOST LOSE MARX ON DAY 9

MARX WAS SO READY TO GO IN THERE THE DOOR WAS OPEN AND EVERYTHING. The dangers of playing on 3x speed constantly.

Thankfully no one was lost and we didn't have to restart the day, actually so far; we haven't had to reset at all which is amazing considering how stupid risky I'm playing.

Other than Marx almost getting eaten by a tree Day 9 goes fairly well, both Yuri and Julian get promotions to levels 2 and 3 respectively, couldn't be more proud of those lads.

Day 10 was no different than the last, just less near death encounters with trees. Rain began working more and more with Old Lady, Marx became our 1.76 MHz specialist, meanwhile Julian befriended the Fragment of the Universe while Yuri attempted to make sense of the Lady Facing The Wall. Everyone had a job and was getting better and better at it, obtaining new EGO gear, gifts, and weapons; becoming more and more honed to their craft; and at the end of the shift on Day 10 we achieved our first Level 5 agent with Marx hitting rank 5 Temperance and being Promoted to essentially being the emergency "please go work with [thing melting down] because I trust you won't immediately die" nugget. Congratulations Marx!

At the Dawn of Day 11 we pick up Fairy Festival as the other options were both HE level abnos we're in no way prepared for yet. However with the opening of the Security team and no one to tend to it's abnos we were back to the hiring process to pick up Reinhardt! [@branch-wdk53]

Day 11 was going so well, everyone was doing their silly little tasks and then I forgot that this was the first day we could encounter Noon Ordeals and well...

SO WE ENDED THE DAY THERE BECAUSE I WASN'T GONNA LET THE LAD DIE LIKE THAT.

The last Abno we pick up for the current session is Funeral, I figured since I know the reference image of Reinhardt I have shows them using the EGO I should probably pick it up at some point and we're going to need some manageable escape type abnos for the suppression missions.

Tumblr will only allow 30 images per post so I can't include the facility and bonus pictures of the nugget interactions in this post, but I will follow this post up with another shortly to include some extra little screenshots I grabbed for you guys to keep you up to date on everyone's current status.

#Friend Corp #I love all your silly blorbos #WELCOME DIA EVERYONE #DIA IS SUCH A GOOD BEAN

[mimigoey]

Utsu corps love agent speaking 🎤

Shoppi senpai without helmet ❤️ This chapter is about the Utsu Corps camping in a forest, when supplementary class ended. Finally Dai sensei can be with his men ❤️ please read on 🙏 if you don't mind being spoiled.

Camping 🏕️

Cino senpai makes curry 🍛🥺 they have it together ❤️ Utsu's fashion sense 🔝

😂 Utsu took out some eggs for dinner and it was the demon bird's. They run away from it and get lost in the jungle.

Hunger makes them selfish. They spot a single nut and before Cino and Utsu can get there, Utsu rushed and plucked it. He then licked it to own it 😂 just look at the way he licks! Omg but it was a chilly pepper 😂 🌶️ 🔥 Utsu on fire 🔥

Shoppi senpai and Cino senpai hide food from each other. 😂 Squirrel Cino. Not even hunger can Stop Shoppi senpai from teasing Utsu. He picked up a cuuute grub 😭 and shoved it to Utsu's face 🤣

Finally the critters collapsed in the middle of nowhere when Ton Ton emerged from somewhere. He said he often visits this forest to look for truffles ❤️

The kind hearted Ton Ton feeds his lost friends (Top pic) after they tried to eat him( "pork") 😂

🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃THE END🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃

#makai no shuyaku ware ware da #we are the main characters of the demon world #cino gauner #shoppi ironie #utsu lehrer #utsu corps #ton ton schwein #ton #welcome to demon school iruma kun #mairimashita! iruma kun #mairuma #m!ik #ware ware da #wwd

[soleilenchaine]

God, I hope I get good money out of this, so I can prove to Cathy that I’m not a sorry excuse of a man, that I am more than a lowly Backstreets thug.

This better not be a mistake.

#limbus company #heathcliff (limbus company) #N corp identities #fanfic #as in the tags: the last time i wrote a fic was 10 years ago and it really shows #but i decided to make myself cry by thinking 'hmm what if N Corp heath had a diary' and writing said diary entries #probably ooc but at this point we don't have enough for their characterisation so i kinda just winged it #sorry if it's a mess but any comments are welcome! #sol writes #<-gonna be my tag for fanfics or any other piece of longer-form writing