In the face of displacement, the courage, resilience, talents and generosity of Harrisburg’s new neighbors is stunningly bountiful.
Thanh Nguyen, of the International Service Center, photographs Harir Parwani shortly after Shazia Azizzada, left, and husband Jalal Parwani, standing, arrived for resettlement in Pennsylvania. ISC interpreter Behrooz Ahadi assists the family with getting temporary housing. Afghan refugees get help with paperwork and applying for jobs at the International Service Center, the resettlement agency for Afghan refugees in the Harrisburg area. December 22, 2021. Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.
At Church World Service in Harrisburg, my colleagues and I are proud to join with volunteers on the frontlines of welcoming new neighbors. From meeting families at the airport, to finding apartments, enrolling children in school and securing jobs, there are new beginnings every day. Refugees typically arrive with few belongings to call their own but the great hope of living in a peaceful nation where liberty, justice and equality are rooted in democracy.
I wonder: Who helped them? Where did they live? How did they find work amidst foreboding signs that protested, “No Irish Need Apply”? Just as we welcome new friends into our communities, their spirit of hospitality to welcome us into their lives is powerfully humbling.
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