Nationalities Service Center

We offer workshops at NSC in best practices, interactive techniques, and creating student-centered activities for teaching ESL. Summer workshop dates and topics are …

‘Nova students document story of Burmese refugee
By Seth Zweifler

Meh Sha Lin has only fleeting memories of his father. He remembers the …

Documenting Lin’s path to freedom
A Burmese refugee profiled in a Villanova documentary becomes the voice of a growing population in the …

Where: Nationalities Service Center, 1216 Arch Street, 4th Floor
Date: Friday, April 16, 2010
Time: 6:00 pm
*Screening to be followed by a discussion …

2010 CITIZENSHIP DAY
WHAT: On April 17, volunteer attorneys will provide free legal assistance to lower income immigrants eligible …

Reassuring words for immigrants about the census
By Michael Matza
Inquirer Staff Writer

The last time 38-year-old Chandra Gurung was counted in a national census was in Bhutan …

U.S. Expands Medical Care for Haitians

By JULIA PRESTON
Published: February 2, 2010

The United States military airlift of Haitians who were severely injured in the earthquake is …

NSC is co-sponsoring two public screenings of the documentary film PAPERS with the Methodist Federation for Social Action, Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter and …

NEPALESE REFUGEES BLAZE A TRAIL IN PHILADELPHIA
By Michael Matza
Inquirer Staff Writer

The alarm clock’s 3 a.m. ring awakened 50-year-old Rudra Kuikel and his …

Presented in partnership with HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia, Nationalities Service Center, Scribe …

A two part BBC series featured a 19 year old Bhutanese refugee, Cheda and his family (airing in October 2009 and January 2010). …

Philly Counts, a citywide campaign to raise awareness about the 2010 federal census, wants every Philadelphia resident to stand up and be counted. By participating …

NSC & The Penn Museum Of Archaeology Are Pleased To Invite You To Tour:
Rediscovering Ur’s Royal Cemetery

Date: Sunday, December 6, …

Once again NSC and Wharton School of Business students are hosting Thanksgiving Dinner for clients and their families at NSC on Saturday, November 14, 2009 …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kathrin P. Ivanovic
Director of Development
(215) 893-8400
kivanovic@nscphila.org

NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER & the PENN MUSEUM
to host GLOBAL TASTES
A culinary fundraiser celebrating …

Amala’s Story
Amala’s husband was a prominent business owner in Baghdad who was kidnapped …

Mission Mixer
Connecting for a Cause
Benefiting Nationalities Service Center

Nationalities Service Center is partnering with The Urban Momentum Network, Premier Brand Group and …

May 16, 2009
2009 Arab American Service Day Health Fair
(NSC Co-Sponsored)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kathrin P. Ivanovic
Director of Development
215.893.8400
kivanovic@nscphila.org
NSC Hosts Refugee Resettlement Cultural Orientation Trainers
NSC named as lead Philadelphia agency to …

Harvard peers press to stall a deportation
In letters, dozens defend arrested divinity student

By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff | April 30, 2009

CAMBRIDGE - Nur …

Nur Munir Free to Complete Studies
Harvard Divinity Student Released From York Prison, Deportation Deferred
By: Matt Hutchins
Posted: 4/30/09

Nur Munir, a student at Harvard Divinity School who …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kathrin P. Ivanovic
Director of Development
215.893.8400
kivanovic@nscphila.org
NSC Joins National Coalition to
Establish Immigrant Family Violence Institute
NSC helps launch the Immigrant …

Dear Friends of NSC,

Welcome to our new quarterly e-Newsletter - NSC’s Voice. Many exciting things are happening at NSC and we look forward to this …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kathrin P. Ivanovic
Director of Development
215.893.8400
kivanovic@nscphila.org
Nationalities Service Center Announces Chinatown Immigration Law Project
NSC receives Independence Foundation Public Interest …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kathrin P. Ivanovic
Director of Development
215.893.8400
kivanovic@nscphila.org
Nationalities Service Center Launches Refugee
Health Care Initiative
Nationalities Service Center Awarded Barra Foundation …

Chinatown Immigration Law Project

In September NSC began its Chinatown Immigration Law Project. Two of the people that have been helped are “Mrs. Chang” and “Lee.” …

Think.MTV Street Team ‘08: Cassidy Hartmann

Iraqi Refugees Heading to Philly
Posted July 31, 2008 at 10:05 AM

When Iraq War casualties are mentioned, the first …

Welcoming Iraqi Refugees in the City of Brotherly Love

Yesterday (June 21st) I was invited to speak at the first-of-its-kind conference in the City of Brotherly …

Building New Lives Far from Iraq
Michael Matza, Staff Writer
Philadelphia Inquirer
June 21, 2008
Building New Lives Far from Iraq
Now in Phila., …

Welcoming Iraqi Families, Celebrating Iraqi Culture

In June 21, 2008 NSC held its first event aimed at raising awareness and  mobilizing community support for over 100 …

Wharton volunteers co-host Thanksgiving dinner to welcome Burmese refugees
Sushant Mukherjee (WG’09) Contributing Writer
Issue date: 12/3/07

Refugees from the war-torn Karen state in the eastern hills of …