Intern spotlight: Katy Powell
Wednesday, March 6th, 2019
Meet Katy! She’s one of the first friendly faces refugees see upon arrival to their Knoxville home. Since October, she has been serving as an intern with Bridge, providing the cultural orientation classes required within the early days of their arrival. Interns like Katy—who is technically also a volunteer, since the internship is unpaid—are crucial […]
Read More »The ‘incredible journey’ of two Sudanese refugees
Wednesday, March 6th, 2019
“War-torn Sudan seems a world away from the quiet apartment in East Chattanooga Mohamed and Ibrahem now call home. The journey has been nothing short of incredible. Mohamed, gracious and polite, quietly tells how local raids forced him to abandon the family farm. He then escaped, twice, from wretched conditions, beatings and constant threat of […]
Read More »Bridge Executive Director: 10 years in America
Wednesday, March 6th, 2019
A message from the Executive Director Drocella Mugorewera: Ten years ago, I came to the United States and was warmly welcomed by a Bridge Refugee Services Case Manager with a delegation from Northside Christian Church. It had been a long and painful journey, but I was full of hope. During that time of adversity, I […]
Read More »‘We feel loved’
Wednesday, February 6th, 2019
Young Mumba Musabimana and his wife, Dorothy Girinmbabazi, six months pregnant, were quietly beginning a life together in Ceya, a Congolese village near the Ugandan border, when they found themselves fleeing for their lives. A conflict, fueled by fallout from the Rwandan genocide of 1994, had concentrated in the border area of the three countries. […]
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