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New Center For Immigrant And Refugee Communities Opens In Greensboro

Partners cut the ribbon at the new Community Enrichment Center in Greensboro. Image credit: Martin Kane

Greensboro has a new facility, the Community Enrichment Center, to help immigrants and refugees in the area. 

It's a collaboration between UNC Greensboro Center for New North Carolinians, Cone Health's Congregational Nurse Program, and Phillips Management Group.

The center will provide things like case management services, adult English classes, after-school tutoring, and access to a nurse for those in western Greensboro. 

Lizzie Biddle is the Senior Program Coordinator for the Center for New North Carolinians. She says this location will serve a different population than the others.

“In part, we're excited about this new center because our sense is that a large group of the residents have been here a little bit longer," she says. "So, in our other centers sometimes we see families who have been in the United States 3 months to 5 years. In this neighborhood, we have the sense that people here [it's] closer to 5 or 10 years, and so some of their needs are a little different.”

Biddle says that might mean helping individuals apply for citizenship, navigate buying a home, or further their business and education goals. All services are free of charge. It's the fourth facility of its kind in the city.

Bethany joined the staff of WFDD in the fall of 2012. She received her B.A. and M.A. in English Literature from Wake Forest University and focused on Anglo-Irish writing. Between undergraduate studies and graduate school, Bethany served as the intern to Talk of the Nation at NPR in D.C., participating in live NPR Election Night Coverage, Presidential debate broadcasts, regular Talk of the Nation shows, and helping to plan the inaugural broadcast of ‘Talk of the World.' She enjoys engaging with her interests in books, politics, and art in the interdisciplinary world of public radio. Before becoming Assistant News Director, Bethany was a reporter and Associate Producer for WFDD's Triad Arts and Triad Arts Weekend. Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, Bethany enjoys calling the Piedmont home.

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