NewBridges moved to a new location! After almost 15 years in the wonderful Community Mennonite Church (CMC), we moved to a new office to create space for church renovations. CMC has long been a congregation that provides space for local community groups like Patchwork Pantry, Skyline Literacy, Community Preschool, and Bridge of Hope. These partnerships […]
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June 2015 Newsletter
We’ve published our June 2015 newsletter! Learn about what we’ve been up to. For past issues click here.
Visual Echoes of Voices Unseen: A Photographic Exhibition
Come join us for a night of images and voices of immigrants from our Harrisonburg community, with artists Anita and Christian Fonseca Quezada. Exhibit available to the public on: May 19, 2015 from 5:30-10pm inside the EMU Commons at the Margaret Martin Gehman Gallery.
Announcing: Taste of the World 2015!
Get ready for our 9th annual “Taste of the World”! Enjoy an evening of food from around the globe, with special emphasis on our hermanas y hermanos centroamericanos and their culture, food and music. Date/Time: Saturday, March 21, 2015 @ 6PM Location: Park View Mennonite Church 1600 Park Rd Harrisonburg, VA 22802 Pricing: $65 per […]
Obama's announcement for immigration relief
On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced a long expected Executive Order to provide added parameters for immigration enforcement and relief. The full order is available here: http://www.uscis.gov/immigrationaction (English) http://www.uscis.gov/es/accionmigratoria (Spanish) For persons interested in immigration relief, we have included a flyer that includes preliminary information on eligibility: AR Community Education Flier (English) AR Community […]
Harrisonburg's wonderful International Festival!
NewBridges IRC was present for Harrisonburg’s 17th International Festival held at Hillandale Park. In it you could find foods from all over the world: Ethiopia, Mexico, India, Thailand, Europe, Guatemala, Taiwan, etc. Our NewBridges stand offered all sorts of cookies from different regions of the world: Jaime Miller our new Case Manager and Special […]
A NewBridges Intern Story
The following was written by Chelsea B., an intern with NewBridges. To receive my BSW, Bachelors of Social Work, from James Madison University, I needed to complete over 400 hours of service in an internship. I had known about NewBridges IRC through a friend and had hoped to have an opportunity to see how […]
An Exhibit!
On Saturday June 28th the women from the Common Threads group held their 3rd quilt exhibition at “A Bowl of Good” restaurant. The first two exhibitions were held at Park View Mennonite Church, consequently this is their first exhibit that is fully open to the public. Many people came to celebrate these gifted women’s stories […]
Join us for the Common Threads Quilt Show on June 28
Come and join us for the Common Threads Quilt Show on June 28, 3-5 PM and 7-9 PM. Hosted at: A Bowl of Good 1047 Port Republic Rd Harrisonburg, VA 22801 abowlofgood.com
Harrisonburg’s Quilting Group: the art of sewing stories
A couple of walking partners, an unrelated quilting exhibition and a casual conversation at the hairdressers’. All the people involved in of those seemingly random situations had one thing in common: their interest to incorporate the arts as a form of storytelling. This led to the “providential birth” of Common Threads/Hilos en Común, as director […]