
Refugee Innovation
My good friend and YARID co-founder Robert Hakiza participated in extensive research with Oxford's Refugee Studies Centre. I am honored...

I Cannot Just Sit and Watch
I am currently the West Coast Coordinator for Lutheran Immigrant and Refugee Services (LIRS) and one of the organizers for the Refugee...

This Guy Helped Hundreds of Refugees Before His 18th Birthday
YARID, the organization I helped to start back in 2007 was featured on TakePart, an online news platform... check it out: TakePart online...


Empowered Women, Engaged Men
I recently presented about YARID's women's empowerment program at the Voices of Women event at University of California at San Diego...

Youth Leaders, "We are the change"
Youth Leaders: “We are the Change” Written by Meg Deitz, Mission Bay High School As a society we pride ourselves in having the “next new...


World Refugee Day 2014 in San Diego
World Refugee Day is celebrated every year on June 20. See Sedrick's interview with Voice of San Diego here. The Three Big Issues Facing...


St. Augustine Student Writes About Sedrick's Life
"His family stayed in a four by three room with no windows, located in Kampala instead of in a refugee camp because his parents...


Build A Future || Construire un Avenir
“The courageous journey of two refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo.” Students from St. Augustine High School in San Diego, CA...