Refugee and Immigrant Self-Empowerment (RISE)

Serving New American community members in Onondaga and Erie counties.

About Us

Helping Each Other Can Make The World Better

The mission of Refugee and Immigrant Self-Empowerment (RISE) is to advocate and promote self-sufficiency through employment, education, social support, and economic independence for members of the refugee and immigrant communities in Erie and Onondaga County, NY. Here at Refugee and Immigrant Self-Empowerment, we are driven by a single goal; to do our part in making the world a better place for all. We strive to build productive relationships and make a positive impact on all of our clients.

What we do

Here at Refugee and Immigrants Self Empowerment, we’re committed to investing our expertise and resources in order to further achieve our cause. Since 2004, we’ve been supporting our community members in a variety of ways and measuring our success not by monetary size, but by more qualitative measurements such as the scale and effectiveness of our efforts. Just imagine what we can achieve together!.

500

Annually Serving

150

Yearly Resettling

5000

Instructional Hours

10,000

Harvested Annually

Syracuse Refugee Agricultural Program (SyRAP)
Self-Sufficiency

Education Initiatives

Care Management &
Employment Services

Resettlement

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    Join Our Action And Everyone Can Help

    Join us on an inspiring journey as a volunteer for one of RISE’s diverse initiatives. Help us reshape lives via resettlement, nurture communities through sustainable agriculture, and provide critical assistance to immigrants and refugees, among other things.

    we are actively recruiting!

    Employment Opportunities

    RISE always accepts resumes for employment.
    Please submit your resume and cover letter to info@refugeeandimmigrant.org

    We also post all of our job openings here:
    Refugee and Immigrant Self Empowerment, Inc. Careers and Employment | Indeed.com

    RISE is a 501c-3 nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating and promoting self-sufficiency
    through education, employment, social support, and economic independence for members
    of the refugee and immigrant communities in Onondaga and Erie Counties, NY.

    RISE is committed to providing equal opportunity employment to candidates and
    employees without regard to race, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, or national origin of citizenship.