United Nations Partner Program

Since 1998, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has welcomed more than 5,000 refugees from over 30 countries to the Charlottesville area. Explore how life has changed for our resettled refugee neighbors over the past two years, how shifts to the resettlement program have affected the IRC’s ability to serve, and what that means for our wider community.

This program is in partnership with the United Nations Association of the USA, Blue Ridge Virginia Chapter.

John Elwell is Community Engagement Manager with the IRC in Charlottesville, where he has served for nearly four years. He previously worked with several Catholic Charities organizations in Virginia and Texas. A longtime Virginian, he is a graduate of James Madison University.