Event RSVP

Help the Iraqis Who Helped Us - All Filled Up!

For those already registered:

Please plan to take public transportation (limited street parking).
You will need to present a photo ID at the security check-in.
Resume developers, don’t forget your laptops!
Lunch is provided on both days.

Thanks!

Volunteering to help Iraqi professionals rebuild their careers

The Opportunity: Honoring the Iraqi contribution by helping refugees rebuild their careers

Thousands of Iraqi professionals risked their lives working as translators, interpreters and cultural advisors to serve the US government during the war in Iraq. More than 250 have been killed and others faced death threats. About 500 have fled to the US under a recent government program that grants special visas for these Iraqi allies but does not provide any government services to help them find jobs in the US. Without any real support, these Iraqi professionals are unemployed and desperate. In the Land of Opportunity, the only opportunities they have found are as janitors, cashiers, and dishwashers.

Upwardly Global and The List Project, two small, private non-profit organizations, are committed to helping these professionals rebuild their careers in the US.

Career Summit: A Two Day Workshop for Iraqi Professionals
Washington, DC - Sunday, June 8 and Monday, June 9, 2008

This two-day conference includes job search skills workshops, one-on-one resume development, interview practice, small group advising by Upwardly Global staff experts, industry roundtables and networking with American professionals. A special industry roundtable and advising session will be offered for Iraqi professionals with strong backgrounds in translation. After the event, the project continues with ongoing mentorship and placement for the Iraqis.

Ways to Get Involved:

Job

Time Commitment

Description

Resume Developers - Filled! We are currently at capacity.

11:30AM – 5:45PM

Sunday, June 8

Holland and Knight, LLP

2009 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Resume developers attend a 1-hour training on how to work with immigrant professionals to create an American-style resume. They will then be matched with an Iraqi professional to help him/her create a concise, clear polished resume.

IMPORTANT: Volunteers are requested to bring a laptop computer to use to produce the resume. Please alert us if this is not possible for you, by contacting francie@upwardlyglobal.org.

Mock Interviewers - Filled! We are currently at capacity.

11 AM – 2 PM

Monday, June 9

Johns Hopkins University SAIS Campus

Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW

The Mock Interview Workshop includes 2 one-hour sessions that match a jobseeker with a volunteer for a practice interview. 11:30 - 12:00 is a mandatory volunteer orientation and training. Volunteers are requested to commit to the full time, 11 AM – 2 PM.

Project Partners:

Upwardly Global (www.upwardlyglobal.org) is a nationally recognized entrepreneurial nonprofit that works to make the workforce in the US more global by harnessing the talents, experience and education of legal immigrants. To date the organization has helped nearly 1000 immigrant professionals from more than 94 developing countries to move from driving cabs, working as security guards and cleaning hotel rooms, back into their original professional career fields at an average salary of $45,000.

The List Project (www.thelistproject.org) is an organization dedicated to supporting Iraqis who risked their lives working closely with the US government and military in Iraq. The organization partners with leading law firms to provide pro bono legal services for hundreds of our Iraqi allies now seeking refuge in the United States and helps them resettle in the US once they arrive.