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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Upwardly Global, a leading workforce-development organization supporting professional immigrants and refugees, reaffirms its support for the Afghan Adjustment Act, a critical, bipartisan bill that would help expedite pathways to permanent legal status for Afghan newcomers, expand eligibility requirements for the Special Immigrant Visa program, and create a

Samah, a teacher from Egypt

Samah immigrates to support her daughter’s dream, beginning again herself “I love to learn. I can’t stand still and do nothing; it’s not my nature,” says 46-year-old Samah, who moved from Egypt to the United States with her family in 2019. “Even when I have nothing to do, I create

Upwardly Global President and CEO Jina Krause-Vilmar recently spoke to Inc. about the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling and how companies can work around the ruling’s potential impact on the talent pipeline to continue promoting diversity and inclusion. “At the end of June, the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action

Upwardly Global was recently featured in an article for The Roanoke Times entitled “With dreams, and caffeine, former Afghan pilot strives to bring family to US.” Upwardly Global’s Strategic Communications Director Joshua Garner spoke with the author of the piece, Heather Rousseau. “Twenty-five percent of working-age Afghans who are newcomers

Proposed legislation would slash 180-day waiting period for work authorization WASHINGTON, D.C. — Upwardly Global is advocating for the passage of the Assisting Seekers in Pursuit of Integration and Rapid Employment (ASPIRE) Act introduced on June 22 by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Congressman Ritchie Torres