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- October 25, 2021
The following is an excerpt from a Long Reads article featuring Upwardly Global. Many internationally trained doctors have valuable experience working in the thick of SARS and Ebola epidemics, conflict zones, and other limited-resource conditions — not unlike the conditions faced by hospitals across the United States, as doctors scrambled
- Topics: News Coverage
- October 18, 2021
“With a refugee resettlement system in the U.S. trying to catch up with these refugees’ needs, and few resources for immigrant career preparation, Afghan immigrants and refugees face untold challenges in restarting their lives and careers in the U.S. Many individuals bring a cache of desirable skill sets and professional
- Topics: News Coverage, Publications
- October 18, 2021
Less than half of foreign trained MDs matched for U.S. residency in 2020 at the same time as the U.S. faces a massive impending shortage of trained MDs and a persistent global health crisis. Washington’s model offers a solution. Read more about it in TIME, featuring Upwardly Global President and
- Topics: News Coverage
- October 15, 2021
For 20 years, Upwardly Global has been committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce- one that welcomes the experiences of our immigrant and refugee communities from over 150 countries and understands that they are assets to our country and workforce. In solidarity with our Haitian alumni and jobseekers, we dismay
- October 13, 2021
Update on The Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act Through sustained thought leadership, coalition building, and partnership we are witnessing a moment of monumentous progress in systems level integration of immigrant talent in the United States. The Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act passed the House under the National Defense
- Topics: News, Press Releases
- October 12, 2021
Introduction: A Moment of Crisis Over the next 12 months, the Biden Administration estimates that about 95,000 Afghan evacuees will have arrived in the U.S. With the U.S. refugee resettlement system facing an unprecedented challenge to resettle tens of thousands of Afghans and ensure their basic needs are met,