Time flies when you are having fun! Two years ago today, Judy and I launched Refugee Resettlement Watch. Our goal was and still is to help people better understand this complicated federal program and to bring you news that you won’t see in the mainstream media. In the process we hope one day to see this program reformed for the benefit of refugees and for Americans who we believe have some right to say what sort of community they live in, not to mention the right to say no to wasteful government spending.
In those two years we have written 2035 posts in 41 categories. We have a growing number of readers; on our best day earlier this year we logged in 2,320 views. Nothing like the big blogs, but our numbers are steadily rising. We are also happy to report that increasingly mainstream media reporters are using RRW as a resource to help balance their reporting on the issue of refugees coming to America.
RRW is not fancy, mostly because Judy and I can’t be bothered with the technology issues involved in dressing up our blog with photos and such. And, because we think the information we present is really important and best delivered to you in simple text format. If on some days we have lots of posts and others not so many, it’s because we do this on the side, as a hobby of sorts, and other things in our lives pull us away. And for those who think we are somehow paid for our time, I assure you we are not. This is a labor of love—it is charitable work, the old fashioned kind.
Our search function is excellent and should help you find what you are looking for. Across the top of the page you can find information on why we began RRW, a fact sheet (old now!) about how the program works generally, books we have read and recommend and other information. Unfortunately, I never kept up the “your state” page but most of the information on your state can be found by simply typing your state’s name into the search function. To supplement the inadequacies in the “fact sheet” page see our category “where to find information.”
Questions, e-mail me, Ann Corcoran, using the e-mail address on the right sidebar of this page. Looking forward to another year of opportunities to inform readers!