INTERFAITH WORKS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK
1010 JAMES ST, SYRACUSE, NY 13204 interfaithworkscny.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: INTERFAITH WORKS, THROUGH EDUCATION, SERVICE AND DIALOGUE, AFFIRMS THE DIGNITY OF EACH PERSON AND EVERY FAITH COMMUNITY, AND SEEKS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG US.

TO AFFIRM FAITH AND RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION, SERVICE AND DIALOGUE.

CENTER FOR NEW AMERICANS:- IN COLLABORATION WITH CENTRO, 81 REFUGEES LEARNED HOW TO USE THE BUS. TRAINING INCLUDESHOW TO BOARD, PAY THE FARE, TRANSFER AND REQUEST A STOP. REFUGEES ALSO BENEFITED FROM A GUIDEDBUS TOUR OF SYRACUSE.- MENTAL HEALTH AND INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES WERE DELIVERED TO 147 CLIENTS WHONEEDED NAVIGATION TO FIND THEIR WAY THROUGH THE AMERICAN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTHSYSTEMS.- DUE TO GRANTS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY OF SYRACUSE AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSINGAND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, 275 CLIENTS AVOIDED HOMELESSNESS. CLIENTS WERE LINKED WITHESSENTIAL GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE PROGRAMS THAT ENABLED THEM TO STAY SAFE AND WARM INTHEIR OWN HOMES.- THROUGH MATCHING GRANT INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENTSERVICES, 33 PEOPLE WERE PROVIDED ALTERNATIVES TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. PEBBLE HILL PRESBYTERIANCHURCH PROVIDED SPACE FOR THE MATCH GRANT STORE, WHICH ALLOWS CLIENTS WHO OPT OUT OFPUBLIC ASSISTANCE TO RECEIVE EXTRA ITEMS TO FURNISH THEIR HOMES.- THE PATH TO CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDED CITIZENSHIP PREPARATION CLASSES TO 67 INDIVIDUALS.TWO INTERFAITH WORKS' STAFF, ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OFJUSTICE, PROVIDED IMMIGRATION SERVICES TO 132 CLIENTS, WHILE ASSISTING 46 INDIVIDUALS COMPLETETHEIR NATURALIZATION APPLICATIONS. SEVENTY-EIGHT INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED HELP IN COMPLETING THEIRGREEN CARD APPLICATIONS.- INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WERE PROVIDED TO 36 UNDERGRADUATE AND MASTER'S LEVEL STUDENTSFROM SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, CAZENOVIA COLLEGE, LE MOYNE COLLEGE, ONONDAGA COMMUNITYCOLLEGE AND BRYANT & STRATTON COLLEGE.

AHMAD AND ELIZABETH EL-HINDI CENTER FOR DIALOGUE:- SENT 26 REFUGEE AND AMERICAN-BORN STUDENTS FROM FIVE CITY HIGH SCHOOLS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SEEDS OF PEACE CAMP IN OTISFIELD, MAINE, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCSD), ONONDAGA COUNTYAND SYRACUSE SEEDS OF PEACE.- IN MARCH, STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE SEEDS OF PEACE PROGRAMS AT THEIR LOCAL SCHOOLS DEVELOPED AND LED THE SCSD YOUTH SYMPOSIUM ON GUN VIOLENCE. ATTENDING THIS ONE-DAY PROGRAM HOSTED BY SUNY-ESF WERE 220HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. - HELD 10 POLICE-COMMUNITY DIALOGUE CIRCLES WITH 116 PARTICIPANTS AND 20 FACILITATORS, A 24 PERCENT INCREASEFROM THE PRIOR YEAR. POLICE-COMMUNITY DIALOGUES ARE PLANNED FOR 2020, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OFSYRACUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF SYRACUSE COMMON COUNCIL.- ENGAGED ST. JOSEPH'S HEALTH IN A DIALOGUE FOR 55 PARTICIPANTS. THESE CIRCLES WERE TO CONCLUDE IN EARLY2020 WITH ACTION STEPS.-EXPLORED NEW PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS, COLLEGES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS.- CONDUCTED FACILITATOR TRAINING FOR SIX TOMPKINS- CORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY AND STAFFMEMBERS, AND ENGAGED 10 RETURNING FACILITATORS IN NEW DIALOGUE PROGRAM UPDATES.- IN AUGUST, ORGANIZED A THREE-DAY COMMUNITY SESSION TO LEARN ABOUT DIALOGUE, FACILITATION AND THE INTERNATIONALSEEDS OF PEACE CAMP. SEVENTY PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATED IN A COMMUNITY DINNER ON THESESSION'S FINAL DAY.- CONDUCTED TWO ENDING RACISM DIALOGUE CIRCLES FOR 16 MEMBERS OF INTERFAITH WORKS' BOARD OF DIRECTORS,ROUND TABLE OF FAITH LEADERS AND STAFF.- LED FOUR COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY-BASED BOOK GROUP DISCUSSIONS ON WHITE FRAGILITY.- PRESENTED THE 17TH ANNUAL DUCK RACE TO END RACISM, WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT RACISMAND RACIAL INEQUALITY AS WELL AS FUNDS FOR CENTER FOR DIALOGUE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. NEARLY 2,000 PEOPLEATTENDED. THE DUCK RACE WAS CHAIRED BY TWIGGY EURE OF CROUSE HEALTH.IPANTS.

SENIOR COMPANION:- THE SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM HELPED 170 OLDER ADULTS IN ONONDAGA, CAYUGA AND MADISON COUNTIESSTAY ACTIVE AND INCREASE THEIR INDEPENDENCE. THIS INCLUDES 19 CAREGIVERS WHO RECEIVED RESPITESERVICES, KNOWING THEIR LOVED ONES WERE WELL SUPPORTED AT HOME. CLIENTS REPORT THEY FEEL LESSLONELY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SENIOR COMPANION, CAN DO MORE OF THE THINGS THEY NEED TO DO, AND THATHAVING A SENIOR COMPANION HELPS THEM STAY IN THEIR OWN HOME. FIFTY-NINE SENIOR COMPANION VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED MORE THAN 51,000 HOURS OF COMPANIONSHIP TOOLDER ADULTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. SENIOR COMPANION VOLUNTEERS ARE OLDER ADULTSTHEMSELVES, AND THEY RECEIVE A SMALL STIPEND TO SUPPORT THEIR SERVICE. BEING A SENIOR COMPANIONHELPS THESE VOLUNTEERS STAY ACTIVE AND ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IT SUPPORTS AND IMPROVES THEIRPHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. GATHER AROUND, A CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH CLASS FOR OLDER REFUGEES, HELPED 16 OLDER ADULTS ACHIEVEGREATER INDEPENDENCE AND CONFIDENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS AGE-FRIENDLY CLASS ADDRESSES THEBARRIERS OLDER ADULTS OFTEN FACE WHEN LEARNING ENGLISH, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, PHYSICALLIMITATIONS AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. ELDERS ENROLLED IN THE CLASS BENEFITED FROM THE INCREASEDOPPORTUNITIES TO SOCIALIZE AND LEARN WITH PEERS. ELDERS ALSO ENJOYED FIELD TRIPS TO CULTURAL ANDRECREATIONAL SITES THROUGHOUT CENTRAL NEW YORK, INCLUDING THE EVERSON MUSEUM OF ART, THEROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO, A PUMPKIN PATCH AND A HORSE FARM. WITH KEY PARTNERS, SENIOR SERVICES ESTABLISHED THE ONONDAGA COUNTY AGING SERVICES COALITION, TOBUILD CAPACITY TO ADDRESS SENIOR ISOLATION THROUGH A RACE- AND POVERTY-INFORMED LENS. THE COALITIONWILL WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO STRENGTHEN EXISTING INTERVENTIONS AND DEVELOP NEW STRATEGIES TO TURNTHE CURVE ON SENIOR ISOLATION AND POVERTY AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN THE COUNTY.

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