Are you willing to welcome a refugee youth into your home? These unaccompanied refugee minors are fleeing persecution and violence. They are seeking nurturing families to welcome refugee youth into their homes.
Join us to explore the Refugee Foster Program in the Bay Area and the powerful ways you and your family can make a difference in the lives of youth in need by becoming an advocate and the voice they need.
📅 Date: Saturday, May 10, 2025
⏰ Time: 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Zuhr) | 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. for snacks and tea.
📍 Location: MCC Conference Room (join in person or watch virtually at mcceastbay.org/live)
Join us in the Banquet Hall from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. for snacks and tea.
Co-sponsored by ICNA Relief Bay Area, Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County & MCC East Bay.
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County’s Refugee Foster Care is a long-term foster care agency that brings youth from all over the world directly from refugee camps or urban settings and those youth that flee from Central America and are put in a shelter in the United States.
The Refugee Foster Care is a federally funded program, and Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County has a great staff team to support the families.
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
Speakers Include:
✨ Dr. Amber Haque – Psychologist & Director, Muslim Family Services, ICNA Relief USA
✨ Luci Della-Maggiore, Claire Collins, Kim Lozano – Catholic Charities of Santa Clara
💬 Let’s work together to advocate and foster hope for our youth. Don’t miss this impactful event!
Dr. Amber Haque earned his PhD in Psychology from Western Michigan University and Master of Science in Clinical Psychology from Eastern Michigan University. He worked as a psychologist for various mental health institutions in the US (Michigan and NY State) for over 12 years and then switched to academia in 1996. Dr. Haque taught in the Department of Psychology at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) for eight years and the Department of Psychology at UAE University (UAEU), UAE, for 14 years. He also served as a Visiting Professor at the National University of Malaysia (UKM), the International University of Sarajevo (Bosnia), and a Visiting Scholar at Cornell University (Ithaca) and the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia).
Dr. Haque has served in various administrative roles, including being the department chair in Malaysia and director of the clinical psychology program at UAEU. He has published numerous mental health and Indigenous psychology articles in international refereed journals, edited four books, and served as a board member on four journals. He served as a reviewer for more than 30 international journals. Dr. Haque is a Clinical Psychology Professor at the School of Psychology and Social Work, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar. Learn more
