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VoyageDenver: Meet Tarsha Miller
We Made This Lead Tarsha Miller shares her outlook for the training and empowerment program in uncertain times.
WE MADE THIS FEATURED AT RUBY’S MARKET
We Made This products will now be featured at Ruby’s Market! Located at 1569 S Pearl St, Denver, CO 80210
Ruby’s Market
REFUGEE WOMEN FIND NEW LIFE THROUGH DENVER’S WE MADE THIS PROGRAM
“This isn’t just a place refugee women learn to sew; there is something complex and beautiful happening here.”
REFUGEE TRAINING PROGRAM IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST JOBS
“We Made This isn't just about job training, though. The women get English classes twice a week, they do art therapy, and they get citizenship training, too.”
REFUGEE STORIES COME TO LIFE IN COMICS AT DENVER’S POP CULTURE CON
“Not many people know about refugees, about what immigrants go through,” Aryana told CBS4’s Kelly Werthmann. “It was a great way of telling their story through a comic.”
SEW CLOSE TO HOME: AURORA AREA REFUGEES FIND A SKILL AND A PLACE IN AMERICA
“In the program, students learn how to use sewing machines, speak and write English, master personal finance and other cultural integration skills. The African Community Center of Denver started the program as an initiative when a few women wanted to learn how to sew for their families. The program garnered non-profit status in 2011.”