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"content": "\u003cp>On a recent morning at the Concord office of \u003ca href=\"https://jfcs-eastbay.org/urgent-afghan-evacuation/\">Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay\u003c/a>, staff members filled an enormous laundry cart with basic supplies for a new household — a family of seven, just arrived from Afghanistan. They loaded up new pillows, sheets, comforters, towel sets, pots and pans, and a microwave oven still in the box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As he helped wheel the cart to an elevator and out to the street, the father of the family looked bleary. He said they had gotten on a flight out of Kabul on Aug. 27, the day after a suicide bombing at the airport killed at least 175, and then spent over a week in transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man said he had worked for U.S. Army Special Forces as an interpreter, and asked not to be identified because he feared the Taliban could harm his relatives back home if they knew he had left the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man, his wife and their five children are among at least 2,000 Afghan evacuees who have arrived in California since July — most coming to the Bay Area and Sacramento. The East Bay office of JFCS has resettled 137.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as the new arrivals begin to put the pieces of their lives together, the established Afghan community here is stepping up to help. It turns out Afghans who call Northern California home know a lot about what the newcomers are going through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re helping them, the same as if they were our family or our friends,” said Ashraf Hussain, the JFCS case manager who pushed the cart to the curb. “I feel so happy when I’m helping.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890515\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11890515 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/012_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a mask pulls against a doorframe to help himself pull a massive laundry cart on wheels laden with items in black garbage bags through it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/012_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/012_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/012_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/012_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/012_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walid Aziz (L) and Ashraf Hussain from Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay bring household goods from the organization's offices in Concord on Sept. 10, 2021, to a family who recently arrived from Afghanistan. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hussain loaded the bedding and kitchenware into a U-Haul, along with donated mattresses and furniture. He says when he arrived from Afghanistan in 2017, he did not get connected with a resettlement agency and had to fend for himself. Now, he wants his clients to have an easier path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hussain also was a U.S. Army interpreter. And, like this new family, he arrived on a \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/special-immg-visa-afghans-employed-us-gov.html\">special immigrant visa\u003c/a>, which qualifies recipients for refugee benefits. Hussain’s job is to help this new family apply for food stamps and Medi-Cal, find housing in the costly Bay Area and enroll the kids in school.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Establishing stability for families fleeing chaos\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Typically, Afghans airlifted out of Kabul were flown to Qatar and then to U.S. military bases in Germany, Italy or Uganda, says Fouzia Azizi, JFCS's director of refugee services. From there they travel to bases in the U.S. where they get medical screenings, coronavirus vaccinations and paperwork processed. Jewish Family and Community Services estimates that there are currently more than 53,000 Afghan evacuees at military bases in the U.S. and at least another 12,000 who will eventually arrive here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Azizi says all the practical help Hussain and other staff members provide is the first step to establishing stability for families who have fled chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890505\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11890505 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/020_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two women and a man sit at a table in a conference room, two with papers in front of them and one on a laptop. On the wall is a large framed print of a bouquet in a vase.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/020_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/020_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/020_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/020_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/020_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fouzia Azizi (R), director of refugee services, meets with her team at Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay in Concord on Sept. 10, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There's trauma involved. There’s fear involved. And the anxiety level is so high,” she said. “Folks that are getting here, they are extremely overwhelmed due to the long process. ... And also, they left their loved ones at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the new arrivals need more than beds and kitchenware. They need a sense of connection and emotional support, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11887630,news_11889134,news_11885170\" label=\"Related Posts\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To be in touch with somebody that has a similar culture and also went through a similar experience,” she said. “It's a huge difference when you come and you have community members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her staff at Jewish Family and Community Services works with refugees from Guatemala, Burma, Eritrea and elsewhere around the globe. But many case managers in the agency’s Concord office are Afghans who came to the Bay Area over the past four decades of war and upheaval in their homeland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Azizi herself knows firsthand what these new families are feeling. She was a refugee once, too, fleeing Afghanistan with her family in 1994.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Islamic regime came to power and my house was put on fire. We left our house in the middle of the night,” she said. “And when I see my clients, and sometimes they are trying to explain their situation, I just say, ‘You don't need to tell me. I have been there ... And I know exactly what you feel.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Afghan diaspora steps up to support new arrivals\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s not just refugee resettlement agencies that are reaching out to help the new arrivals. Across the Bay Area’s Afghan diaspora, community groups are raising money and organizing volunteers. And the cities of \u003ca href=\"https://www.fremont.gov/4058/Afghan-Refugee-Help\">Fremont\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://hayward-ca.gov/residents/equity-inclusion/afghan-relief-and-assistance-efforts\">Hayward\u003c/a>, home to long-established Afghan communities, are collecting donations and coordinating legal aid and other services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of the Afghans that have been working with me have slept very little in the last couple of weeks,” said Aisha Wahab, a Hayward city councilmember who is the daughter of Afghan refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Aisha Wahab, Hayward city councilmember\"]'Kids bounce back pretty quickly. The concern that a lot of us tend to have is with the women. Women still have to be under these rigid cultural norms. ... They may not be able to potentially get a job or they may not have been educated even in Afghanistan. So the acclimation for Afghan women coming to the U.S. is going to be far more important and far more difficult than for pretty much anybody else.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says she’s seeing dozens of young Afghan Americans like herself taking time off from their jobs to pitch in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a friend who right now is volunteering with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.afghancoalition.org/\">Afghan Coalition\u003c/a>. She is taking a solid month off. I have another friend who took two months off providing mental health services and translation,” Wahab said. “You have a lot of these young Afghans who have been deeply affected by their parents’ story ... and are saying that we are going to ease the arrival.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the Afghans now arriving on special immigrant visas are here because they worked for the U.S. And Wahab says that means many men, at least, already speak English, but their wives and children may not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kids bounce back pretty quickly. The concern that a lot of us tend to have is with the women,” she said. “Women still have to be under these rigid cultural norms. ... They may not be able to potentially get a job or they may not have been educated even in Afghanistan. So the acclimation for Afghan women coming to the U.S. is going to be far more important and far more difficult than for pretty much anybody else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Assisting new refugees by drawing on personal displacement experiences\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When Nazia Gabar arrived in the Bay Area in 2017 with her husband and baby, she did speak English. She was a professional woman who had worked for the U.S. government in Kabul. But the transition was still tough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One morning earlier this month, Gabar perched on the sofa in her small, tidy apartment in a San Leandro housing development right beside the freeway and talked about those early days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890528\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11890528 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/004_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing an orange salwar kameez and black hijab sits at a kitchen table typing on a laptop. A boy, age 4, sits right behind her on the chair.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/004_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/004_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/004_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/004_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/004_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">While Nazia Gabar teaches English classes to women from Afghanistan who have resettled in the United States, one of her sons sits behind her at their home in San Leandro on Sept. 8, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“At first it's very difficult to adapt to a new culture, a new environment, new people,” she said. “At that time when we came, we were very stressful about everything because there was no home and no jobs. We didn't have any money and the rent was very high.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately, some friends from Kabul had made the move a couple of years earlier and helped them get established. Gabar says even Afghans they had barely met were generous, offering rides and sharing suggestions about where to find a job or an apartment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Gabar works part time as a bookkeeper and teaches English classes to other Afghan women for Refugee & Immigrant Transitions, a San Francisco-based nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While her husband, Hassam Gabar, played with their two little boys, age 2 and 4, Gabar set up her laptop at the kitchen table and started her first Zoom class of the day. She composed a short dialogue about how to make a doctor’s appointment and then asked the students to take turns playing the roles of patient and receptionist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the pandemic, the classes met in the Gabars’ living room. A dozen or so women from the neighborhood gathered around the whiteboard, and they brought their children, too. Gabar says it helped break the isolation — for her students and herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The women were happy. They were meeting and talking to each other and the kids were playing,” she said. “We were supporting each other. Sometimes they were sharing their stories. We were talking about all that while learning English.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With so many Afghan refugees arriving now, Gabar says she has been asked to take on more classes. She says she’ll try to fit them in, for the women’s sake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890507\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11890507 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/015_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Outside a curtained sliding glass door, a man holds a 2-year-old, as a 4-year-old moves toward the door as if to join them.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/015_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/015_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/015_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/015_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/015_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">While Nazia Gabar teaches English classes to women from Afghanistan who have resettled in the United States, her husband Hassam plays with their two children at their home in San Leandro on Sept. 8, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Afghan woman, they always have headaches because they are away from their families,” she said. “We are used to living in a full, big family, with siblings and parents, everyone. But then when you come here, you are just alone with your husband and your husband goes to work and you are all day alone at home. They get depression.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mastering English is a kind of cure, Gabar says, because it offers these refugee women independence — the chance to drive, work and connect with the wider world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent months, Hassam has been able to mind the kids while she teaches, because he’s been out of work. In Afghanistan, he worked in finance. When he got here, he drove for Uber, worked as a security guard and studied automotive engineering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This month, though, he landed a job with a refugee agency. He says it’s not what he was expecting to do, but it’s actually very familiar — because he came of age in a United Nations refugee camp in Pakistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Fouzia Azizi, Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay's director of refugee services\"]'It gave me energy every day when I woke up to see that I have the power to help humans, disregard if they are Afghans or not. But right now, there's a crisis in Afghanistan and our clients happen to be Afghans.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This work is actually the work I grew up with,” he said. “My father was working with the UNHCR [United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees], in children’s rights, community education and health. So I observed how he worked. He was doing the same thing that people do in refugee organizations here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the Gabars, assisting new refugees draws on what they’ve learned through their own displacement experience. And it’s a way of paying forward the help they got from more established Afghans when they were newcomers to the Bay Area a few years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>'I have the power to help humans'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Pausing to reflect in her office at Jewish Family and Community Services, Azizi said watching the news last month as Kabul fell to the Taliban brought back the pain she felt 27 years earlier when her own family fled the Taliban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When Kabul collapsed, that night and the nights after that, I was getting nightmares,” Azizi said. “The hurt is so deep, it's deep to my core. The disappointment level was so high that I felt numb.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What has kept her going?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890500\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11890500 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/031_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman stands right next to a window, which shines light on a painting of a hillside.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/031_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/031_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/031_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/031_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/031_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fouzia Azizi, director of refugee services, holds artwork from Afghanistan in her office at the Jewish Family and Community Services of the East Bay in Concord on Sept. 10, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It gave me energy every day when I woke up to see that I have the power to help humans, disregard if they are Afghans or not. But right now, there’s a crisis in Afghanistan and our clients happen to be Afghans,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Being a refugee is a journey, said Azizi, regardless of what country a person has fled. The fact that so many of her staff were themselves forced to leave their homes, she believes, is a strength because they can serve as models for the newcomers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It gives them the hope that, ‘Oh, they are refugees as well ... and now they are in a position to be able to help us,’” she said. “When there’s a hope, the healing process is a possibility.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On a recent morning at the Concord office of \u003ca href=\"https://jfcs-eastbay.org/urgent-afghan-evacuation/\">Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay\u003c/a>, staff members filled an enormous laundry cart with basic supplies for a new household — a family of seven, just arrived from Afghanistan. They loaded up new pillows, sheets, comforters, towel sets, pots and pans, and a microwave oven still in the box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As he helped wheel the cart to an elevator and out to the street, the father of the family looked bleary. He said they had gotten on a flight out of Kabul on Aug. 27, the day after a suicide bombing at the airport killed at least 175, and then spent over a week in transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man said he had worked for U.S. Army Special Forces as an interpreter, and asked not to be identified because he feared the Taliban could harm his relatives back home if they knew he had left the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man, his wife and their five children are among at least 2,000 Afghan evacuees who have arrived in California since July — most coming to the Bay Area and Sacramento. The East Bay office of JFCS has resettled 137.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as the new arrivals begin to put the pieces of their lives together, the established Afghan community here is stepping up to help. It turns out Afghans who call Northern California home know a lot about what the newcomers are going through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re helping them, the same as if they were our family or our friends,” said Ashraf Hussain, the JFCS case manager who pushed the cart to the curb. “I feel so happy when I’m helping.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890515\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11890515 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/012_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a mask pulls against a doorframe to help himself pull a massive laundry cart on wheels laden with items in black garbage bags through it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/012_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/012_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/012_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/012_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/012_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walid Aziz (L) and Ashraf Hussain from Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay bring household goods from the organization's offices in Concord on Sept. 10, 2021, to a family who recently arrived from Afghanistan. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hussain loaded the bedding and kitchenware into a U-Haul, along with donated mattresses and furniture. He says when he arrived from Afghanistan in 2017, he did not get connected with a resettlement agency and had to fend for himself. Now, he wants his clients to have an easier path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hussain also was a U.S. Army interpreter. And, like this new family, he arrived on a \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/special-immg-visa-afghans-employed-us-gov.html\">special immigrant visa\u003c/a>, which qualifies recipients for refugee benefits. Hussain’s job is to help this new family apply for food stamps and Medi-Cal, find housing in the costly Bay Area and enroll the kids in school.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Establishing stability for families fleeing chaos\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Typically, Afghans airlifted out of Kabul were flown to Qatar and then to U.S. military bases in Germany, Italy or Uganda, says Fouzia Azizi, JFCS's director of refugee services. From there they travel to bases in the U.S. where they get medical screenings, coronavirus vaccinations and paperwork processed. Jewish Family and Community Services estimates that there are currently more than 53,000 Afghan evacuees at military bases in the U.S. and at least another 12,000 who will eventually arrive here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Azizi says all the practical help Hussain and other staff members provide is the first step to establishing stability for families who have fled chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890505\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11890505 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/020_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two women and a man sit at a table in a conference room, two with papers in front of them and one on a laptop. On the wall is a large framed print of a bouquet in a vase.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/020_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/020_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/020_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/020_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/020_EastBay_JFCSAfghanResettlement_09102021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fouzia Azizi (R), director of refugee services, meets with her team at Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay in Concord on Sept. 10, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There's trauma involved. There’s fear involved. And the anxiety level is so high,” she said. “Folks that are getting here, they are extremely overwhelmed due to the long process. ... And also, they left their loved ones at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the new arrivals need more than beds and kitchenware. They need a sense of connection and emotional support, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To be in touch with somebody that has a similar culture and also went through a similar experience,” she said. “It's a huge difference when you come and you have community members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her staff at Jewish Family and Community Services works with refugees from Guatemala, Burma, Eritrea and elsewhere around the globe. But many case managers in the agency’s Concord office are Afghans who came to the Bay Area over the past four decades of war and upheaval in their homeland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Azizi herself knows firsthand what these new families are feeling. She was a refugee once, too, fleeing Afghanistan with her family in 1994.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Islamic regime came to power and my house was put on fire. We left our house in the middle of the night,” she said. “And when I see my clients, and sometimes they are trying to explain their situation, I just say, ‘You don't need to tell me. I have been there ... And I know exactly what you feel.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Afghan diaspora steps up to support new arrivals\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s not just refugee resettlement agencies that are reaching out to help the new arrivals. Across the Bay Area’s Afghan diaspora, community groups are raising money and organizing volunteers. And the cities of \u003ca href=\"https://www.fremont.gov/4058/Afghan-Refugee-Help\">Fremont\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://hayward-ca.gov/residents/equity-inclusion/afghan-relief-and-assistance-efforts\">Hayward\u003c/a>, home to long-established Afghan communities, are collecting donations and coordinating legal aid and other services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of the Afghans that have been working with me have slept very little in the last couple of weeks,” said Aisha Wahab, a Hayward city councilmember who is the daughter of Afghan refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says she’s seeing dozens of young Afghan Americans like herself taking time off from their jobs to pitch in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a friend who right now is volunteering with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.afghancoalition.org/\">Afghan Coalition\u003c/a>. She is taking a solid month off. I have another friend who took two months off providing mental health services and translation,” Wahab said. “You have a lot of these young Afghans who have been deeply affected by their parents’ story ... and are saying that we are going to ease the arrival.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the Afghans now arriving on special immigrant visas are here because they worked for the U.S. And Wahab says that means many men, at least, already speak English, but their wives and children may not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kids bounce back pretty quickly. The concern that a lot of us tend to have is with the women,” she said. “Women still have to be under these rigid cultural norms. ... They may not be able to potentially get a job or they may not have been educated even in Afghanistan. So the acclimation for Afghan women coming to the U.S. is going to be far more important and far more difficult than for pretty much anybody else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Assisting new refugees by drawing on personal displacement experiences\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When Nazia Gabar arrived in the Bay Area in 2017 with her husband and baby, she did speak English. She was a professional woman who had worked for the U.S. government in Kabul. But the transition was still tough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One morning earlier this month, Gabar perched on the sofa in her small, tidy apartment in a San Leandro housing development right beside the freeway and talked about those early days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890528\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11890528 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/004_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing an orange salwar kameez and black hijab sits at a kitchen table typing on a laptop. A boy, age 4, sits right behind her on the chair.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/004_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/004_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/004_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/004_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/004_SanLeandro_GabarFamily_09082021.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">While Nazia Gabar teaches English classes to women from Afghanistan who have resettled in the United States, one of her sons sits behind her at their home in San Leandro on Sept. 8, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“At first it's very difficult to adapt to a new culture, a new environment, new people,” she said. “At that time when we came, we were very stressful about everything because there was no home and no jobs. We didn't have any money and the rent was very high.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately, some friends from Kabul had made the move a couple of years earlier and helped them get established. Gabar says even Afghans they had barely met were generous, offering rides and sharing suggestions about where to find a job or an apartment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Gabar works part time as a bookkeeper and teaches English classes to other Afghan women for Refugee & Immigrant Transitions, a San Francisco-based nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While her husband, Hassam Gabar, played with their two little boys, age 2 and 4, Gabar set up her laptop at the kitchen table and started her first Zoom class of the day. She composed a short dialogue about how to make a doctor’s appointment and then asked the students to take turns playing the roles of patient and receptionist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the pandemic, the classes met in the Gabars’ living room. A dozen or so women from the neighborhood gathered around the whiteboard, and they brought their children, too. Gabar says it helped break the isolation — for her students and herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The women were happy. They were meeting and talking to each other and the kids were playing,” she said. “We were supporting each other. Sometimes they were sharing their stories. We were talking about all that while learning English.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With so many Afghan refugees arriving now, Gabar says she has been asked to take on more classes. 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But then when you come here, you are just alone with your husband and your husband goes to work and you are all day alone at home. They get depression.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mastering English is a kind of cure, Gabar says, because it offers these refugee women independence — the chance to drive, work and connect with the wider world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent months, Hassam has been able to mind the kids while she teaches, because he’s been out of work. In Afghanistan, he worked in finance. When he got here, he drove for Uber, worked as a security guard and studied automotive engineering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This month, though, he landed a job with a refugee agency. He says it’s not what he was expecting to do, but it’s actually very familiar — because he came of age in a United Nations refugee camp in Pakistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California’s 13th Congressional District Representative Barbara Lee was the sole member of Congress to vote against the authorization of the war in Afghanistan 20 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a moment that features heavily in director \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101885337/rep-barbara-lee-on-afghanistan-and-a-life-of-speaking-truth-to-power\">Abby Ginzberg's new documentary \"Barbara Lee: Truth to Power,\"\u003c/a> which examines Lee's life and work as a Bay Area representative whose career in Congress has spanned 23 years, and which centers the conversation on Lee’s resolve to stand in opposition to her colleagues during a time of national crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101885337/rep-barbara-lee-on-afghanistan-and-a-life-of-speaking-truth-to-power\">Lee and Ginzberg recently joined Alexis Madrigal on KQED Forum\u003c/a> to talk about her storied career in Congress, her early days at Mills College and her thoughts on the latest developments in Afghanistan, two decades after her news-making vote. Read on for the highlights of their conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Growing up amid segregation in Texas\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Born in 1946, Lee grew up in segregated El Paso, Texas, down the street from \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/09/618280396/how-a-black-detective-infiltrated-the-kkk\">Ron Stallworth, who went on to write \"Black Klansman\" \u003c/a>— his autobiography detailing his experiences infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan — and who still lives in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee attended Catholic schools — the only schools in the area that would allow Black students to attend at the time. As the only Black Girl Scout in her town, she was invited by her non-Black cohorts to attend events at the historic Plaza Theatre. However, Black people were only allowed in the balcony — a degrading experience that deterred Lee and many other Black community members from going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first movie Lee ever saw at the Plaza Theatre was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105052/spike-lee-checks-under-the-hood-in-the-blistering-blackkklansman\">Spike Lee’s 2018 film adaptation of Stallworth's “BlacKkKlansman.”\u003c/a> The experience was, in Lee’s words, \"remarkable,\" and one that she wished her \"mother had been there\" for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Somewhat unsurprisingly, Lee wants Ginzberg’s documentary to play at the Plaza Theatre in the near future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843387\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11843387 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS33588_1112018_AW_GetOutTheVote_04-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Barbara Lee during a speech in front of a podium and microphone. She has a hand raised and is wearing a blue shirt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS33588_1112018_AW_GetOutTheVote_04-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS33588_1112018_AW_GetOutTheVote_04-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS33588_1112018_AW_GetOutTheVote_04-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS33588_1112018_AW_GetOutTheVote_04-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS33588_1112018_AW_GetOutTheVote_04-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Barbara Lee speaks at an election event in Berkeley on Oct. 27, 2018. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>‘The right thing to do’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A trained social worker, Lee was able to, as Ginzberg put it, \"find her moral center\" during a time of \"patriotic warmongering\" immediately following 9/11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She understood what \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/episodes/60-words\">that 60-word resolution\u003c/a> was going to lead us to,\" said Ginzberg. As the filmmaker sees it, it was Lee’s ability to set aside \"national fervor\" that made her \"the one person in Congress who was able to do it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was after \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/remember-july-dec01-remember_09-14\">Rev. Nathan Baxter spoke at the Sept. 14, 2001, National Prayer Service\u003c/a> that Lee made the decision to vote against a U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan. It was, said Lee, \"a decision that did not come lightly.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, this choice jeopardized her seat in Congress. \"There are moments when you have to say, 'I'm risking everything because this is the right thing to do,'\" said Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked for her opinions on \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/us/politics/biden-defends-afghanistan-withdrawal.html\">President Biden’s recent choice to withdraw the U.S. military from Afghanistan\u003c/a>, Lee maintains that \"he absolutely made the right call.\" She was, however, quick to critique the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, stating that \"there is no military solution in Afghanistan.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I believe we should have withdrawn many, many years ago when President Obama was in office,\" Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the daughter of a retired lieutenant colonel who was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War, Lee understands that \"the dislocation and the violence and the trauma and the sadness that people have experienced over the last 20 years\" is not easily fixed \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">—\u003c/span> in either the U.S. or in Afghanistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee is a chair of the subcommittee that funds the U.S. effort to withdraw from Afghanistan. This group’s focus, she says, is now on humanitarian assistance and diplomatic development assistance and an investment in nonmilitary strategies to provide security for women, and advocate for women’s education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Audience questions: Mills College and Palestine\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Lee shared her experience as a single mother attending classes at Oakland's Mills College. \"I took my children to college with me,\" she said. \"They sat through classes with me.\" It was at Mills where Lee had her first introduction to longtime mentor Shirley Chisholm, in the only government course she enrolled in during her time there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked by a KQED Forum caller about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11888178/mills-college-to-merge-with-northeastern-university-after-months-long-court-battle\">the future of Mills College amid the news of its upcoming merger with Northeastern University\u003c/a>, Lee stressed the importance for continued educational options for single mothers, saying that \"there are very few academic environments that are conducive\" to pursuing a degree for women raising children alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee was also asked by a caller to justify her endorsement of a military aid package for Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a member of Congress who advocates for a two-state solution, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101885337/rep-barbara-lee-on-afghanistan-and-a-life-of-speaking-truth-to-power\">Lee spoke about the complications of taking a more balanced approach\u003c/a> to new humanitarian aid efforts toward Palestine. But \"I don't think there are any members of Congress who have been more pro-Palestinian, in terms of justice for the Palestinian people and children, than myself,\" said Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even as Ginzberg's new documentary looking back on her life is released, Lee said she is focused on her future both inside and outside of politics. Emphasizing \"that there is life after Congress,\" Lee said that she wants to \"continue serving. I love my job.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I love working for the people. I hope I'm making a contribution and helping my constituents,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California’s 13th Congressional District Representative Barbara Lee was the sole member of Congress to vote against the authorization of the war in Afghanistan 20 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a moment that features heavily in director \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101885337/rep-barbara-lee-on-afghanistan-and-a-life-of-speaking-truth-to-power\">Abby Ginzberg's new documentary \"Barbara Lee: Truth to Power,\"\u003c/a> which examines Lee's life and work as a Bay Area representative whose career in Congress has spanned 23 years, and which centers the conversation on Lee’s resolve to stand in opposition to her colleagues during a time of national crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101885337/rep-barbara-lee-on-afghanistan-and-a-life-of-speaking-truth-to-power\">Lee and Ginzberg recently joined Alexis Madrigal on KQED Forum\u003c/a> to talk about her storied career in Congress, her early days at Mills College and her thoughts on the latest developments in Afghanistan, two decades after her news-making vote. Read on for the highlights of their conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Growing up amid segregation in Texas\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Born in 1946, Lee grew up in segregated El Paso, Texas, down the street from \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/09/618280396/how-a-black-detective-infiltrated-the-kkk\">Ron Stallworth, who went on to write \"Black Klansman\" \u003c/a>— his autobiography detailing his experiences infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan — and who still lives in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee attended Catholic schools — the only schools in the area that would allow Black students to attend at the time. As the only Black Girl Scout in her town, she was invited by her non-Black cohorts to attend events at the historic Plaza Theatre. However, Black people were only allowed in the balcony — a degrading experience that deterred Lee and many other Black community members from going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first movie Lee ever saw at the Plaza Theatre was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105052/spike-lee-checks-under-the-hood-in-the-blistering-blackkklansman\">Spike Lee’s 2018 film adaptation of Stallworth's “BlacKkKlansman.”\u003c/a> The experience was, in Lee’s words, \"remarkable,\" and one that she wished her \"mother had been there\" for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Somewhat unsurprisingly, Lee wants Ginzberg’s documentary to play at the Plaza Theatre in the near future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843387\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11843387 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS33588_1112018_AW_GetOutTheVote_04-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Barbara Lee during a speech in front of a podium and microphone. She has a hand raised and is wearing a blue shirt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS33588_1112018_AW_GetOutTheVote_04-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS33588_1112018_AW_GetOutTheVote_04-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS33588_1112018_AW_GetOutTheVote_04-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS33588_1112018_AW_GetOutTheVote_04-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS33588_1112018_AW_GetOutTheVote_04-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Barbara Lee speaks at an election event in Berkeley on Oct. 27, 2018. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>‘The right thing to do’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A trained social worker, Lee was able to, as Ginzberg put it, \"find her moral center\" during a time of \"patriotic warmongering\" immediately following 9/11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She understood what \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/episodes/60-words\">that 60-word resolution\u003c/a> was going to lead us to,\" said Ginzberg. As the filmmaker sees it, it was Lee’s ability to set aside \"national fervor\" that made her \"the one person in Congress who was able to do it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was after \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/remember-july-dec01-remember_09-14\">Rev. Nathan Baxter spoke at the Sept. 14, 2001, National Prayer Service\u003c/a> that Lee made the decision to vote against a U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan. It was, said Lee, \"a decision that did not come lightly.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, this choice jeopardized her seat in Congress. \"There are moments when you have to say, 'I'm risking everything because this is the right thing to do,'\" said Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked for her opinions on \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/us/politics/biden-defends-afghanistan-withdrawal.html\">President Biden’s recent choice to withdraw the U.S. military from Afghanistan\u003c/a>, Lee maintains that \"he absolutely made the right call.\" She was, however, quick to critique the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, stating that \"there is no military solution in Afghanistan.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I believe we should have withdrawn many, many years ago when President Obama was in office,\" Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the daughter of a retired lieutenant colonel who was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War, Lee understands that \"the dislocation and the violence and the trauma and the sadness that people have experienced over the last 20 years\" is not easily fixed \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">—\u003c/span> in either the U.S. or in Afghanistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee is a chair of the subcommittee that funds the U.S. effort to withdraw from Afghanistan. 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"content": "\u003cp>“Welcome to America!” That’s how Mohammad, a special immigrant visa (SIV) holder, remembers being greeted upon his arrival in the Bay Area from Kabul, Afghanistan, in December 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He fondly recalls the volunteers and others from \u003ca href=\"https://jfcs-eastbay.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jewish Family & Community Services, East Bay\u003c/a> who first greeted him when he arrived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will always remember that,” he says. “My kids remember and ask, ‘Where is that lady?’ ” It was one of the volunteers from JFCS who first welcomed him and his family to the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the wake of the Taliban \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/1028117811/taliban-takeover-kabul-what-we-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">takeover of Kabul in mid-August\u003c/a>, JFCS has resettled 77 Afghans in the East Bay – about as many people as it typically resettles in six months. JFCS said in a recent \u003ca href=\"https://jfcs-eastbay.org/urgent-afghan-evacuation/\">update\u003c/a> that it expects September to be about the same. The organization has received an outpouring of community support for Afghan refugees in the form of volunteers, with 2,800 people in the Bay Area signing up to support resettlement efforts, from greeting families at the airport to connecting families to needed services – everything that goes into creating a new life in a new place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Mohammad, SIV holder now living in Concord\"]‘We should not forget Afghanistan and those who work shoulder to shoulder for democracy, for human rights.’[/pullquote]Mohammad, whose name KQED has changed due to fears of violence against his family still in Afghanistan, is now based in Concord with his wife, a former teacher, and their three kids. Prior to coming to the U.S., he worked as a technical advisor for an international organization doing development work in Afghanistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We worked a lot to build our country,” he told KQED. “We struggled to develop it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the last year, Mohammad said the security situation was very bad. His organization was attacked and he was stopped several times and asked who he worked for. While he says he might have been able to continue working, Mohammad wanted to provide a better life for his kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I decided to immigrate here. We are now happy that at least my kids will have a bright future,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s been working as a paralegal for a Fremont-based law firm assisting with immigrant asylum cases. He wanted to volunteer his services for other organizations that might need his help, but since his commute is 1.5 hours each way, he doesn’t have time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohammad said he never would’ve imagined what has happened in Afghanistan. “A lot of people are left behind, and they need to have humanitarian aid,” he said – even “before the Taliban took over, the country was in a humanitarian crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We should not forget Afghanistan and those who work shoulder to shoulder for democracy, for human rights,” Mohammad added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some Afghan refugees who arrived in California and the Bay Area prior to 2021, the adjustment was difficult, but not extremely unmanageable. For those arriving now – some with only the clothes they were wearing when they left – the trauma of waiting at the Kabul airport for hours amid a crumbling country and seeing violence take place in front of their children’s eyes makes the transition more challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888021\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11888021\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"two men wearing masks talk in Afghan market in Fremont\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘I sit here sometimes, and I look at my daughter and I’m like, man, how lucky are we to be here? And then I look at all those people, all the kids bleeding, crying … Like as a parent, you have no choice but to feel their pain, you know?’ said Kais (left) in Fremont, on Aug. 27, 2021, a day after a bomb blast killed over 100 people in Kabul. Kais runs Maiwand Market, a staple for many in the Afghan community. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.reftrans.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Refugee & Immigrant Transitions\u003c/a>, an Oakland-based nonprofit, is “preparing for the arrival of hundreds of vulnerable Afghans as part of an emergency evacuation effort,” according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.reftrans.org/publications-and-media/2021/8/19/stand-with-the-people-of-afghanistan#statement-from-rit-board-chair-malikyar-sills-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement from RIT Board Chair Malaak Malikyar Sills\u003c/a>, who fled Afghanistan at age 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While RIT normally focuses on what they call “post-resettlement” — everything after the first few months – they’re expecting to ramp up efforts to be able to welcome additional newcomers and support other Bay Area resettlement organizations. RIT will offer resettlement support in collaboration with the International Rescue Committee and JFCS. They’ll work to help families access necessary health services and public benefits, providing assistance with registering for school as well as post-resettlement support in the form of \u003ca href=\"https://www.reftrans.org/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">education\u003c/a> and family engagement through field trips and support groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some evacuees qualified for a visa under the \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/special-immg-visa-afghans-employed-us-gov.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">special immigrant visa\u003c/a> category — established in 2008 initially for Iraqi and Afghan translators and interpreters, but expanded in 2014 to include those employed on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan. Others are arriving in the early stages of the visa application or via the \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/humanitarian-or-significant-public-benefit-parole-for-individuals-outside-the-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">humanitarian parole program\u003c/a>, which means they may need legal assistance in addition to support for basic needs since humanitarian parolees are \u003ca href=\"https://refugees.org/uscri-snapshot-humanitarian-parole-for-afghan-evacuees/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ineligible for food assistance services like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11885170 hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS51188_GettyImages-1336534302-qut-1020x681.jpg\"]In \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2021/09/03/secretary-mayorkas-delivers-remarks-operation-allies-welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a Sept. 3 address\u003c/a>, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas said Afghan evacuees include “U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, special immigrant visa holders, individuals who have assisted the United States in Afghanistan, and all other vulnerable Afghans, such as journalists and vulnerable women and girls.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayorkas said in the past few weeks that roughly 120,000 people have been evacuated from Kabul. “We have a moral imperative to protect them, to support those who have supported this nation,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A sense of home\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For some Afghan families who may be used to a multigenerational family structure in which parents, kids and grandparents often live together, community is at the heart of a sense of home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also at the center of home is food. And for newly arrived Afghans, some East Bay cities offer both a sense of extended support within the already established Afghan community as well as access to Afghan food staples – like the homemade bread and halal meat from Fremont’s Maiwand Market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esmatullah Asadullah and his family, including his parents and three sisters, came to the Bay Area last year after first being placed in Louisville, Kentucky, with the help of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.rescue.org/topic/refugees-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Rescue Committee\u003c/a>. “There were only 50 [Afghan] families,” he said. Asadullah, 20, said the IRC helped their family for around three to four months. They decided to move to San Jose to be among a larger Afghan community in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11888019\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51392_006_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51392_006_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51392_006_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51392_006_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51392_006_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51392_006_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Esmatullah Asadullah’s father buys Afghan bread made at Maiwand Market in Fremont on Aug. 27, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“One of my mom’s friends lives here, and she really liked it,” Asadullah said. He’s now working for Tesla and going to school in San Jose. Watching what’s happening in Afghanistan from afar, he said, is difficult: “Like as an Afghan … it’s hard — it’s like all [of] Afghanistan is like my family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For others who are arriving more recently, the challenges are more complex.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Housing costs ‘a constant challenge and shock’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>JFCS says housing is the biggest challenge in their resettlement efforts, since many property managers are reluctant to rent to new arrivals without a standard rental history or credit score.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The high cost of housing is a constant challenge and shock for incoming refugees,” said Holly Taines White, director of development and community engagement at JFCS. “Finding an affordable, safe, appropriate place to live — especially one that is somewhat nearby family and friends – is one of the things JFCS assists with the most.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She shared one example of how challenging the search can be for someone who has recently arrived: A family found a relatively affordable apartment for $2,500 per month in Walnut Creek — but the property manager required they show income of five times the monthly rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is not something that a newly arrived family can do,” White said. “In cases like this, we provide a lot of advocacy, trying to help property managers understand the situations that our clients are in.” They’re also matching families with community members who are willing to serve as co-signers on the lease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11885908 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Demonstrators-Marching-East-on-Thorton-Ave-copy-1020x574.jpg']Christopher Cambises, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/office-of-the-city-manager/racial-equity/immigrant-affairs/afghanistan-refugee-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">immigrant affairs manager at the Office of Racial Equity\u003c/a> for the city of San Jose, helps ensure refugees and immigrants are welcomed and able to connect to services in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now a major need is housing, and everyone recognizes that housing is a challenge in Silicon Valley, in California as a whole,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond housing, there’s a need for everything else that comes with starting a new life in a new country — getting kids into schools, getting connected to mental health resources, and basic furniture and household goods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cambises, himself an immigrant from the United Kingdom, said there’s a shared sense of belonging amid displacement. “This is a city that has an extremely long history of welcoming refugees from around the world and fostering that sense of community belonging for new arrivals,” he said. “We’re tied together by a shared sense of displacement, relocation and resettlement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>From California to Afghanistan, and back\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“When I think about refugee resettlement, I think about housing,” said Shawn VanDiver, founder of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.trumanproject.org/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Truman National Security Project\u003c/a> San Diego chapter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a major housing crisis here,” VanDiver said. “But also California is a welcoming place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VanDiver, a 12-year Navy veteran, said he wants to make sure Afghans, specifically those who served the U.S., are welcomed. One of the people he worked with on civic engagement projects is a former Afghan interpreter named Lucky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lucky, a nickname given to him because he survived two improvised explosive device blasts (he prefers this name, for fear of what the Taliban might do to his family still in Afghanistan), received his SIV in 2016 after working as an interpreter for the U.S. for nearly 10 years. He now has a green card. Lucky had been living in San Diego for the past several years, but went back to Afghanistan in May to see his aging mother and to help her with care. While visiting his mother in the hospital, his brother told him the Taliban were attempting to take their village. Around Aug. 13, he went to help. Without enough people or ammunition to support the village, he said they had to surrender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was stuck there,” Lucky said. He ended up pretending to be a truck driver to make his way back to Kabul, and then spent 12 hours at the airport, waiting for a flight with his wife and their 4-year-old and 7-month-old children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In part, with the assistance of \u003ca href=\"https://afghanevac.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Afghan Evac\u003c/a>, a San Diego-based initiative started by veterans, Lucky arrived back in the U.S. at the end of August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My kids, they just can’t sleep,” he said. “They have nightmares. … My daughter, she’s not letting me go. She’s still scared, she thinks she’s still in Afghanistan, and there’s going to be bombing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lucky told KQED he was planning to move to Texas to be closer to family and because the cost of living is high in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Bay Area organizations assisting with refugee services\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://jfcs-eastbay.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jewish Family & Community Services, East Bay\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.reftrans.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Refugee & Immigrant Transitions\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rescue.org/topic/refugees-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Rescue Committee\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s been working as a paralegal for a Fremont-based law firm assisting with immigrant asylum cases. He wanted to volunteer his services for other organizations that might need his help, but since his commute is 1.5 hours each way, he doesn’t have time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohammad said he never would’ve imagined what has happened in Afghanistan. “A lot of people are left behind, and they need to have humanitarian aid,” he said – even “before the Taliban took over, the country was in a humanitarian crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We should not forget Afghanistan and those who work shoulder to shoulder for democracy, for human rights,” Mohammad added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some Afghan refugees who arrived in California and the Bay Area prior to 2021, the adjustment was difficult, but not extremely unmanageable. For those arriving now – some with only the clothes they were wearing when they left – the trauma of waiting at the Kabul airport for hours amid a crumbling country and seeing violence take place in front of their children’s eyes makes the transition more challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888021\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11888021\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"two men wearing masks talk in Afghan market in Fremont\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘I sit here sometimes, and I look at my daughter and I’m like, man, how lucky are we to be here? And then I look at all those people, all the kids bleeding, crying … Like as a parent, you have no choice but to feel their pain, you know?’ said Kais (left) in Fremont, on Aug. 27, 2021, a day after a bomb blast killed over 100 people in Kabul. Kais runs Maiwand Market, a staple for many in the Afghan community. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.reftrans.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Refugee & Immigrant Transitions\u003c/a>, an Oakland-based nonprofit, is “preparing for the arrival of hundreds of vulnerable Afghans as part of an emergency evacuation effort,” according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.reftrans.org/publications-and-media/2021/8/19/stand-with-the-people-of-afghanistan#statement-from-rit-board-chair-malikyar-sills-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement from RIT Board Chair Malaak Malikyar Sills\u003c/a>, who fled Afghanistan at age 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While RIT normally focuses on what they call “post-resettlement” — everything after the first few months – they’re expecting to ramp up efforts to be able to welcome additional newcomers and support other Bay Area resettlement organizations. RIT will offer resettlement support in collaboration with the International Rescue Committee and JFCS. They’ll work to help families access necessary health services and public benefits, providing assistance with registering for school as well as post-resettlement support in the form of \u003ca href=\"https://www.reftrans.org/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">education\u003c/a> and family engagement through field trips and support groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some evacuees qualified for a visa under the \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/special-immg-visa-afghans-employed-us-gov.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">special immigrant visa\u003c/a> category — established in 2008 initially for Iraqi and Afghan translators and interpreters, but expanded in 2014 to include those employed on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan. Others are arriving in the early stages of the visa application or via the \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/humanitarian-or-significant-public-benefit-parole-for-individuals-outside-the-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">humanitarian parole program\u003c/a>, which means they may need legal assistance in addition to support for basic needs since humanitarian parolees are \u003ca href=\"https://refugees.org/uscri-snapshot-humanitarian-parole-for-afghan-evacuees/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ineligible for food assistance services like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Ebrat said the rally was intended to pressure the international community to protect the rights of all Afghans, and to pressure the U.S. to end quota limits for fleeing refugees and open up its borders to Afghans more broadly.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Alia Rasoully, founder, Wise Afghanistan\"]‘At the end of the day, the innocent Afghans not even involved in this war are the ones that are the victims.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The worldwide rallies are an effort to make civilian voices heard in the wake of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/08/27/1031649747/kabul-airport-explosions-afghanistan-dead-evacuations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deadly bombing at the Kabul airport\u003c/a> Thursday, and amid the United States’ struggle to evacuate U.S. citizens and Afghan people seeking refuge. 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Rasoully said it’s important to focus on the almost 39 million people who still remain in Afghanistan and don’t have the privilege to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to really focus on the women and girls that are left there and make sure that they continue to have the opportunities that they’ve been struggling for, for the last twenty years,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the end of the day, the innocent Afghans not even involved in this war — are the ones that are the victims,” Rasoully said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those new to Afghanistan’s history, she advises looking at it from a humanitarian perspective. “Look at what Afghans are going through right now. \u003ca href=\"https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/taliban-fighter-stands-guard-at-the-site-of-the-august-26-news-photo/1234889373?adppopup=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You see a pool of blood.\u003c/a> You see thousands of people that are trying to escape,” she said. “There are people that are handing their children over to military officers. … That’s how scared they are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that situation may become more violent. On Saturday, President Biden warned that another attack on the Kabul airport was “\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/28/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-the-evacuation-mission-in-kabul/\">highly likely.\u003c/a>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/KQEDnews/status/1431276649744502788\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After being briefed on a U.S. drone mission in eastern Afghanistan that the Pentagon said killed two members of the Islamic State on Saturday, Biden pledged more attacks on \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/25/us/politics/isis-terrorism-afghanistan-taliban.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISIS-K\u003c/a>, the group responsible for the Kabul airport bombing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, more than 200 marchers convened at U.N. Plaza to focus on peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event began with organizers playing the song “Sarzamine Man,” or “My Homeland,” followed by several speakers, including Mary Steiner, president of the United Nations Association San Francisco Chapter; Nahid Aria, Dari translator and Afghan community outreach coordinator at the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office; and Shahid Buttar, a lawyer and candidate for California’s 12th Congressional district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11886761\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11886761 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest2-1.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd marching with a long black, red, and green Afghan flag across them, amid protest signs and other Afghan flags\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest2-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest2-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest2-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest2-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest2-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A solidarity protest marches down Market Street in San Francisco Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Aziza Popal, who attended the rally, said she fled Afghanistan many years before because she was not able to practice Islam under the then-rule of the Soviet Union. On Saturday, she came to protest on behalf of voiceless people in her former home. “I’m here to raise my voice on behalf of all men and women. We are very upset with what is going on in Afghanistan right now,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marena Habibi, a rally organizer, said the thousands of refugees coming to the Bay Area now may not receive food assistance, cash aid or housing, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885170/how-you-can-support-the-afghan-community-in-the-bay-area-and-beyond\">pushed for protesters to demand more support from their representatives in government\u003c/a>. Afghans arriving in the U.S. may qualify for services, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.syracuse.com/poverty/2016/03/refugees_immigrants_asylees_parolees_difference.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">refugees, asylees, migrants\u003c/a> and parolees all are entitled to different programs and services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“President Biden, you have not ended the war, you’ve caused global chaos and we are now seeing the consequences,” she said. “These Afghans have been betrayed by the world, and now they need help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protest organizers said war waged by the United States has disintegrated Afghan society. “Afghan citizens are left with no choice but to flee their homes or stay and risk death at the hands of these forces,” organizers wrote in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In remarks to the crowd, organizer Nagar Nawabi called on the U.S. to promote social equity among genders and among marginalized groups and to establish a committee to investigate the actions of the U.S., Pakistan and others in Afghanistan over the last two decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not asking for much, but we are asking for human rights. But clearly, that’s too much to ask when you’re an Afghan,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Resources\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.padilla.senate.gov/afghanistan-evacuation-resources/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">From State Senator Alex Padilla’s office\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: If you or your immediate family need assistance evacuating or immigrating from Afghanistan, \u003ca href=\"https://www.padilla.senate.gov/afghan-evacuation-form/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">please complete this form\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For any questions about how to complete the above form, please email: afg-evac@padilla.senate.gov\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://lee.house.gov/afghanistan-assistance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>From Rep. Barbara Lee’s office\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: If you or a loved one needs help evacuating Afghanistan or needs assistance regarding a special immigrant visa or an immigrant visa, please see the resources below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can call the Department of State hotline for Afghanistan evacuation at:\u003cbr>\n(888) 407-4747 (domestic calls)\u003cbr>\n(202) 501-4444 (overseas calls)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hotline is open from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you need assistance with a casework issue related to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, email: lee.afghanistaninquiries@mail.house.gov\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Please include in your email:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Name(s) of every individual that are you seeking assistance for\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A description of the issue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your contact information\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The best time of day to reach you\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post includes additional reporting from The Associated Press and NPR.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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In an afternoon address, President Joe Biden vowed to “hunt down” the attackers and “make [them] pay.” \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/08/26/1031244804/kabul-airport-explosion-afghanistan\">Follow NPR’s ongoing coverage\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mishkan Zahir Darbi, program manager of Fremont’s Afghan Coalition, told KQED on Thursday that the group had been bracing for the possibility of an attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We knew that the behavior of this terrorism group is such that they will make certain to keep these individuals inside the country to torture essentially,” Darbi said. “It wasn’t a surprise, but it is devastating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Aug. 15, when Taliban soldiers took over Kabul, thousands of people have continued to make their way to the airport hoping to flee the country. On Aug. 16, some rushed the airport and were so desperate to escape the Taliban that they held onto a military jet as it took off, and plunged to their deaths. At least seven people were reported dead in that chaos, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/two-gunmen-killed-by-us-forces-kabul-airport-past-24-hours-official-2021-08-16/\">two people shot by the U.S. military\u003c/a> trying to control the crowds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Bay Area lawmakers are responding to the attacks, calling them “horrific.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our urgent priority must be the safe and immediate evacuation of Americans and those who demonstrated allegiance to the U.S. during the war or are at risk if they remain in the country,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San José, said in a statement. “Today, we mourn the U.S. military men and women who lost their lives. Their bravery and sacrifices must not be forgotten.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. 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Joe Biden to maintain the Aug. 31 withdrawal from Afghanistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is tragically obvious that the American soldiers are in harm’s way … so the sooner they’re out of there, the better,” Garamendi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the East Bay, home to one of the largest Afghan communities in the U.S., the Taliban takeover of Kabul on Aug. 15 was something many feared in their worst nightmares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just in complete shock and complete despair. I can’t control my emotions,” Nahid Fattahi told KQED through tears, shortly after the Aug. 15 takeover. “My nightmare came true today with the collapse of the government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fattahi said she feels let down, especially by the American government and by President Biden. “It was literally a slap on every Afghan’s face. It’s a very dark day for me — and millions of Afghans,” she said. “This is a dark day for anyone who believes in freedom and humanity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fattahi, a human rights activist, said she’s been in disbelief since the collapse of Herat. Herat is Afghanistan’s third-largest city and her birthplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m extremely emotional because, for Afghans — we foresaw this,” she added.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Mizgon Zahir Darby, freelance writer and former publisher of an Afghan American magazine\"]‘My concern for women in Afghanistan is the same as it would be here in the United States if women and girls lost their humanity — if they were being ripped out of their mother’s arms at 12 or 13 years old to marry terrorists.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Taliban tightened their grip on her hometown back in the mid-’90s, Fattahi says her parents made the agonizing choice to send her to Canada at the age of 14 to marry a man who promised to provide her a better life and an education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since coming to the U.S., she’s been outspoken about the dangers of the extremist group and the importance of making sure women’s rights are included when negotiating peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We warned the American government about this,” she said through tears. “I and millions of Afghans around the world … we just feel betrayed, let down and hopeless.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fattahi started a \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/pres-biden-and-congress-ensure-afghan-women-s-rights-alongside-peace-with-the-taliban?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Change.org\u003c/a> petition over two years ago to ensure women’s rights were considered in discussions with the Taliban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Taliban cannot be trusted,” she said. “Women will pay a huge price for this, and for generations to come.” But she also said the impact will be felt globally. “I think the world will eventually pay a huge price for this because we are not separate — the world is very much connected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayward-based Mizgon Zahir Darby, a freelance writer and former publisher of an Afghan American magazine, echoed Fattahi shortly after the Taliban takeover in saying that there’s a sense of hopelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Women and girls have lost their rights, but in addition, they have lost their humanity,” Darby said. “My concern for women in Afghanistan is the same as it would be here in the United States if women and girls lost their humanity — if they were being ripped out of their mother’s arms at 12 or 13 years old to marry terrorists.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Farhad Yousafzai, who came to Sacramento in 2014 after working for the U.S. government in Afghanistan, he’s worried neighboring countries will help fund proxy armies, which could lead to even more death. He told KQED he’s disappointed and mad. “What was the point of all the death?” he asked, of the many years of instability and war in Afghanistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"help\">\u003c/a>How to help\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell — who represents parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties and one of the largest Afghan American populations in the Bay Area — said following the Taliban takeover, “right now, the best thing I believe we can do as leaders in the community is to help give comfort and support to families who are looking for answers over in Afghanistan.” He’s also been working to assist those with visa applications already in place. [aside tag=\"afghanistan, afghan\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swalwell said he spoke with the secretaries of state and defense on Aug. 15, and they had pledged to look into ways of streamlining applications. “Of course, we want to honor the interpreters who worked with us on the battlefield through the special immigration visa,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The New York Times reported that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/us/politics/afghan-interpreters-evacuated.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">18,000 Afghans have been caught “in bureaucratic limbo”\u003c/a> after applying for special immigrant visas — available to those facing threats as a result of working for the U.S. government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 25, U.S. Sen. 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Previously, Padilla said his office would work with the State Department to process special immigration visa requests “as expeditiously as possible,” in a statement released Aug. 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ve compiled some additional resources to support Afghans and Afghan Americans in the U.S. and abroad:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Support a local or international organization \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://jfcs-eastbay.org/urgent-afghan-evacuation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jewish Family and Community Services, East Bay\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>JFCS East Bay has already welcomed dozens of people from Afghanistan to begin new lives in the East Bay, and \u003ca href=\"https://jfcs-eastbay.org/urgent-afghan-evacuation/\">in an Aug. 20 update\u003c/a> said they expected dozens more Afghans to arrive this week, noting that they often get very little notice before being called to meet arriving planes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization has an \u003ca href=\"https://smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1CW3QPCLGZMBC/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1?_encoding=UTF8&type=wishlist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon wish list\u003c/a> where items can be shipped to their Concord office and distributed to refugees directly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are also especially in need of gift cards to low-cost grocery stores like FoodMaxx or Grocery Outlet or Target,” Ami Dodson, who coordinates volunteer services, wrote in an email to KQED. “We have actually been inundated with responses. This community is so compassionate and generous,” Dodson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Director of Refugee Services Fouzia Azizi thanked the thousands of Bay Area residents who have offered their help so far. “Each of these actions ensure that our new neighbors are welcomed with dignity and care,” Azizi wrote on the JFCS website. “We are overwhelmed by your heartfelt desire to help the new arrivals move from trauma to comfort.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those interested in donating furniture can reach out to her via email (adodson@jfcs-eastbay.org) with a photo of what they’d like to donate. Dodson said they do not have a pickup service available, so donations would need to be delivered to their storage unit in Walnut Creek. They are also unable to take queen- or king-size mattresses, sofas/couches, or other large or heavy items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They are also requesting volunteers to sign up through this \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPhmo7tSgUe6kSu18TC3ubHExjXv8E7fukUAmOUmFtcCSSVQ/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Form\u003c/a> to assist case managers with airport pickups, signing up for social services and providing language support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Financial donations can also be made \u003ca href=\"https://jfcs-eastbay.org/donate-now-newsletter/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC6145505079&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fremont.gov/ARHelp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City of Fremont Afghan Refugee Fund\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City of Fremont, home to one of the largest Afghan communities in the country, has established a fund through the Human Services Department. The fund is specifically for direct assistance to Afghan refugees arriving in Fremont, Newark and Union City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donations can be made \u003ca href=\"https://www.fremont.gov/ARHelp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rescue.org/united-states/oakland-ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Rescue Committee \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The International Rescue Committee, which operates branches in Oakland as well as internationally, has launched a $10 million appeal to raise funds for the emergency response to ensure aid can still be provided within Afghanistan, as well as to continue to provide support and protection for internally displaced people in Kabul.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Humanitarians like the IRC have remained in Afghanistan through crisis after crisis and have proven remarkably effective in delivering impartial and principled responses in challenging operating environments,” said Amanda Catanzano, IRC senior director for international programs policy and advocacy, in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.rescue.org/press-release/irc-urges-leaders-protect-civilians-and-safeguard-aid-workers-afghanistan-displacement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release\u003c/a> on Aug. 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donations can be made \u003ca href=\"https://help.rescue.org/donate/afghanistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Support a ‘Scholars at Risk’ fund\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A ‘\u003ca href=\"https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/27209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scholars at Risk\u003c/a>‘ fund has been created by \u003ca href=\"https://humanrights.berkeley.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center\u003c/a>, in partnership with San José State’s Human Rights Institute and the UC Berkeley Afghan Student Association. The fund is specifically “to respond to the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan and the urgent need to help journalists, lawyers, and other academics—especially women—flee the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their goal is to raise $100,000 by August 27. If that number is reached, the UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor for Research Office has pledged to match it in an effort to enable emergency travel and placement in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donate \u003ca href=\"https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/27209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Volunteer as a U.S.-based attorney for pro bono cases\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>This \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaGqsmuMLBr6H36GAwYgSpLNS-h1FbNSE9aRkmNeh8HKfCRg/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google form\u003c/a> is an effort to put individuals who have immigration questions related to Afghanistan in contact with attorneys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/maitelsadany/status/1427016158503477249\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Support journalists\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://cpj.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Committee to Protect Journalists\u003c/a> has warned that journalists in Afghanistan face extreme dangers, specifically women who are “\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/aug/10/please-pray-for-me-female-reporter-being-hunted-by-the-taliban-tells-her-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">terrified\u003c/a>” with the Taliban returning to power.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The International Women’s Media Foundation offers an \u003ca href=\"https://www.iwmf.org/programs/emergency-fund/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emergency Fund\u003c/a> to assist journalists in distress.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mediasupport.org/news/hundreds-of-afghan-media-workers-are-under-threat-support-afghanistans-journalists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AJSC (Afghan Journalists Safety Committee)\u003c/a> provides shelters, safe houses and other support for journalists and their families.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Some Bay Area individuals and organizations are encouraging people to call their congresspeople to provide emergency aid to support fleeing Afghan migrants. Reach out to your representative \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Got something to add on how to help in the Bay Area? Let us know by sending an email to lsarah@kqed.org or tagging us on @kqednews.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A version of this story was originally published on Aug. 17. This post includes reporting from KQED’s Gabriella Frenes, The Associated Press and NPR.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swalwell said he spoke with the secretaries of state and defense on Aug. 15, and they had pledged to look into ways of streamlining applications. “Of course, we want to honor the interpreters who worked with us on the battlefield through the special immigration visa,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The New York Times reported that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/us/politics/afghan-interpreters-evacuated.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">18,000 Afghans have been caught “in bureaucratic limbo”\u003c/a> after applying for special immigrant visas — available to those facing threats as a result of working for the U.S. government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 25, U.S. Sen. 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Previously, Padilla said his office would work with the State Department to process special immigration visa requests “as expeditiously as possible,” in a statement released Aug. 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ve compiled some additional resources to support Afghans and Afghan Americans in the U.S. and abroad:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Support a local or international organization \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://jfcs-eastbay.org/urgent-afghan-evacuation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jewish Family and Community Services, East Bay\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>JFCS East Bay has already welcomed dozens of people from Afghanistan to begin new lives in the East Bay, and \u003ca href=\"https://jfcs-eastbay.org/urgent-afghan-evacuation/\">in an Aug. 20 update\u003c/a> said they expected dozens more Afghans to arrive this week, noting that they often get very little notice before being called to meet arriving planes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization has an \u003ca href=\"https://smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1CW3QPCLGZMBC/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1?_encoding=UTF8&type=wishlist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon wish list\u003c/a> where items can be shipped to their Concord office and distributed to refugees directly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are also especially in need of gift cards to low-cost grocery stores like FoodMaxx or Grocery Outlet or Target,” Ami Dodson, who coordinates volunteer services, wrote in an email to KQED. “We have actually been inundated with responses. This community is so compassionate and generous,” Dodson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Director of Refugee Services Fouzia Azizi thanked the thousands of Bay Area residents who have offered their help so far. “Each of these actions ensure that our new neighbors are welcomed with dignity and care,” Azizi wrote on the JFCS website. “We are overwhelmed by your heartfelt desire to help the new arrivals move from trauma to comfort.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those interested in donating furniture can reach out to her via email (adodson@jfcs-eastbay.org) with a photo of what they’d like to donate. Dodson said they do not have a pickup service available, so donations would need to be delivered to their storage unit in Walnut Creek. They are also unable to take queen- or king-size mattresses, sofas/couches, or other large or heavy items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They are also requesting volunteers to sign up through this \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPhmo7tSgUe6kSu18TC3ubHExjXv8E7fukUAmOUmFtcCSSVQ/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Form\u003c/a> to assist case managers with airport pickups, signing up for social services and providing language support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Financial donations can also be made \u003ca href=\"https://jfcs-eastbay.org/donate-now-newsletter/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC6145505079&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fremont.gov/ARHelp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City of Fremont Afghan Refugee Fund\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City of Fremont, home to one of the largest Afghan communities in the country, has established a fund through the Human Services Department. The fund is specifically for direct assistance to Afghan refugees arriving in Fremont, Newark and Union City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donations can be made \u003ca href=\"https://www.fremont.gov/ARHelp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rescue.org/united-states/oakland-ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Rescue Committee \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The International Rescue Committee, which operates branches in Oakland as well as internationally, has launched a $10 million appeal to raise funds for the emergency response to ensure aid can still be provided within Afghanistan, as well as to continue to provide support and protection for internally displaced people in Kabul.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Humanitarians like the IRC have remained in Afghanistan through crisis after crisis and have proven remarkably effective in delivering impartial and principled responses in challenging operating environments,” said Amanda Catanzano, IRC senior director for international programs policy and advocacy, in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.rescue.org/press-release/irc-urges-leaders-protect-civilians-and-safeguard-aid-workers-afghanistan-displacement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release\u003c/a> on Aug. 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donations can be made \u003ca href=\"https://help.rescue.org/donate/afghanistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Support a ‘Scholars at Risk’ fund\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A ‘\u003ca href=\"https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/27209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scholars at Risk\u003c/a>‘ fund has been created by \u003ca href=\"https://humanrights.berkeley.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center\u003c/a>, in partnership with San José State’s Human Rights Institute and the UC Berkeley Afghan Student Association. 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If that number is reached, the UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor for Research Office has pledged to match it in an effort to enable emergency travel and placement in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donate \u003ca href=\"https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/27209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Volunteer as a U.S.-based attorney for pro bono cases\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>This \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaGqsmuMLBr6H36GAwYgSpLNS-h1FbNSE9aRkmNeh8HKfCRg/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google form\u003c/a> is an effort to put individuals who have immigration questions related to Afghanistan in contact with attorneys.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly a week after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul, Afghan Americans in the Bay Area are feeling the toll. Many are asking elected officials and residents to support those seeking refuge in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have people contacting me just because I’m a lawyer,” Roya Massoumi said. She is an attorney and an Afghan American working on employment discrimination issues. For the past week, she’s barely slept and her phone has been inundated with messages from people attempting to leave Afghanistan. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Muzhdah Aziz, Fremont resident with relatives in Afghanistan\"]‘We are all devastated and exhausted mentally because we feel so helpless … They have their visas in hand. They have their paperwork but they can’t go through.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of sitting at home, she decided to organize a protest in Fremont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of Afghan Americans and their allies showed up in Fremont on Saturday, demanding that local representatives pressure President Biden to ensure military-led evacuations from the Kabul airport continue beyond the expected Aug. 31 withdrawal date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stakes are high: People have told Massoumi, “‘I’m lesbian, I’m gay, I’m a musician, I’ve gotten death threats from the Taliban.’” Some are U.S. citizens, have green cards or qualify for the \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/siv-iraqi-afghan-translators-interpreters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Special Immigrant Visa\u003c/a>, while others don’t qualify under the current visa system, yet fear for their lives. Massoumi would like to see a new visa category allowing more people to qualify for a visa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/5xLsX1IvEwPB9dUw3AuuTa\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayward Mayor Pro Tempore Aisha Wahab, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pri.org/file/2021-08-19/first-afghan-american-woman-elected-public-office-us-speaks-afghan-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the first Afghan American woman elected to public office in the U.S.\u003c/a>, said people can support by uplifting Afghan voices. “Repost what we’re sharing. Make sure our voice does not die,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she also noted that it’s important to support people in the long term. “How are we going to make sure that the Afghans that do come here are still supported, not just dropped off here,” she said. 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But the stress of watching from afar has taken a toll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are all devastated and exhausted mentally because we feel so helpless,” Aziz said. “They have their visas in hand. They have their paperwork but they can’t go through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jane Pak, who works for \u003ca href=\"https://www.reftrans.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Refugee and Immigrant Transitions\u003c/a> in Oakland, also attended the march and said it’s important to support community members with loved ones in Afghanistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re here to support our Afghan community,” Pak said. 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He did not commit terrorism, he never fought against the United States of America.’[/pullquote]Television footage of a bearded, wounded Lindh captured among Taliban fighters created an international sensation, and he was brought to the U.S. to face charges of conspiring to kill Spann and providing support to terrorists. Eventually, he struck a plea bargain in which he admitted illegally providing support to the Taliban but denied a role in Spann’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lindh received a 20-year prison sentence. He served roughly 17 years and five months, including two months when he was in military detention. Federal inmates who exhibit good behavior typically serve 85 percent of their sentence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His probation officer asked the court to impose additional restrictions on Lindh while he remains on supervised release for the next three years. Lindh initially opposed but eventually acquiesced to the restrictions, which include monitoring software on his internet devices; requiring that his online communications be conducted in English and that he undergo mental health counseling; and forbidding him from possessing or viewing extremist material, holding a passport of any kind or leaving the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities never specified their rationale for seeking such restrictions. A hearing on the issue was canceled after Lindh agreed to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bureau of Prisons said Lindh rejected an interview request submitted by The Associated Press, and his lawyer declined to comment. KQED efforts to reach his father, Frank Lindh, were unsuccessful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Marin County Teenager Who Wanted to Travel to the Middle East\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11749330\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11749330\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/05222019_John-Walker-Lindh-American-Taliban-Marin-County-NY-800x2985.jpg\" alt=\"A 14-year-old John Walker Lindh appears in this file photo. \" width=\"800\" height=\"2985\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/05222019_John-Walker-Lindh-American-Taliban-Marin-County-NY-800x2985.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/05222019_John-Walker-Lindh-American-Taliban-Marin-County-NY-160x597.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/05222019_John-Walker-Lindh-American-Taliban-Marin-County-NY-322x1200.jpg 322w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/05222019_John-Walker-Lindh-American-Taliban-Marin-County-NY.jpg 549w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 14-year-old John Walker Lindh appears in this file photo. \u003ccite>(Lindh Family/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2007, Frank Lindh \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17668932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told NPR\u003c/a> that his son was a proxy for Osama bin Laden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The entire country turned on our son as if he were the terrorist, as if he had perpetrated the 9/11 attacks. It was this overwhelming and emotional response, and it was like being in a vortex. It was a real nightmare for all of us in John’s family,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lindh was one of three children: He has an older brother and a younger sister. At 17, Lindh, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.marinij.com/2019/05/20/a-generation-after-9-11-american-taliban-john-walker-lindh-leaves-prison-this-week/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">graduated from Tamiscal High School in Larkspur\u003c/a>, told his parents he wanted to go to Yemen to study Arabic, NPR reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did with John research as best I could,” said his mom, Marilyn Lindh. “I talked to people about the school he was looking into to attend. And I got encouragement that it was safe and the fact that many kids go abroad to study.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they didn’t know he would go on to Pakistan and Afghanistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, Lindh’s parents were criticized for poor parenting from angry emailers and for their residence in affluent Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All three of our kids have grown up here. The schools are good. The neighborhoods are friendly. It’s got a strong community sense. There are good family values in Marin. There are very wealthy enclaves in Marin, but most people who live here are just middle-income people,” said Frank Lindh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly a decade into his imprisonment, in May 2011, Frank Lindh told \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/201105250931/frank-lindh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED Forum\u003c/a> that his son remained “the same young man he always was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s a nice kid. He’s spiritual. He does his prayers every day. 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Lindh’s release conditions also prohibit him from holding a passport of any kind or leaving the U.S. while he remains on supervised release for the next three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Behavior in Prison That’s Cause for Concern?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_201105250931,news_201105261000]There have been reports that Lindh’s behavior in prison has created cause for concern. Foreign Policy magazine reported in 2017 that an investigation by the National Counterterrorism Center found that Lindh “continued to advocate for global jihad and to write and translate violent extremist texts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A former inmate who knew Lindh from the time they spent at the same federal prison said he never heard Lindh espouse support for al-Qaida or indicate a risk for violence, but he found Lindh to be anti-social and awkward around others, with an unyielding, black-and-white view of religion. 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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]K[/dropcap]hisrow Jan has $800 in the bank. Rent is $1,850, and was due four days ago. He’s late with his payment, again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Jan gets ready for work — driving an Uber in San Francisco for the next 12 hours — his 4-year-old daughter, Shukula, barricades the front door of their two-bedroom apartment in Antioch, a far-flung Bay Area suburb east of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I need to work. Need to make some money,” Jan, 34, playfully tells his daughter. “No, you cannot,” replies Shukula, an impish smile spreading across her face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Look buddy,” says Jan. “I got to go, get some money, and buy you a dress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That satisfies Shukula. She and the rest of Jan’s family — 9-year-old Sameera, 5-year old Mirwais and 9-month-old Wais, carried by his mother — follow Jan out to his car. He’ll be back at 2 or 3 a.m., long after his kids have fallen asleep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Jan and his family fled Afghanistan in 2015, he knew adjusting to a new life in California wasn’t going to be easy. His wife speaks very little English, and even after working as an interpreter with U.S. troops, his job prospects were limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he never dreamed California was going to be this expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s skyrocketing housing costs have created a harsh new reality for refugees on the ground, many of which are going to extraordinary lengths just to afford rent. The cost of living has increased so much in recent years that refugee resettlement agencies working in California are rethinking their strategies for relocating clients — and whether the state is a good fit for some refugees in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I heard a lot about California out there in Afghanistan,” says Jan, who embedded with American soldiers from the Bay Area and other parts of the state. “They were saying California is nice. But trust me, I didn’t know anything about the rent and all these bills.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11682648\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682648\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FamilyDinner-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"Khisrow Jan, a refugee from Afghanistan, lives in a cramped apartment in Antioch with his wife and their four children. 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While refugee arrivals dipped dramatically last year under new Trump administration policies, the state’s progressive political leadership has \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-california-state-senate-passes-1485824122-htmlstory.html\">repeatedly branded\u003c/a> California as the refugee-friendly antidote to Trump, challenging the president’s actions to reduce refugee admissions and passing a “California Welcomes Refugees” legislative package last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Californians’ welcoming attitude only goes so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a really hard place to come, just because of the cost of living, especially the cost of housing,\" says Avi Rose, executive director of Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay, the nonprofit that assisted Jan.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'If I [had to ] do it over, I wouldn’t come to California.'\u003ccite>Khisrow Jan\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Most refugee resettlement agencies no longer place families in San Francisco because of the city’s high housing costs. 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Rose says his agency is moving more and more of those clients inland, away from pricier coastal cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That may mean cheaper rents, but it also means refugees may be farther from communities that share their language and culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s particularly a problem with women, because the women are home usually with the kids,” says Rose. “They’re more likely to be isolated, less likely to be picking up English. It’s hard anyway, but it’s harder if you’re isolated geographically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s part of the reason Jan stays in the Bay Area, despite the high price tag. His brother lives close by, and there are other Afghani families in his apartment complex. That makes things easier on his wife, who doesn’t speak English very well and does not have a driver’s license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I [had to ] do it over, I wouldn’t come to California,” says Jan. “Over here, it’s too much rent. But I’m used to it now, I can’t move.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Urinating in a Bottle to Save Money\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s the Fourth of July, and Jan is dressed for the occasion. He has a polo shirt with a small American flag embroidered on the chest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The patriotism of the vehicle he drives for Uber is less subtle. It has a bald eagle decal on the top of the windshield. Another decal with the motto of one of the military units Jan worked with in Afghanistan is tacked on the back.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11670533/is-californias-expensive-housing-scaring-away-job-seekers\">Is California's Expensive Housing Scaring Away Job Seekers?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11670533/is-californias-expensive-housing-scaring-away-job-seekers\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RecruiteratDesk-1180x835.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Beneath his car seat is a large plastic bottle. Jan doesn’t have much time for bathroom breaks during his Uber rides. It’s especially difficult to find a free restroom in San Francisco, where restaurants and gas stations typically allow access only to paying customers because of the city’s large homeless population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Jan will often pee in the bottle, typically in the back seat of his car, which has tinted windows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though he worked with American troops and says he saw live combat, Jan is not eligible for veterans’ benefits. Neither are any of the other roughly 10,000 holders of “special immigrant visas” in California, a program designed for Iraqis and Afghanis who worked with the U.S. military.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is frequently not safe for natives who worked with American forces to remain in their home country.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Little Support From Government, and Nothing Coming Anytime Soon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Special immigrant visa-holders and other refugees don’t get much in the way of government support. The federal government provides a little more than $1,000 in one-time cash assistance for each refugee family member, regardless of where that family is resettling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So an Afghani family resettling in California gets the same amount per person as another family that relocates in Idaho or Texas, which have significantly cheaper costs of living. That cash assistance is supposed to pay for a security deposit and three months of rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Refugees are also eligible for safety net programs like food stamps, welfare and free health insurance for the poor. Jan’s family is on Medi-Cal, the state’s low-income health insurance program. He says the family used to be on food stamps, but in the month his eligibility was recertified his income exceeded the program’s limit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11682663\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682663\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RefugeeAndBaby-800x561.jpg\" alt=\"Khisrow Jan’s youngest child, Wais, crawls on his parents’ bed.\" width=\"800\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RefugeeAndBaby-800x561.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RefugeeAndBaby-160x112.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RefugeeAndBaby-1020x716.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RefugeeAndBaby-1200x842.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RefugeeAndBaby.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RefugeeAndBaby-1180x828.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RefugeeAndBaby-960x674.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RefugeeAndBaby-240x168.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RefugeeAndBaby-375x263.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RefugeeAndBaby-520x365.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khisrow Jan’s youngest child, Wais, crawls on his parents’ bed. \u003ccite>(Robbie Short/CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nonprofit resettlement agencies provide important support in the way of English classes, locating refugee-friendly landlords and helping navigate school and government bureaucracies. But they typically don’t provide much in the way of direct cash assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Housing is a crisis for everyone in California frankly — seniors, veterans, folks who are disabled,” says Kevin McCarty, a Democratic state legislator from Sacramento who says the federal refugee benefits are probably insufficient. “But it’s especially hard when these refugee families are trying to make a go of it in their first few months here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCarty has led the charge in the state Legislature to provide more state government support for refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, his “California Welcomes Refugees” legislative package included additional funding for school districts with high refugee populations and automatic in-state tuition at state community colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the package contained no help for housing. A housing resource guide produced by the state’s Refugee Programs Bureau \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdss.ca.gov/refugeeprogram/res/pdf/Housing/Housing_Resources_Guide.pdf\">suggests new arrivals\u003c/a> explore single-room occupancy and shelter housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11682453/worst-poverty-in-california-not-where-you-might-expect-it\">Worst Poverty in California? Not Where You Might Think\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11682453/worst-poverty-in-california-not-where-you-might-expect-it\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SantaCruzBeach-1038x576.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“There are so many people in California hurting for housing, I think we need to work on housing for everybody,” says McCarty. “I don’t see in the immediate future additional dollars for housing allotment for refugees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Happy to Be Out of Danger, but a Tough Road Ahead\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Jan admits that every now and then, he wonders whether he made the right decision to leave Afghanistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was never safe for him and his family. But after working with American troops for five years, he landed a pretty good job with a private security company in his homeland, where he could work from home a good amount. He had a large house, much larger than the two-bedroom, one-bathroom place in Antioch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then he thinks about the real reason he says he decided to leave Afghanistan — what happened to his newborn daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Jan’s 1-month-old daughter started having trouble breathing, Jan and his wife took her to a public hospital in Kabul. Jan soon became convinced his daughter was receiving poor treatment because the hospital staff knew he had worked with American forces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I would say to the doctor, ‘Can you please tell me what’s going on with her?” says Jan. “And he was like, ‘Oh, she will be good, no problem.’ And then he would just walk away from me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jan said he had to bribe nurses to give his daughter medical care. After 20 days in the hospital, he got a call from his wife. His daughter had passed away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As soon as I saw that I was like, 'I’m not staying in this country anymore.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11682671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682671\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/JanKids-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"Shukula, Sameera and Mirwais Jan (left to right) in the bedroom they share. \" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/JanKids-800x549.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/JanKids-160x110.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/JanKids-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/JanKids-1200x823.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/JanKids.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/JanKids-1180x809.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/JanKids-960x659.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/JanKids-240x165.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/JanKids-375x257.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/JanKids-520x357.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shukula, Sameera and Mirwais Jan (left to right) in the bedroom they share. \u003ccite>(Robbie Short/CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As he drives his Uber around San Francisco on July 4, he picks up two passengers by the ferry terminal. They’re Iranian refugees who recently moved to Texas, fleeing religious persecution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re here on vacation, and start chatting in Farsi with Jan, one of the four languages he speaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In English, they answer questions about how cheap the cost of living is in San Antonio. Jan says it’s not the first time he’s picked up fellow refugees vacationing from out of state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that weekend, he decides not to take another day off the rest of the month. He can’t afford another penalty for paying his rent late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/californiadream/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The California Dream series\u003c/a> is a statewide media collaboration of CALmatters, KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the James Irvine Foundation and the College Futures Foundation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11660142\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1867\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner.jpg 1867w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-160x44.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-800x219.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-1020x280.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-1180x324.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-960x263.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-240x66.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-375x103.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-520x143.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1867px) 100vw, 1867px\">\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Jan and his family fled Afghanistan in 2015, he knew adjusting to a new life in California wasn’t going to be easy. His wife speaks very little English, and even after working as an interpreter with U.S. troops, his job prospects were limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he never dreamed California was going to be this expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s skyrocketing housing costs have created a harsh new reality for refugees on the ground, many of which are going to extraordinary lengths just to afford rent. The cost of living has increased so much in recent years that refugee resettlement agencies working in California are rethinking their strategies for relocating clients — and whether the state is a good fit for some refugees in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I heard a lot about California out there in Afghanistan,” says Jan, who embedded with American soldiers from the Bay Area and other parts of the state. “They were saying California is nice. But trust me, I didn’t know anything about the rent and all these bills.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11682648\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682648\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FamilyDinner-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"Khisrow Jan, a refugee from Afghanistan, lives in a cramped apartment in Antioch with his wife and their four children. He drives an Uber more than 70 hours a week to make ends meet.\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FamilyDinner-800x571.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FamilyDinner-160x114.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FamilyDinner-1020x728.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FamilyDinner-1200x856.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FamilyDinner.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FamilyDinner-1180x842.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FamilyDinner-960x685.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FamilyDinner-240x171.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FamilyDinner-375x268.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FamilyDinner-520x371.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khisrow Jan, a refugee from Afghanistan, lives in a cramped apartment in Antioch with his wife and their four children. He drives an Uber more than 70 hours a week to make ends meet. \u003ccite>(Robbie Short/CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California has long been a landing spot for refugees like Jan. Waves of Vietnamese, Iranian, Central American and other immigrants have resettled here over the past few decades, escaping persecution and turmoil in their home countries. More than \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Refugee/Arrivals/arrivals_by_county_and_year_since_1975.pdf?ver=2018-05-23-154958-877\">700,000 refugees\u003c/a> have come to California since the mid-1970s, including more than 30,000 in the last five years, according to state statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That history is partly why so many Californians pride themselves on their welcoming attitude toward newcomers displaced from their native countries. While refugee arrivals dipped dramatically last year under new Trump administration policies, the state’s progressive political leadership has \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-california-state-senate-passes-1485824122-htmlstory.html\">repeatedly branded\u003c/a> California as the refugee-friendly antidote to Trump, challenging the president’s actions to reduce refugee admissions and passing a “California Welcomes Refugees” legislative package last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Californians’ welcoming attitude only goes so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a really hard place to come, just because of the cost of living, especially the cost of housing,\" says Avi Rose, executive director of Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay, the nonprofit that assisted Jan.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'If I [had to ] do it over, I wouldn’t come to California.'\u003ccite>Khisrow Jan\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Most refugee resettlement agencies no longer place families in San Francisco because of the city’s high housing costs. In San Diego, long a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/san-diego-welcomes-refugees-california-county/\">leading destination for refugees\u003c/a>, one resettlement agency was \u003ca href=\"http://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/feb/23/federal-monitors-warned-san-diego-refugee-nonprofi/\">accused\u003c/a> of placing families in apartments that did not have enough sleeping space and advising refugees to lie to landlords about the number of people in their family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay resettled 183 refugees in the Bay Area, the vast majority coming from Afghanistan. Rose says his agency is moving more and more of those clients inland, away from pricier coastal cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That may mean cheaper rents, but it also means refugees may be farther from communities that share their language and culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s particularly a problem with women, because the women are home usually with the kids,” says Rose. “They’re more likely to be isolated, less likely to be picking up English. It’s hard anyway, but it’s harder if you’re isolated geographically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s part of the reason Jan stays in the Bay Area, despite the high price tag. His brother lives close by, and there are other Afghani families in his apartment complex. That makes things easier on his wife, who doesn’t speak English very well and does not have a driver’s license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I [had to ] do it over, I wouldn’t come to California,” says Jan. “Over here, it’s too much rent. But I’m used to it now, I can’t move.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Urinating in a Bottle to Save Money\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s the Fourth of July, and Jan is dressed for the occasion. He has a polo shirt with a small American flag embroidered on the chest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The patriotism of the vehicle he drives for Uber is less subtle. It has a bald eagle decal on the top of the windshield. Another decal with the motto of one of the military units Jan worked with in Afghanistan is tacked on the back.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11670533/is-californias-expensive-housing-scaring-away-job-seekers\">Is California's Expensive Housing Scaring Away Job Seekers?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11670533/is-californias-expensive-housing-scaring-away-job-seekers\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RecruiteratDesk-1180x835.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Beneath his car seat is a large plastic bottle. Jan doesn’t have much time for bathroom breaks during his Uber rides. It’s especially difficult to find a free restroom in San Francisco, where restaurants and gas stations typically allow access only to paying customers because of the city’s large homeless population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Jan will often pee in the bottle, typically in the back seat of his car, which has tinted windows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though he worked with American troops and says he saw live combat, Jan is not eligible for veterans’ benefits. Neither are any of the other roughly 10,000 holders of “special immigrant visas” in California, a program designed for Iraqis and Afghanis who worked with the U.S. military.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is frequently not safe for natives who worked with American forces to remain in their home country.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Little Support From Government, and Nothing Coming Anytime Soon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Special immigrant visa-holders and other refugees don’t get much in the way of government support. The federal government provides a little more than $1,000 in one-time cash assistance for each refugee family member, regardless of where that family is resettling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So an Afghani family resettling in California gets the same amount per person as another family that relocates in Idaho or Texas, which have significantly cheaper costs of living. That cash assistance is supposed to pay for a security deposit and three months of rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Refugees are also eligible for safety net programs like food stamps, welfare and free health insurance for the poor. Jan’s family is on Medi-Cal, the state’s low-income health insurance program. 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