BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//IRIS-Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:IRIS-Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://irisct.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for IRIS-Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:UTC
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:UTC
DTSTART:20240101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250604T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250604T203000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142807
CREATED:20250521T184154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250521T184600Z
UID:30244-1749061800-1749069000@irisct.org
SUMMARY:Jonathan Blitzer at Congregation Beth Israel
DESCRIPTION:Congregation Beth Israel\, 701 Farmington Ave.\, West Hartford\, will be hosting author Jonathan Blitzer\, staff writer for the New Yorker. \nMr. Blitzer is the author of the book\, Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States\, Central America\, and the Making of a Crisis. \nHe will be at CBI on Wednesday\, June 4\, 7pm. \nThe book was a noted as a top 10 book of 2024 by the New York Times. \nRegister to attend at cbict.org \nWe can’t begin to heal our broken immigration system until we take an honest look at the political decisions and policies that brought us to this point. Mr. Blitzer will share what he has learned after more than a decade of reporting on immigration as well as powerful stories about immigrants whose lives have been deeply affected. \nHis talk will be followed by a conversation with Bob Fishman\, Founding Executive Director of CIRC (CT Immigrant and Refugee Coalition) and Maggie Mitchell Salem\, Executive Director of IRIS (Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Service). \nRiver Bend Books of West Hartford will supply our books. \nA note from them: \nAttendees can order copies through this link and we will bring their prepaid books to the event for them. \nhttps://www.riverbendbookshop.com/book/9781984880826 \nThey can note “Beth Israel event” in the comments section of checkout page to designate their event order.
URL:https://irisct.org/event/jonathan-blitzer-at-congregation-beth-israel/
LOCATION:Congregation Beth Israel\, 701 Farmington Ave.\, West Hartford\, CT
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://irisct.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Flyer_Author-Visit-June-2025.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250614T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250614T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142807
CREATED:20250606T144655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250606T144849Z
UID:30372-1749898800-1749920400@irisct.org
SUMMARY:Celebrate Juneteenth!
DESCRIPTION:The goal of the Milford Connecticut Juneteenth commemoration is to celebrate the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States of America. Through this celebration\, we seek to highlight the many accomplishments of the African diaspora by showcasing the culture through food\, performing arts\, and entrepreneurship. We also seek to increase public knowledge by emphasizing the many contributions made by the descendants of Africans to the American society and the world at large.
URL:https://irisct.org/event/celebrate-juneteenth/
LOCATION:Milford Town Green\, 84 S Broad St\, Milford\, CT\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://irisct.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Milford-Juneteenth.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250618T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250618T210000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142807
CREATED:20250613T160630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250613T161138Z
UID:30407-1750269600-1750280400@irisct.org
SUMMARY:Documentary Screening of the film I come from Away
DESCRIPTION:Stamford Interfaith Refugee Settlement (SIRS) and IRIS are pleased to sponsor the screening of the PBS documentary I Come From Away: An Immigrant from Maine\, an intimate look inside the immigrant community in Portland\, Maine\, as told by Nyamuon Nguany Machar\, who arrived in the U.S. as a refugee in 1995\, and David Zwalita Mota\, an asylum seeker who arrived in the U.S. in 2019. \nLocation: DiMattia Building\, Third Floor Auditorium\, 1 Public Library Plaza\, Stamford CT \nFor more information and to register\, visit https://www.fergusonlibrary.org/event/documentary-screening-i-come-away-immigrant-maine-58986
URL:https://irisct.org/event/documentary-screening-of-the-film-i-come-from-away/
LOCATION:Ferguson Library\, DiMattia Building\, Stamford\, CT
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://irisct.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Group-84.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250621T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250621T160000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142807
CREATED:20250606T143551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250613T160941Z
UID:30364-1750510800-1750521600@irisct.org
SUMMARY:World Refugee Day Craft Fair
DESCRIPTION:To support refugee and immigrant women in honor of World Refugee Day\, IRIS will hold a craft fair with art\, crafts\, desserts\, homemade food\, henna and more. We hope to see you there! \nLocated at First Presbyterian Church\, 704 Whitney Ave.\, New Haven CT
URL:https://irisct.org/event/world-refugee-day-craft-fair/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church\, 704 Whitney Ave\, New Haven\, CT\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://irisct.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IRIS-CRAFT-FAIR-Revised-latest.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250629T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250629T220000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142807
CREATED:20250606T144128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250613T161402Z
UID:30368-1751209200-1751234400@irisct.org
SUMMARY:Amp It Up!
DESCRIPTION:(21+) AMP it Up (Artists and Musicians for Progress) will hold a fundraising concert at Café 9 in New Haven. All proceeds from the event will be donated to IRIS. Come join us there!
URL:https://irisct.org/event/amp-it-up/
LOCATION:Cafe Nine\, 250 State St\, New Haven\, CT\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://irisct.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Amp-flyer-IRIS-scaled-e1749831230422.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR