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Join us for a celebration of community – including our clients, staff, volunteers, and organizational partners, featuring a vegetarian potluck, games, music and a special mayoral proclamation honoring World Refugee Day! Kids and families welcome. 

JSS is a proud community sponsor of WI World Refugee Day in Milwaukee! Join us for this special event, at which we will have a table. There will be food, games, and crafts from different communities round the state. Read more below:

Now in its fifth year, the HOME Refugee Steering Committee at the Lynden Sculpture Garden invites you to observe HOME 2023: WORLD REFUGEE DAY in a series of outdoor events and programs that celebrate Milwaukee’s refugee communities through art, food, fashion, and performance.

HOME is the theme of our work with refugee community leaders, community members, Call & Response artists, and allies. The HOME Refugee Steering Committee is building a space of leading, coming together, and celebrating refugee.

Tables Across Borders is global food tour collaboration highlighting chefs from refugees communities. The initiative was founded by JSS Executive Director, Kai Mishlove. For this event, we are collaborating with Morris Ramen to present a dinner by Chef Bakht Mohammad of Afghan Kabul Cuisine.

Join us for a winter market featuring crafts and treats from around the world! All items are handmade by refugees, immigrants and other community members right here in Dane County. The event is free to enter and %100 of sales will go straight to the vendors. This is a wonderful opportunity to support independent entrepreneurs as they work on building their small business. Some of the items for sale will include clothing, baked goods, children’s toys, honey, and much more! Please join us.

Join us for a celebration of community – including our clients, staff, volunteers, and organizational partners. We will have delicious food, games, speakers, music and a great time! All are welcome.

Join us for a discussion and film screening presented by JSS, Open Doors for Refugees, Dr. Fran Kaplan, and Catholic Multicultural Center. We will watch Dr. Kaplan’s film, “Can We Make A Home Here?’, featuring stories and information on several different refugee families living in Milwaukee. Then, Dr. Kaplan, Kai Mishlove, Zabi Sahibzada, and Jason Mack, Director of ODFR, will present a panel discussion. This event is free and open to the public – please join us!

Tables Across Borders is a powerful community-driven dining series founded by Kai Gardner-Mishlove, Gregory Leon, Caitlin Cullen, & Christie Melby-Gibbons. This initiative highlights the culinary traditions of Milwaukee’s refugee and immigrant chefs, celebrating the diverse cultures and cuisines that enrich Milwaukee. JSS is proud to sponsor this series of events!

Each event gives guest chefs a platform to share their stories through food, offering a menu that reflects the chefs’ heritage & personal journeys. This time we welcome Syrian cuisine from Chef Tahani.

TAB fosters connections, cultural exchange, and an appreciation for the vibrant diversity within our community and is a celebration of resilience, creativity, and the transformative power of food to bring people together.