Laurie E. Duncan
Latest News
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Our August at Tahirih: Reflections from Our CEO
Dear Friends, Summer’s ending, children are back to school, and we’re already halfway through 2025. Can you believe it? At Tahirih, we’ve been working through unprecedented challenges. Despite threats to […]
September 2, 2025 -
Actions of federal law enforcement in DC do not make Washington, DC residents safer
On August 14, the Washington Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Chief issued an executive order allowing officers making traffic stops to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents about the immigration […]
August 22, 2025
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Survivor Voices
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Anika
Living in India as a divorced single mother was very hard. My abusive first husband abandoned my daughter and I when she was very young and never provided any support. […]
July 29, 2025 -
Anastasia
I came to the U.S. in the winter of 2006. Life back home in Mexico was tough for me and my family. I dreamt of going to college and graduating but with my family’s economic status, that dream was too costly and impossible.
At least I was able to graduate high school and that is something I am proud of since I was also working at the time to help my family. I was always looking for an opportunity to have a better life as a young woman.June 23, 2023
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