Iraqi Student Project: One Small Thing We Can Do

This video introduces you to the Iraqi Student Project (ISP), formed by two Americans to bring Iraqi refugees of college age to study at American universities without cost, as a small effort toward reconciliation and restitution. The ISP aims to help these refugee students achieve their educational dreams and contribute to Iraq's future on their return. This video shows ISP students meeting in Damascus for a Writer's Workshop, where the founders of ISP lead them in English language exercises to improve their writing skills and prepare them to enter American colleges. Six individual ISP students tell their personal stories.

From Red Hill Films

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In February, Manhattanville College graciously agreed to provide a tuition refugee for an Iraqi refugee student, to enter in fall 2009. There are at least three other local colleges in the area-- Bard College, Mercy College and Sarah Lawrence College -- that may also be willing to admit an Iraqi student for study in the fall. To facilitate their entry, on February 3, volunteers formed a Westchester Support Group for the Iraqi Student Project, to help with fundraising and other support needs.

You can help! For more information, visit: www.WestchesterSupport.org