Reaching Out to Refugees | General Studies
Reaching Out to Refugees Longtime journalist Richard Chacón now leads government efforts to help refugees and immigrants acclimate to life in Massachusetts. By Corinne Steinbrenner (COM’06) Each year, roughly 75,000 refugees enter the United States, and more than 2,000 of them begin their new lives in Massachusetts. As director of the Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants, Richard Chacón (CGS’86, COM’88) is charged with helping those refugees settle as quickly and comfortably as possible into their new communities. It’s a job for which Chacón—who has been crossing bord...
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