Journey's End

06/01/2026

Summer is arriving quickly, and our kale is already popping up on the farm!

This is a final reminder to sign up for our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program if you'd like to participate this season. If you're interested, click here to download the form:https://www.jersbuffalo.org/s/CSA-Info-and-Application-2026.pdf
Please send completed forms to [email protected].

Our first CSA share pickup is currently scheduled for June 16th, and payment can be made at that time. We're looking forward to another great season and hope you'll join us!

06/01/2026

Congratulations to JERS Academic Coach, Muhammad Ahmad, on the publication of his article, From AI-Supported ESL Writing to Co-Researchers: Empowering Refugee Youth Through Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) in FLT Mag!

This important work highlights innovative approaches to language learning, youth leadership, and participatory research, demonstrating how refugee youth can move beyond being learners to becoming researchers, storytellers, and changemakers in their own communities.

We are proud to see the expertise and dedication of our staff contributing to the broader conversation on education, empowerment, and refugee integration. Congratulations on this well-deserved accomplishment!

By Muhammad Ahmad, University at Buffalo DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/KZKP4254 She had barely spoken during our first session together. When I introduced the project, she sat quietly, nodding along, but saying little. I didn’t push. I had worked long enough with refugee

05/28/2026

Journey’s End Refugee Services extends our sincere gratitude to the Sisters of St. Francis for their generous donation to our Immigration and Legal Services program.
This meaningful gift will help expand the capacity of our legal team through additional staffing.
Their generosity will also support “Know Your Rights” and Emergency Family Preparedness presentations, help clients gather important documentation, and strengthen compassionate legal services for vulnerable members of our community.
We are deeply grateful for the Sisters’ commitment to justice, dignity, and welcome for all.

05/27/2026

05/25/2026

Our offices are closed today, 5/25 in observance of Memorial Day as we honor fallen U.S. service members and their families. Regular hours will resume Tuesday, 5/26.

05/21/2026

As we celebrate National Bike Month, Journey’s End Refugee Services extends a heartfelt thank you to Blue Hannon and the incredible volunteers of Wheels for Workers 716 for their continued support of our newest neighbors. 🚲

Have an old bike collecting dust in your garage or storage? Anyone interested in donating can drop off bikes at any of Bert's Bikes & Fitness four Western New York locations and receive a $25 gift card toward a new bike!

May is National Bike Month, and a local company is collecting old bicycles to help those who might need them the most. https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/berts-bikes-fitness-collecting-bike-donations-for-wheels-for-workers-716/

05/21/2026

We had a great volunteer group from West Seneca East Senior High School helping around the Brewster Street Farm this week! Students mowed, pulled weeds, and built new garden beds for the Community Garden section of our farm. Thanks for the muscle!!

(They also made a new friend -- a DeKay's brown snake! Native to the Eastern US, these guys are small, totally harmless, and are fantastic natural pest control. This one was returned unharmed after its close-up.)

05/20/2026

Journey’s End Refugee Services proudly congratulates our Board Chair, Tonya Davis, on earning her Ed.M. in Educational Administration from the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education.

Her dedication to leadership, education, and community service continues to inspire all of us. We are grateful for her thoughtful leadership and commitment to helping strengthen opportunities for others throughout Western New York.

Congratulations on this wonderful achievement!!

05/19/2026

Brewster Street Farm will be having a Seedling Sale in the Tri-Main lobby this Thursday, May 21st from 11 am to 1:30 pm! Pick up some tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, greens, herbs, and more, just in time for Memorial day planting!

05/19/2026

Journey’s End Refugee Services was honored to welcome a class from Harvard University to Buffalo as part of their project, Refugees in the Rust Belt, exploring how cities along the Erie Canal corridor are supporting refugee resettlement and community revitalization.

Our CEO, Pam Bos Kefi, later traveled to Harvard University to hear the students present their research and recommendations focused on housing, mobility, community development, and the long-term integration of refugee families in Western New York and beyond.

We are grateful for the opportunity to share Buffalo’s story as a welcoming community and to contribute to important conversations about the future of refugee resettlement in America.