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Rebecca Sheff
Program Assistant, Immigration/Human Rights
Rebecca joined FCNL as the Program Assistant on immigration, human rights and civil liberties in September 2009. She is a recent graduate of Macalester College, a small liberal arts school in Minnesota, where she studied Political Science with concentrations in African Studies as well as Human Rights and Humanitarianism.
Last year, her interest in international development took her to Senegal, where she worked to establish sustainable community-based programs with Senegalese migrants and their families. While in Senegal, she interviewed Senegalese migrants in French and Wolof for her thesis on remittance-based development within religious communities. She has also worked in coalition to provide holistic healing services for Liberian survivors of torture and war trauma in the Twin Cities, at which time she designed and taught a healing art program for Liberian youth.
When not working on comprehensive immigration reform, Rebecca may be found backpacking or traveling internationally. She leads multisport outdoor adventures focusing on building leadership and community skills for youth in the Pacific Northwest. Most recently, her international travels have included Israel/Palestine and Sweden, and she has also traveled to Zimbabwe, Spain, France, Italy, Costa Rica and Canada. In the future, Rebecca looks forward to working internationally on migration and development issues.
To find out more about what Rebecca and the other FCNL program assistants are up to, check out our blog: Of Peace and Politics.
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Reviewed:
09/01/2009
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