Newsletters

The ILC keeps supporters engaged and informed throughout the year with a combination of mail, email and events.

ILC Impact Update

The Impact Update is mailed a few times a year and includes stories about students, donors, events, research and more. To receive future editions, send your mailing address to info@ilctr.org.

ILC Fall 2018 Impact Update

ILC Winter 2018 Impact Update

ILC Summer 2017 Impact Update

ILC Fall 2016 Impact Update

ILC Summer 2016 Impact Update

ILC Winter 2015 News Update

ILC Summer 2015 News Update

New American Stories

The monthly email newsletter New American Stories gives supporters an inside look at how ILC students’ lives are affected by learning English. Join the mailing list here.

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You help her, she helps them, we all benefit

March 21, 2019

Fatiha left Morocco to join her two adult sons in the United States nine years after her husband died. She had never worked a day in her life outside the home and had very limited education. Since 2017, she has been studying in The Immigrant Learning Center's Literacy Program. She comes to class in the …

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Your support leads to positive Karma

January 24, 2019

Karma grew up on a farm in rural Tibet. Like many Tibetan refugees, one by one, her family escaped to India. Karma left in 2008, roughly 20 years after her husband. It was a struggle to keep the family together. They would go as long as two years without speaking. In 2011, Karma was reunited …

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You’re family now

December 18, 2018

Ghalia came here in 2010 from Syria with her husband, who was a U.S. citizen. For the first few years, she concentrated on being a mother. Being here was difficult because she did not know English, and all her friends and family were back in Syria. She was entirely dependent on her English-speaking husband and …

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New Americans Thank You

October 31, 2018

On November 19, 2018, The Immigrant Learning Center will once again sponsor a swearing-in ceremony for new citizens in Malden. It's always a moving experience to see a room full of people from around the world, who love this country so much, fulfill their dream of becoming Americans. At least two of them have your …

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The Good Life

October 3, 2018

Anxhel won the visa lottery in May 2017. Without any English skills or family and friends to support him, he left Albania for the United States to pursue "the good life." At the time, he was working as a waiter without much hope of advancement. As Anxhel says, there is not a lot of economic opportunity in Albania. …

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You make everything better

August 17, 2018

When you ask Rachid why he left Algeria for the United States he says, "more challenge, learn different cultures and study more." Rachid certainly does love to learn. He just completed a master's degree in management when he won the visa lottery to come to the U.S. Now that he's here, Rachid wants to get a degree in information technology. …

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Don’t give up

July 16, 2018

It is no small irony that Diana fled gang violence in El Salvador while working with young people on violence prevention. She had been a police officer but became a social worker in order to help young people stay out of gangs. In 2016, gang members tried to extort her by threatening to kill her …

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Another voter joins the roles

May 22, 2018

When Priscilla came to the United States in 2012, her name was Jie Kun. She arrived with her husband and two sons to join other family members already living in the United States. Not long after getting here, her father took ill and she dedicated the next few years to caring for him and her …

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The “write” stuff

April 11, 2018

When Gladis came to the United States in 2002, her plan was to stay for a year earning money to help support her family back in El Salvador. She didn't know any English, but she thought of this country as the land of opportunity and was sure she could find work. Her plans to return …

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An education that pays

March 23, 2018

When Mouna was a child in Morocco, she thought she would grow up to be a wife and mother, and that was enough for her. That was her parents' vision, and they saw no need to give her a formal education. As an adult, Mouna was married but, as many immigrant families do, they lived …