Interested in working at Casa Marianella full-time? We're on the hunt for a great communicator and problem-solver to join the family at Team Casa as a Benefits Coordinator! If you're interested, please email our Co-Executive Director, Patti McCabe, at pmccabe@casamarianella.org with subject line 'Benefits Coordinator Application' a short summary about yourself and why you think [...]
During a recent Casa shift, I found myself in the middle of an argument between two residents. They were speaking (well, one was yelling) in Spanish, and while I can get by conversationally, I wasn’t quite able to understand what was happening other than that it involved one person taking out another person’s laundry from [...]
Today, we’re sharing just a few incredible resident stories, as part of a longer series from our Case Manager, Lily Dayanim. Lily is a talented photographer and digital storyteller who took the time to interview Casa residents and hear about their often terrifying, challenging and inspiring journeys to the United States. Each story is unique, [...]
This holiday season, the Statesman published an article speaking about one of our beloved former Casa families: Deogratias Niyongabo, 38, his wife, Françoise Irankunda, 39, and their two daughters, Esther, 5, and Brianna, 3, from Burundi. Deogratis and Françoise, who moved into their own apartment with their children after leaving Casa Marianella, were gifted new, [...]
Casa Marianella has a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. A word from our Co-Executive Directors, Jennifer Long and Patti McCabe: “With your help, we continue to be one of the few shelters serving asylum seekers in the US. There is a huge need for more capacity. A year ago we announced our [...]
When I started my internship at Casa Marianella I did not know what to expect. My professional background is in cooking and working in restaurants, that was my first career. But at the ripe old age of 35 I decided to finish my degree in Mexican American Studies, with the hopes of continuing on to [...]
To love a country as if you’ve lost one: 1968, my mother leaves Cuba for America, a scene I imagine as if standing in her place—one foot inside a plane destined for a country she knew only as a name, a color on a map, or glossy photos from drugstore magazines, her other foot anchored [...]
My name is Julian Root, and I am 32 years old. I grew up in and around Philadelphia, and was raised Jewish by a mother with eastern European roots (mostly Lithuanian and Romanian). After my parents separated when I was 11, I lived with my Catholic father, who was a self-declared 'mutt' of heritage. His [...]
It's been a busy, busy couple months for Casa Marianella. News began to spread far and wide that Casa was over double it's capacity as the border crisis continued to see record numbers of migrants being sent to detention - over 144,000 migrants apprehended or denied entry into the U.S. in June — the largest [...]
We're sharing 10 powerful excerpts and quotes from immigrant writers of all different backgrounds and faiths, in hopes that it will help inspire more change in the way we perceive and interact with our immigrants brothers and sisters. "you have to understand, that no one would put their children in a boat unless the sea [...]