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  • Afghan Asylum Project: 1 Year Later

    August 31st, 2022

    In August 2021, as a result of the crisis in Afghanistan, thousands of Afghan citizens began arriving in the United States, with urgent needs for legal and social services as […]

  • Local teen organizes benefit concert to support survivors of gender-based violence

    August 23rd, 2022

    In an article featured in the Mountain View Voice reporter, reporter Malea Martin, interviewed Morgan Weibel, the executive director for Tahirih’s San Francisco/Bay area office in a preview coverage of Soaring in Concert — a concert benefit organized by Aaron Bao, a high school sophomore in Los Altos, California. 

  • Soaring in Concert Surpasses Fundraising Goal

    August 23rd, 2022

    The Tahirih Justice Center is proud to announce that Soaring in Concert, a benefit concert supporting the organization’s work, raised over $30,000, surpassing its original goal. This event was made possible by the efforts of Aaron Bao, a rising high school sophomore at the Harker School in San Jose, California, his family, and their community.  

  • She’s at Brown. Her Heart’s Still in Kabul.

    August 17th, 2022

    The New York Times Magazines reporter, Maddie Crowell, spoke with Tahirih’s co-director of client advocacy, Adilene Nuñez-Huang, about the hurdles Afghan women who seek a college education face while awaiting asylum claims.

  • Midyear Update: The Road to Progress in 2022

    August 11th, 2022

    This year marks a monumental milestone for Tahirih Justice Center: 25 years of serving immigrant survivors of gender-based violence. At our 25th Anniversary Gala in May, we celebrated what this […]

  • More than a million could die waiting for green cards as U.S. immigration buckles amid COVID

    August 4th, 2022

    Los Angeles Times immigration reporter, Andrea Castillo, spoke with Daniella Prieshoff, supervising attorney at the Tahirih Justice Center, about how visa backlogs are impacting her clients that have been waiting for an answer for several years. 

  • Journey to Justice: Progress & Perseverance

    August 3rd, 2022

    Please join us on Saturday, October 29, 2022 for Tahirih Houston’s annual in-person gala!