Migration Conversations

Yodit's Settlement Work: Assisting Newcomers

Episode Summary

Meet Yodit Girmay, a former settlement worker and an Equity and Inclusion Consultant who provides diversity, anti-oppression and cultural competency training. Yodit talks about the myriad of invisible ways settlement workers aid newcomers, but also how they can be helpful in a legal process. We also talk about the delicate balance in setting boundaries with your ethnic community, with professionals, including lawyers, and with your personal life. Yodit also talks about the systemic ways in which all settlement workers do anti-oppression, anti-racism work.