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Matthew P. Egler DiFerdinando, Esq.

Matthew P. Egler DiFerdinando, Esq.

Matthew P. Egler DiFerdinando, Esq. is a Staff Attorney at HIAS Pennsylvania. Matt joined HIAS PA as an Independence Foundation… MORE

Naomi Iser, Esq.

Naomi Iser, Esq.

Naomi Iser, Esq. is an Immigrant Youth Advocacy Initiative Staff Attorney at HIAS Pennsylvania. Naomi represents unaccompanied children in removal… MORE

Pamela Roberts, Esq.

Pamela Roberts, Esq.

Pam joined HIAS Pennsylvania as the Citizenship and Family Unification Staff Attorney in February 2020. In this position, she assists… MORE

Gin Sum

Gin Sum

Gin Sum, Asylee Outreach Case Manager at HIAS Pennsylvania, was born in Burma where he lived with his father and… MORE

Nighat Noel

Nighat Noel

Nighat Noel is a Citizenship Assistant at HIAS Pennsylvania. She assists the clients with their citizenship applications. Noel has a… MORE

Marina Merlin

Marina Merlin

Marina Merlin, born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia, arrived in the United State as a refugee and joined the… MORE

Mary Clark, Esq.

Mary Clark, Esq.

Mary Clark serves as the Philadelphia Citizenship Action Network (P-CAN) Coordinator at HIAS Pennsylvania. The P-CAN partnership works to increase… MORE

Raisa Davidovich

Raisa Davidovich

Raisa Davidovich has been employed by HIAS Pennsylvania since 1997. Born and raised in Moldova, Raisa graduated from the University… MORE

Noelle Lemon

Noelle Lemon

Noelle Lemon is an Immigrant Youth Advocacy Initiative Staff Attorney and is part of the Immigrant Youth Advocacy Initiative (IYAI) team… MORE

Mary McCabe, Esq.

Mary McCabe, Esq.

Mary McCabe is the Detained Children’s Initiative Supervising Attorney at HIAS Pennsylvania. She represents kids and teens in removal proceedings,… MORE

Join us at the 2023 Golden Door Awards!United for Immigrants

The Golden Door Awards is HIAS Pennsylvania's annual fundraiser. Your generous support helps us serve low-income immigrants from all over the world as they build new lives in our community.

Building closed until further noticeHIAS PA remains open!

HIAS PA’s physical offices at 600 Chestnut Street are CLOSED until further notice due to a burst pipe in the building.

Our organization remains open, and HIAS PA staff continue to work remotely at this time.

Please call (215) 832-0900 with any questions.

Building closed until further noticeHIAS PA remains open!

HIAS PA’s physical offices at 600 Chestnut Street are CLOSED until further notice due to a burst pipe in the building.

Our organization remains open, and HIAS PA staff continue to work remotely at this time.

Please call (215) 832-0900 with any questions.

TONIGHT: Join us at the table!Join us for Thankful Together!

Thankful Together, formerly known as Refugee Thanksgiving, is happening TONIGHT at 6PM!

Register here to join us tonight: https://hiaspa1.wpengine.com/event/thankful-together-2021/

Celebrate our volunteers who make this all possible!Click here at 11:45AM to join our Annual Meeting!

Click here to join our virtual Annual Meeting!

The Annual Meeting starts at noon, but join us at 11:45AM for an informal chat before the event!

POSTPONED! Speed Advocacy: Afghanistan

Today's Speed Advocacy: Afghanistan Facebook Live event has been postponed due to a worldwide Facebook outage. We will update you as soon as possible about rescheduling the event.