We in Boise have seen the effects of recent Executive Orders concerning refugees first-hand and are responding by mobilizing churches to “stand in the gap” to help families who have recently arrived in the US but whose funding has been suspended. Read more to find out how.

It’s a diverse community with the potential for dangerous divisions. But it’s this very diversity that is bringing people of different faiths and all walks of life together. A major refugee resettlement city, Boise is home to new Americans from around the world, a majority of them Muslims, and Peace Catalyst peacemakers Nick and Laura Armstrong are at the heart of local efforts that are bringing community members together in deep and perhaps unexpected friendships.