Miry’s List, a nonprofit based in Eagle Rock, aims to bring comfort and safety to newly arrived refugee families by providing them with community support and supplies while they settle into the U.S. Founder and executive director Miry Whitehill said she began working with refugees in 2016, after a friend introduced her to a Syrian family who came to the U.S. three weeks prior.

When it comes to talking to kids about difficult topics from the news, parents’ first instincts are often to protect their little ones from complicated concepts like refugee resettlement. But children are much more emotionally intelligent than we realize—and giving them age-appropriate information can lead to a chance for them to activate their empathy in new and important ways.

Children’s picture book Our World Is a Family: Our Community Can Change the World (Sourcebooks Explore), written by Miry Whitehill and Jennifer Jackson and illustrated by Nomar Perez, tackles a timely subject: refugees. The book, published March 8, explores why people become refugees and how children can help refugees newly arrived in their communities.

News of Russia’s war on Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s murderous devastation reaches even the smallest ears around the globe. How should parents ― especially deployable parents in the military ― talk with children about war in Ukraine and Russia?

In light of the refugee crisis in Ukraine, one man’s plan to run 26.2 miles through LA just became all the more important.

At least a million children are among the refugees who have left Ukraine so far since Russia first attacked two weeks ago. Miry's List, a nonprofit in Los Angeles that helps refugees from around the world settle in the United States, is already preparing for the eventual arrival of Ukrainian families.

How do we talk with our children, nieces, nephews, grandkids and other young people about refugee resettlement and welcoming new arrivals?