We honor the memory of our friend and colleague, Ellen Sherman, who passed on February 12, 2025 from injuries sustained in a fall. A fall at the gym, no less, because Ellen wouldn't do anything the boring way. Ellen was a 4'9'' dynamo that genuinely cared about our...
St. Louis-based nonprofit Monarch Immigrant Services has been awarded a $2 million dollar competitive federal grant (HHS-2023-ACF-ORR-90ZQ0021) to provide holistic health and psychosocial support services for trauma-affected refugees in the St. Louis area. The Support...
Wow, what a year for Bilingual Internati… oh wait, Monarch Immigrant Services! We accomplished so much — we moved, changed our name, started a new program, hired new staff and so much more. We’re thrilled to share the exciting achievements from fiscal year 2024 with...
Join us for our 6th Annual Trivia Night, but our first as Monarch Immigrant Services! Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 2 at Webster Groves Masonic Temple (12 E Lockwood Ave, St. Louis, MO 63119). Doors open at 6; trivia begins promptly at 7. We'll have all...
After over a decade on Macklind Avenue, Bilingual International Assistant Services has pulled up stakes and moved about a mile down Manchester. The agency now inhabits the 7th floor of the historic Chouteau Building at the three-way intersection of Chouteau,...
Can't stop, won't stop! The 5th Annual Bilingual International Trivia Night returns Saturday, November 4 at Immaculate Conception Parish Hall in beautiful downtown Maplewood (7240 Anna Ave., Maplewood, MO 63143). Doors open at 6; trivia begins promptly at 7. We'll...
When the team at Bilingual International was putting together the federal grant application for the SASIC (Services to Afghan Survivors Impacted by Combat) program, there was only ever one candidate envisioned as the project’s coordinator: Haroon Safi. Especially...
St. Louis-based immigrant services nonprofit Bilingual International Assistant Services has been awarded a $1.8 million dollar competitive federal grant (HHS-2022-ACF-ORR-90ZZ0003) to provide holistic case management and counseling services to evacuees from...