Resettlement re-cap: a periodic report from the Cuban Refugee Center, July 1965

              SPONSOR CUBAN REFUGEES
Fulfill Their Faith in Freedom
RESETTLEMENT RE-CAP
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE USE
JULY 1965
A PERIODIC REPORT FROM THE CUBAN REFUGEE CENTER — FREEDOM TOWER, MIAMI 32, FLORIDA
U.   S.   DEPARTMENT  OF   HEALTH,   EDUCATION,   AND WELFARE       —       WELFARE ADMINISTRATION
U.S.    CUBAN    REFUGEE   PROGRAM JOHN    FREDERICK   THOMAS,   Director,   Washington,   D.C.
ERROL  T.   BALLANFONTE,  Field   Representative,  Miami HARRY B.   LYFORD,  Editor
CUBAN REFUGEE HAS TOP
AVERAGE AMONG 874
A Cuban refugee, Miss Magaly
Queralt, aged 22, is the only
member of the 1965 University
of Miami class to be graduated
summa cum laude.  A psychology
major, she had the top academic
average among 874 seniors —
3.97, with 39 A grades and one
B.  Coming from Cuba with her
parents (now in Puerto Rico)
six years ago, knowing only a
few English words, Miss Queralt
finished high school courses in
one year at the Dade County
Adult Education Center, Miami,
busy from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
daily.  Her first college year
was financed by a federal loan
for Cuban students, the remainder by a foreign student scholarship.  She gained her bachelor degree in 3% years and
plans to study now for her master 's degree in clinical psychology.  She lives with an
aunt in North Miami.  (Photo
Courtesy Miami NEWS.)
1 FRIENDS OF YOUNG CUBANS1 PROJECT HAS ENCOURAGING START
The "Friends of Young Cubans1' project has had an encouraging
start.  But it is important to bear in mind that with every day
that passes one more Cuban girl or boy reaches the age of 18, and
is transferred from the rolls of "unaccompanied children11 to adult
refugee rolls.  In that category the requirement is resettlement
to further educational opportunities or to self-support in a job.
For those readers who have mislaid the June issue of RESETTLEMENT RE-CAP, the "coupon11 for inquiring about becoming a Friend is
reproduced on this page.  Please fill it out carefully and send it
to the Cuban Refugee Center, Miami.
The midwest is in the lead with responses so far.  Persons who
are convenient to a college appear especially interested in helping
the young Cubans who were sent to the U.S. by their parents so they
could escape communist indoctrination -- and whose parents have not
reached this country.  Opportunities for them are now urgently
needed, on terms that can be mutually worked out.  Higher education
can be financed in some cases by scholarships, plus student loans
-- and part-time work arranged with the help of a local Friends of
Young Cubans sponsor.  The chance to live in the home of a Friend
is of importance.
EARLIER SPONSORSHIP CONCLUDED; ANOTHER NOW DESIRED
"An earlier sponsorship has now been terminated and we are again interested in
sponsoring a Cuban family."
Thus begins a letter to the Cuban Refugee Center, by Edward L. Stickel, Chairman, Church and Society Committee, Steel Lake Presbyterian Church, Federal Way,
Wash.  Letters like this renew the faith of those in the Cuban Refugee Program that
there is a realization of continuing need for assistance to Cubans who have fled
from communism.
"For use in renewing interest of our congregation, please send latest printed
matter and free films," continues the letter.  "Any other appropriate material for
congregation briefing and consideration will be appreciated.  Our previous sponsorship involved a young man, and later his mother.  We are interested now in sponsoring a family." Action to meet these requests has, of course, been started.
THIS HEADLINE EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR 'FRIENDS OF YOUNG CUBANS'
IF INTERESTED IN THE 'FRIENDS OF YOUNG CUBANS' PROJECT
PLEASE FILL OUT AND MAIL
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We are interested in the Friends of Young Cubans project and would like to
know more about it.
We live near a college or university. _
We can help a Cuban
(name of institution)
  find a job. (State whether part-time, or
(girl or boy) full time for non-student.)
to live in our home, subject to terms
We can invite a Cuban 	
(girl or boy)
to be discussed after our receipt of further information.
Our names :  Mr. and Mrs.	
Address:	
(please sign)
(house number and street)
(city, state, zip code)
PLEASE SEND THIS COMPLETED FORM TO: CUBAN REFUGEE CENTER, FREEDOM TOWER, MIAMI,FLA.
"Three Cuban Refugees Looking
For Work" reads a headline in the
Albuquerque, N.M., TRIBUNE.  The
story continues:  "Three Cuban refugee students, almost 19, are looking for work...  'We'll do anything
we can find to do,' one said.  Two
will be sophomores at the University of New Mexico.  They are biology
majors and hope to go into medicine.
The third will be a high school
senior.  Their families are still
in Cuba."  (The youths came to this
country as unaccompanied children
and have been cared for under Catholic auspices.)