The community-wide event will feature international foods, vendors, and information from organizations assisting in refugee and international protected class resettlement. Bridge Clients in East Tennessee have arrived from countries including Afghanistan, Ukraine, Cuba, Haiti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Vietnam, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Burundi, Iraq, Venezuela, Colombia, Sudan, and many others.
Bridge Refugee Services is the only refugee and international protected class resettlement agency in East Tennessee with offices in Knoxville and Chattanooga.
Bridge invites interested international, immigrant, or refugee seller (or fair trade selling international goods) vendors to contact njones@bridgerefugees.org to sign up, and will be gratefully accepting donations to offset costs as funds will go to assist their clients.