In recent years, many anthropologists in the United States have become involved with organizations that serve newly resettled refugees, especially as budgets for the agencies have been severely cut since 2017. Here, we reflect on some of our experiences working with Refugees from the Congo Wars (RFCWs) and address some of the challenges we have faced as applied/practicing anthropologists and resettlement support personnel. Juxtaposing a larger southern city—Tampa—with a smaller rustbelt city—Akron—we see many commonalities but also a few differences that likely relate to host city size and existing diversity profiles. Drawing on almost 3 years of research, we offer some shared observations and comparative divergences among populations of RFCWs that shed light on issues of: timing of arrival in the United States, community and class, schooling, gender and family, and food and diet, for people working with this population.

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刚果战争中安置难民的独特问题

近年来，美国许多人类学家参与了为新近安置的难民提供服务的组织，尤其是自2017年以来机构的预算已被严重削减。在这里，我们回顾了我们与刚果战争中的难民合作的一些经验。 （RFCWs），并解决了我们在应用/实践人类学家和移民安置支持人员方面所面临的一些挑战。将一个较大的南部城市（坦帕）与一个较小的锈蚀城市（阿克伦）并列，我们看到了许多共性，但也有一些差异，可能与所在城市的规模和现有的多样性状况有关。借助将近3年的研究，我们提供了一些RFCW群体的共同观察和比较差异，从而阐明了以下问题：到达美国的时间，社区和阶级，就学，