Classes:  Asha’s Refuge Tuesday and Thursday Conversational English Classes as well as all our regular services will resume Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 at 10:00am.  Our Next Generation High School Education Program will begin on this day as well meeting Tuesday, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (application and registration for the 2020/2021 year is now closed; class is full).  US Naturalization Classes should begin again on Thursday, February 5th, 2020, registration is currently open.  Enrollment is required for all classes, please contact us at 901-500-9200 to enroll.

Office Hours, Next Gen, Family and Immigration Services:  These services will also resume February 4th at our new location.  Ongoing family services through our office helpers were never paused because of the move.  Families can always contact us at 901-500-9200 for help and services as needed.  Our staff and advocates have been available to help where we can throughout the holidays and class time paused during the move.  Our office hours are 9am to 2pm Tuesday – Friday and some Saturdays if appointments are needed.  Clients can contact the office at 901-500-9200 Monday – Sunday, 24hrs for emergency situations only, leave a message and we will work to help as we are able.  Our phones are checked regularly for messages.  All clients are always encouraged to call us to make an appointment so that we can be sure to be available.

Asha’s Refuge has moved over the holiday and New Year weeks.  We are now more conveniently located for most of our clients.  The address to First Baptist Church where we will share building space is below.  Please be sure to call or text us if you are in the parking lot the first few weeks of coming until our Poplar side entrance is ready for use.  Please DO NOT buzz the church office, but call or text us instead so we can let you in.  Once our Poplar side entrance is ready for use, we will let you know and at that time you should be able to buzz the Poplar door and we can let you in.  We highly encourage you to please make an appointment as our schedule varies for various employees and if you’d like to see someone in particular, it is important for you to make an appointment.

Transportation: If you are within walking distance to the new location (200 East Parkway North, 3rd floor of First Baptist Church, Memphis, TN  38112) we highly encourage you to walk to the building.  Otherwise, we ask that you work out your own transportation to and from our building if you have an appointment.  If you need transportation help outside of our regular Tuesday and Thursday classes, you must check with us to see if we have drivers to help.  Tuesday and Thursday morning classes we will provide van transportation to and from class for SOME apartment complexes when students group together to wait at apartment mailboxes or near the office and are on time at 9:30am.