Two women stand at large stainless steel tables in the center of a bright, airy kitchen. They dice aromatics and move large trays of catering orders set for delivery later that day.
Marmar Stewart beams as she greets them. Stewart is with metro Atlanta’s Refugee Women’s Network, a nonprofit focused on empowering women as they build their lives here.
She heads the Chef’s Club, an entrepreneurship program designed to help launch these women’s culinary careers. It’s one of several programs RWN facilitates, even as the Trump administration slashes funding for refugee services.
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