Melissa is hoping to attend law school in the next two years with a focus on immigration and refugee law. Over several years of prayer, Melissa has discerned a calling from God to enter the field of law specifically to serve and defend the rights of immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees. Melissa hopes to be able to use a law degree to directly represent and defend the cases of migrants and asylum seekers and also to advocate on a policy level for the protection of migrants and refugees. If you are inclined to give towards this goal, we would appreciate a donation of any size as a sign of your partnership with us.

The InterVarsity Experiential Discipleship program exists to create resources that facilitate a better understanding of what it means to follow Jesus and reflect His purposes to the world in every corner of every higher education campus and beyond with relevant topics for the new generation. It accomplishes this goal by creating material that meets people where they are, in the media and content that they already consume. Through podcasts, videos, and other media resources, IVED seeks to create thoughtful and carefully-curated content designed to help people of all ages pursue this goal. The material especially focuses on topics to help college-aged students to engage fully with God and the world around them both as individuals and as part of broader communities in ways that are emotionally and spiritually sustainable.Kyle Lee is the Media Production Coordinator of the IVED program. He is also Ted's best man, so if you have any additional questions, or you would like to learn how to support IVED beyond our wedding, please feel free to talk to him at the wedding or reach out to kyle.lee@intervarsity.org. If you would like to donate, please give to this fund and we will donate all proceeds to IVED. Thanks in advance for your consideration!

The Equal Justice Initiative, founded in 1989 by Bryan Stevenson, a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer and bestselling author of Just Mercy, is a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in state jails and prisons. EJI is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.Melissa has read the book Just Mercy and highly recommends the book to anyone interested in these issues. For more information, please check out EJI’s website: https://eji.org/. If you would like to donate, you can either give to this fund and we will donate all proceeds to EJI, or you can donate directly on the EJI site here https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/eji, and donate in our name (copy Melissa’s email mcarlier12@gmail.com) so we have a record. Thanks in advance for your consideration!