In honor of World Refugee Day, we asked six chefs who came as refugees to share a dish from their culture that is simple enough for anyone to try. We encourage you to step out of your comfort zone, patronize one of Erie’s many refugee-owned markets, and try one of the dishes!

For World Refugee Day 2020, Kelly Armor collaborated with four former refugee artists from Muslim-majority countries. They are all part of a current Erie Arts & Culture project funded through the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art's Building Bridges grant program.

Did you know that Erie is home to several hundred followers of an ancient earth-based spirituality? These people are the Kiranti Rai, and they are part of our larger Bhutanese Nepali community. Every May, since 2014, Erie’s practitioners have celebrated their beautiful spring planting ritual called the Sakela.