1.0New York for Syrian Refugeeshttps://www.ny4syrians.orgNew York for Syrianshttps://www.ny4syrians.org/author/ny4syrians/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RGX5J1MwQP"><a href="https://www.ny4syrians.org/2019/05/07/our-volunteer-of-the-month-felice-gordis/">Volunteer spotlight: Felice Gordis</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ny4syrians.org/2019/05/07/our-volunteer-of-the-month-felice-gordis/embed/#?secret=RGX5J1MwQP" width="600" height="338" title="“Volunteer spotlight: Felice Gordis” — New York for Syrian Refugees" data-secret="RGX5J1MwQP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> A native of Tennessee, Felice Gordis grew up in a European immigrant refugee family. As an adult she taught Developmental Psychology at the college level at several institutions throughout the country, finally settling in the Albany area to be closer to her grandchildren. In 2017, Felice started tutoring English to a Syrian widow with 6 […]https://www.ny4syrians.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FG-239x300.jpg