Iowa Resource for International Service (IRIS)

This is a story about a vital link between Iowa and the rest of the world. Meet Del Christensen the Executive Director of IRIS the Iowa Resource for International Studies a non-profit, non-religious organization founded in 1993. The purpose of the organization is to promote peace and understanding by connecting Iowans to individuals world-wide. Here we talk about that mission, the students who come to live in Iowa and why, today, it is so desperately needed.

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