June 20, 2007
World Refugee Day - Boston Area
Just a quick post… Today is World Refugee Day, established in 2000 by the United Nations to commemorate the lives of refugees worldwide. According to the UNHCR, the number of refugees under UN mandate increased 14% in 2006 from the previous year. As for 2007, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said during an interview this week, “It is a very bad year for refugees worldwide. Now there are almost 10 million who have been expelled from their homes by insecurity, and that number is growing.” You can read more about World Refugee Day here and here. Below are a couple of Boston area events.
Panel Presentation. Lutheran Community Services will host a Community Forum on Immigration Reform. There will be a presentation by a panel of Immigration Specialists, along with Question and Answer period. June 20, 5:00pm-7:00pm.
The event is at Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster St., Jepson Hall. Worcester, MA, 01609. For more information contact Ben at 508-754-1121 x 420.
Film Screening: “From Harm to Home” — Premiere of a short documentary film produced in collaboration with Boston University’s Center for Digital Arts in Imaging that tells the stories of refugees resettled by IRC in the greater Boston area. Screening runs from 6:30pm-8:00pm, with discussion and reception to follow film.
Location: Northeastern University’s Snell Library, Room 90, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Contact: Gabriela Artavia, Gabriela.Artavia@theirc.org or (617) 482-1154.
Garden variety North American Nomad. Born in the Midwest; lived and worked on the West Coast and abroad; studied in the South. Recently spotted putting down roots in New England.
I completely forgot the 20th was World Refugee Day…the Boston area events look terrific, I wonder what Toronto (my city) did to commemorate the Day. I feel so bad I missed it!
p.s. Here from Anali’s blog!
i was surprised how little was going on in Boston, especially compared to past years!