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Refugees Welcome Here!
You
are
invited
to
attend
an
event
to
commemorate
WORLD
REFUGEE
DAY
2005
recognizing
the
courage
of
refugees
and
asylees
as
well
as
the
work
of
volunteers
who
have
welcomed
them
in
New
York
and
New
Jersey.
MUSIC!
FOOD!
SPEAKERS!
AWARDS!
Food
will
be
available
while
supplies
last.
Participants
are
also
welcome
to
bring
food
to
share
with
others.
SATURDAY
JUNE
11,
2005
11:00
AM
Location:
Outside
in
the
Friends
Meeting
House
courtyard
15
Rutherford
Place,
corner
of
East
15th
Street
(between
15th
&
16th
Streets,
between
3rd
&
2nd
Avenues)
Manhattan,
NY
10003
If
it
is
raining,
we
will
meet
inside
the
meeting
house
and
eat
in
the
gymnasium.
Subways:
L
to
3rd
Avenue
4,5,6,N,R,Q,W
to
14th
Street/Union
Square
PATH
to
14th
Street
Parking:
at
meters
on
street
or
public
parking
garage
on
15th
St.
This
event
is
brought
to
you
by:
NY/NJ
Friends
of
Refugees
Sponsoring
organizations:
American
Friends
Service
Committee;
Bellevue/NYU
Program
for
Survivors
of
Torture;
CAMBA;
Catholic
Charities
Community
Services,
Archdiocese
of
New
York;
Church
World
Service
Immigration
and
Refugee
Program;
Episcopal
Migration
Ministries;
Human
Rights
First;
Lutheran
Family
and
Community
Services;
Nah
We
Yone;
New
York
Immigration
Coalition;
Riverside
Church
Sojourners
Ministry
for
Detained
Immigrants,
Safe
Horizon/SOLACE
program
for
Survivors
of
Torture
and
Safe
Horizon
Anti-Trafficking
Program.
For
more
information,
contact
Aster
Kidane,
212-870-6808,
akidane@theriversidechurchny.org
or
Will
Coley,
973-643-1924
ext
31,
wcoley@afsc.org
| POSTED JUNE 7, 2005 | The views and opinions expressed are not necessarily those of Ilankai Tamil Sangam, USA, Inc., its members, or its affiliates. |
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