Tag: World Refugee Day
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City Heights celebrates World Refugee Day
City Heights celebrated World Refugee Day at the Copley-Price YMCA on June 22nd, 2019. We talked with organizers and with Resilience Award recipient Jafferi Kyanza, youth counselor and co-founder of the San Diego African Youth Association.
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San Diego Celebrates World Refugee Day, While Refugee Resettlement Numbers At Historic Low
This year’s World Refugee Day coincided with a new report from the International Rescue Committee, a global non-profit dedicated to refugee resettlement.
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World Refugee Day Event Moves To A Changing El Cajon
A video previews the San Diego Refugee Forum’s World Refugee Day celebration on June 20, 2015. | Courtesy of the San Diego Refugee Forum By Megan Burks El Cajon is quickly becoming San Diego’s new refugee hub, and for the first time the city hosted the region’s annual World Refugee Day celebration Saturday. Since 2001,…
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Photos: Scenes From World Refugee Day
Karen youth perform a traditional bamboo dance during the World Refugee Day festivities at Balboa Park on June 21, 2014. | Photo Credit: Famo Musa, The AjA Project San Diego marked World Refugee Day on Saturday in Balboa Park. Organized by the San Diego Refugee Forum, the event brought together more than eight cultural groups…
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San Diego Marks World Refugee Day
A line of Syrian refugee women, some carrying children, cross into Jordan from southern Syria. The outflow this year has been staggering. | Photo Courtesy of the UN Refugee Agency By Susan Murphy People around the world are marking a somber World Refugee Day on Saturday as 45 million people globally are displaced from their…