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Past Event

Harm to Home: A Refugee's Journey to the Bay

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of nine resettlement agencies in the United States. They currently resettle 15 percent of all refugees who come to the United States each year—totaling 2,800 just in Northern California in the past year. Karen Ferguson will discuss the Trump administration's perspective on refugees, the work the IRC is doing in Northern California and how they expect that work to change. She will inform the audience about the resettlement process and which refugee populations we see most often in the Bay Area. The discussion will also include refugee success stories as well as false rumors about one of the world’s most vulnerable populations.

Organizer
Karen Keefer
Notes

MLF: International Relations

In association with Northern California Peace Corps Association

January 9, 2018

The Commonwealth Club
110 The Embarcadero
Toni Rembe Rock Auditorium
San Francisco, 94105
United States

Speakers
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Karen Ferguson, Ph.D.

Executive Director for Northern California Offices, International Rescue Committee

Valerie Kurka

Community Engagement Coordinator, Peace Corps Community for the Support of Refugees (an Affiliate of the Northern California Peace Corps Association)