Save the Date: Dec 10th is Human Rights Day of Action
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Shanah Tovah – Happy New Year
By Mark Greenberg, PANA Board Member [caption id align="alignnone" width="400"] Mark Greenberg, PANA Board Member [https://www.panasd.org/caption] Jews around the world are in the midst of our High Holidays-- what we call the “Days of Awe” – the period from Rosh Hashanah
PANA’s Statement on the Shooting of Alfred Olango
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stephen Heverly, 619-886-0926 Refugee Advocacy Organization, PANA’s Statement on the Police Shooting of Unarmed and Disabled Refugee, Alfred Olango in El Cajon, San Diego County, California The following statement can be attributed to executive director of the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA)
Interview with Saleem Spindari
By Deborah Jenkins Saleem Spindari serves as manager of Refugee Settlement Support Projects at MOSAIC, a multilingual non-profit organization assisting immigrants and refugees in their integration into Canadian society. [caption id align="alignnone" width="471"] Saleem Spindari, Manager of Refugee Settlement Support Projects at MOSAIC. Credit:
KPBS: Backpacks Help San Diego Refugees Head Back To School
PANA research was cited in an article by KPBS titled "Backpacks Help San Diego Refugees Head Back To School" by Megan Burks, published on August 18th, 2016. Source: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2016/aug/19/event-helps-refugee-children-go-back-school/
Associated Press: Former refugees look to Election Day with a sense of duty
[caption id align="alignnone" width="460"] Photo credit: AP Photo/Kathy Willens [https://www.panasd.org/caption] Associated Press quoted PANA executive director Ramla Sahid in an article titled "Former refugees look to Election Day with a sense of duty" by Exra Kaplan published
Community Profile: Meet Ilhan
Ilhan joined PANA to get out the vote in the June 7th, 2016 California primary election, she asked San Diego voters questions both on the phone and knocking on people’s doors. With Ilhan’s help and the support of the African American Civic Engagement Project, PANA successfully launched our
Urgent Action: Tell Hal Rogers To Increase Refugee Funds
Urgent Action needed: The Fiscal Year 2017 State and Foreign Operations Bill (#FY17SFOPS) was just released, and will be debated by the Committee on Appropriations in the U.S. House of Representatives soon. Despite the record-breaking refugee crisis and the majority of Americans agreeing we should do more for refugees,
New Video: Refugee Resettlement 101
We hope you enjoy this information-packed overview of the refugee resettlement process, released in honor of World Refugee Day 2016. Transcript A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee their home, due to fear of war, persecution, or natural disaster. Today, there are about 60 million displaced people,
One 2016 Election Down, One to Go
Team PANA would like to thank our 16 young leaders for completing an intense two-week voter engagement campaign. We prioritized outreach to refugee voters and reached a total of 2,491 residents and 1,463 pledged to vote in the California Primary election. Keep an eye out for our July
World Refugee Day Social Media Kit
Take a #WorldRefugeeDay selfie! 1. Print the attached PDF 2. Fill in your answer 3. Take a photo 4. Share on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram with the hashtag #ShowUp4Refugees Download
PANA World Refugee Day Statement
In honor of World Refugee Day, Ramla Sahid, executive director of the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA), asked San Diego leaders to think globally and act locally. "This World Refugee Day we have an unprecedented global crisis, with more than 65.3 million individuals forcibly displaced