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
[caption id align="alignnone" width="750"] Photo credit: Tatiana Sanchez [https://www.panasd.org/caption] The San Diego Union-Tribune interviewed Yawlay Htoo, a PANA House Meeting Leader, and highlights from PANA's preliminary key findings of the 2016 San Diego Refugee Experiences report in an
My name is Aslanbek. I'm from Grozny, in the North Caucasus in Russia. It's not big, but it's a very beautiful city. Together with my brothers, we run a small family business providing legal translations services; also we provide website development services. The greater
PANA was covered by San Diego Uptown News in the article "Local immigrants organizing ahead of election", published on Jun 3, 2016 by Dave Schwab.
To better understand San Diego refugee experiences, we partnered with our community to explore a range of topics including housing, health, jobs and education. We learned that addressing the unique needs of this community confronted with deep poverty requires multidisciplinary policy changes and cannot be done by simply making adjustments
PANA was covered by KPBS in the article "New Initiative Aims To Improve Experience Of Refugees In San Diego", published on June 1, 2016 By Tarryn Mento.
[caption id align="alignnone" width="800"] Credit: Facebook [https://www.panasd.org/caption] KPBS mentioned PANA's participation in SURJ San Diego's racial justice survey in an article titled "Most San Diego Candidates Fail To Respond To Racial Justice Survey" by
PANA was covered by KCBX in the article "In Low Voting San Diego Neighborhood, Refugee Groups Want 100% Turnout" published on May 31, 2016 by Claire Trageser.
Why is faith-based organization in Muslim communities important? Thursday, May 12, 2016 #MuslimVotes #PowerHour was another night of networking and fun. This time, the panel portion featured local voices from Muslim faith-based organizing and voting rights advocacy, as well as distinguished guests from Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority
According to the California Department of Social Services, over 82,000 refugees have been resettled in San Diego, the top destination city of the top destination state nationwide. At a time with record-breaking levels of displacement globally, we have a critical opportunity in San Diego to be a world leader,
We're thrilled to share that the Refugee Symposium drew a crowd of 100 people to learn and connect around refugee reception and inclusion in San Diego, Japan, and Korea. Huge thanks to the Karen Organization of San Diego for making the event possible, and inviting PANA to co-host.
El Asistente Adjunto del Presidente para Seguridad Nacional publicó esta infografía en WhiteHouse.gov (original): El proceso de selección para la entrada de refugiados en Estados Unidos 1. Muchos solicitantes de refugio se identifican ante la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados, ACNUR. ACNUR, entonces: * Recoge los documentos de identificación * Realiza una evaluación inicial * Recoge datos personales: nombre,