Groundbreaking new position will help defend rights of refugees and immigrant communities SAN DIEGO -- The Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA) announced today that Geneviéve Jones-Wright will join the organization as its first legal director. “We are thrilled to bring Geneviéve’s expertise, leadership and fierce drive
June 20th 2019 Why do we celebrate World Refugee Day? Since the adoption by the United Nations in 2000, the commemoration of June 20th as International World Refugee Day has been observed by civil society organizations around the globe. In a world where ever increasing violence and persecution has forced
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 15, 2019 Contact: Ramla Sahid 619.265.6611 ramla@panasd.org We stand with the families of the victims and the Christchurch Muslim Community SAN DIEGO – At the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans - PANA, we’re heartbroken to hear the news
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Este trabajo entrelaza poderosamente la narración de historias, el activismo y el arte visual para centrar las experiencias vividas de los jóvenes refugiados e inmigrantes mientras se enfrentan a la vigilancia y a las injusticias sistémicas más amplias en sus comunidades. A través del testimonio personal, PANA transforma los debates políticos abstractos en narrativas profundamente sentidas arraigadas en la emoción, la memoria y la identidad cultural.
2017 La comunidad interreligiosa de San Diego, los grupos de derechos civiles y humanos, las organizaciones laborales y de servicios sociales y las personas compasivas se unieron para afirmar nuestro compromiso de hacer de San Diego un refugio seguro para los refugiados e inmigrantes de todo el mundo, especialmente aquellos que huyen de una crisis de violencia, desastres naturales y
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Born in the 70s in Somalia, Muna Shegow was a new graduate excited to get her High School diploma at her school's ceremony when civil war broke out. Her family fled Somali to neighboring Kenya and was registered as a refugee at Ifo refugee camp along with her
PRESS STATEMENT: SAN DIEGO – Today’s Supreme Court decision and its endorsement of Trump’s white nationalist agenda is an incredibly dark day in our history. This ruling follows the history of past immoral Supreme Court decisions upholding slavery and interming Americans based on their Japanese ancestry. “Today and everyday,
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Creemos que la construcción de poder multirracial no solo es necesaria, sino que es el único camino a seguir para garantizar que los más afectados por la injusticia lideren la lucha por una sociedad multirracial verdaderamente inclusiva y equitativa. En 2020, tuvimos conversaciones directas con más de 47,000 africanos, árabes, del Medio Oriente, musulmanes,
The Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans, PANA, is horrified that the San Diego County Board of Supervisors is considering joining the Trump administration's lawsuit against California's sanctuary laws. The chair of the Board of Supervisors, Kristin Gaspar, announced yesterday that the Board will consider