PANA's executive director Ramla Sahid was quoted in a KPBS article titled "City Heights Groups Want East African Immigrants To See A Doctor Before They Need One", written by Tarryn Mento and published on February 15th, 2017. Source: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2017/feb/14/
The San Diego Union-Tribune covered public testimony by two PANA staff in a video segment accompanying the article "San Diego to Fight Trump's Refugee Travel Ban" by Gary Warth published on February 14th, 2017. Testimony by Ismahan Abdullahi, Director of Civic Engagement and Community Partnerships,
[caption id align="alignnone" width="800"] Photo credit: Vito Di Stefano and Andrew Bowen, KPBS [https://www.panasd.org/caption] Voice of San Diego produced an audio interview on the Voice of San Diego podcast episode titled "SANDAG's OMG Moment," highlighted in
[caption id align="alignnone" width="800"] Photo source: http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/government/vosd-podcast-sandags-omg-moment/ [https://www.panasd.org/caption] Voice of San Diego quoted Ramla Sahid in a segment called "Nonprofit Exec: San Diego Leaders Aren’t Doing Enough for
#FridayFlashback: Remember when 350 San Diegans stood together with refugee and Muslim neighbors against hate and fear? And Hanif Mohebi of CAIR San Diego pointed out that a Muslim ban would be "the beginnings of fascism?" With yesterday and today's ICE raids and continued scapegoating of
It's been a tough few weeks. Our families who had planned to be reunited with family members just a short few weeks ago, now have little hope to see their children, parents, and loved ones. As you can imagine, the threats to the community are urgent and real,
[caption id align="alignnone" width="526"] Photo source: https://www.facebook.com/LeichtagFoundation/photos/gm.296754084075368/1590030761026932/?type=3&theater [https://www.panasd.org/caption] San Diego Jewish Journal mentioned PANA in an article highlighting Leichtag Foundation's event "We Were Refugees, Too.
PANA's director of civic engagement and community partnerships Ismahan Abdullahi was interviewed by CBS News 8 in the segment "San Diegans continue protests against Trump's ban", aired on Jan 29, 2017 as part of Top Story at 5:00. Source: http://www.cbs8.com/
PANA's director of civic engagement and community partnerships Ismahan Abdullahi was quoted by by The San Diego Union-Tribune in the article "Attorneys outline bleak reentry prospects to worried Somalis", published on Jan 29, 2017 by James DeHaven. The passage: Ismahan Abdullahi, an event organizer who
PANA's Community Town Hall event on executive orders was covered by San Diego Free Press in the article "Trump’s Long Shadow Falls on San Diego Immigrants, Refugees, Muslims", published on Jan 30, 2017 by Anna Daniels. The passage: A few hours earlier a town hall
Add your name and receive updates from Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA). Add Your Name Amplify This Message Add Your Name: We must reject fear & islamophobia & protect refugees. Like, RT, and Sign On >> https://t.co/xE6mKjx3yN #ShowUp4Refugees pic.twitter.com/aWSTEHUZHJJanuary 27,
Various media outlets are reporting that President Trump will issue an executive order that would slash refugee admissions by more than half, grind all resettlement to a halt, indefinitely ban Syrian refugees, and prioritize religious minorities over all other refugees. These proposed changes fly in the face of our best