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,
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
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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