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San Diego Police Investigating Attack on Teen Syrian Refugee as Hate Crime
Black Immigrant Organizations on Death of Cameroonian Asylum Seeker at Otay Mesa Detention Facility
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 2019 Contact: Ramla Sahid 619.363.6945 Ramla@panasd.org Ola Osaze 510.499.3262 Ola@transgenderlawcenter.org Guerline Jozef 917.496.2248 guerline.jozef@gmail.com Rebecca Alemayehu 805.276.3991 rebeccalalemayehu@gmail.com SAN DIEGO – We are devastated about the death
Syrian refugee, 17, attacked on San Diego trolley by man shouting slurs, police say
PANA Responds to Islamophobic attack of minor on MTS Trolley
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 16, 2019 Contact: Homayra Yusufi Sahid (619) 363-7535 homayra@panasd.org SAN DIEGO - A 17-year old high school student beaten in an unprovoked, anti-Arab hate crime while riding MTS trolley Tuesday afternoon. A San Diego minor and Syrian Refugee was returning home from
PANA and AOL on Death of Cameroonian Asylum Seeker at Otay Mesa Detention Facility
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 2019 Contact: * Ramla Sahid 619.363.6945 Ramla@panasd.org * Melissa Flores Melissa@alotrolado.org SAN DIEGO – We are deeply troubled that on the very first day of ICE's fiscal year, Nebane Abienwi’s death began the death count of immigrants
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San Diego's smart streetlights misunderstood, officials say
San Diego’s Climate Crisis: The Impacts Of A Warming World On Refugee Communities
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Protesters call for San Diego to suspend ‘smart streetlight’ technology, citing privacy concerns
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Policy and Campaigns
PANA equips refugee and immigrant leaders with the tools and knowledge to engage directly with policymakers. PANA transforms civic participation into a form of collective power. Our organizing builds collective power to challenge systems that perpetuate inequality, bringing urgent attention to campaign priorities to address mass surveillance, protecting immigrants, equitable
Geneviéve Jones-Wright named First Legal Director at PANA
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
World Refugee Day 2019
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