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Presented by Unbound Philanthropy.
The right to political asylum is rooted in longstanding international and U.S. laws, and new opportunities have emerged to extend this protection to some of the most marginalized populations. In recent years, advocates have used cross-cutting strategies to push the boundaries of the refugee definition so that it has begun to include - among others - women survivors of gender-based violence, sexual minorities, HIV+ individuals, and abused and abandoned children.
The recognition of such individuals as legitimate refugees is an important victory for human rights, but it also makes this protection available to individuals from countries - such as Mexico - that have historically been excluded from asylum protection. Although these developments are encouraging, there is the risk that these hard-fought victories can be lost in the current environment.
We invite you to a briefing that will provide an overview of the key issues, with a focus on ongoing national strategies to expand the refugee definition. Speakers will address the critical connections between well-established international human rights norms and the evolution of protection for women, sexual minorities, children, and other similar populations.
Speakers:
Moderated by Taryn Higashi, Unbound Philanthropy
Registration:
Please RSVP to Jeremy Dirac by October 14th.
For those who are unable to attend in person, Unbound Philanthropy will be providing a teleconference line so that you may have the opportunity to listen in.
More than 40 million people around the world have been uprooted from their homelands due to social, economic, and political strife. On World Refugee Day, join this GCIR webinar and learn about the status of refugees who are resettled in the United States. Where do they come from; what brings them to our shores; and what challenges do they face in building a new life in this country? Explore the role funders can play in ensuring a smooth resettlement and integration of these immigrants into the fabric of our society.
Featured Speakers
Please RSVP by June 17. Dial in information will be emailed to you before the event.
For more information about this program, please contact GCIR’s Program Director, Diana Ip.
The new management manual seeks to provide information for the decision-making process for creating or expanding an immigration legal services program. It contains knowledgeable insights on the structure of high-quality and financially stable programs from staffing to outreach and advocacy work.
The Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC), which serves the St. Paul-Minneapolis area and the surrounding multi-county regions, addresses four assumptions that have threatened to derail grantmaking efforts in new immigrant and refugee communities and offers strategies for funding immigrant and refugee artists and communities.
The World Refugee Survey 2006 reveals that the number of refugees in the world has increased to 12 million largely due to instability in Iraq. The Middle East and Africa continued to host the largest number of refugees, and two-thirds of the world’s refugees remained warehoused: deprived of basic human rights established in the 1951 Refugee Convention for five years or more. The Survey rates host country treatment of refugees, and this year’s grades reveal that physical protection for refugees is on the decline, with eleven countries scoring worse than last year for forced return and other violations.
Each year, 50,000 to 90,000 refugees are resettled throughout the United States. The influx of new people, cultures, and ideas revitalizes some communities, but also strains others as organizations and foundations seek to incorporate the new populations into their communities. Written by a refugee personally familiar with the American systems, the author seeks to help consultants, foundations, congregations, nonprofits, and government agencies understand what the refugee experience is like in the United States, and what agencies can do to be more effective.
This sidebar features the accomplishments of the state of Illinois through the federally funded Refugee Children School Impact Grant (RCSIG) program. In addition, two examples of this programming are provided: the World Relief's "Youth Services Program" in Aurora and DuPage, Illinois; and the Louisville Catholic Charities "Transitional Schooling Program" serving the Jefferson County School District, Kentucky.
The BRYCS Spotlight provides an overview of the ways in which the No Child Left Behind Act may affect the education of refugee students. This month there are three featured searches that list resources addressing the following topics as they relate specifically to refugee children and the schools: (1) the No Child Left Behind Act, (2) teaching strategies and resources, and (3) conflict resolution.
Presents the 44th annual edition focusing on the issue of refugee warehousing in this year's Survey; using a methodology that rates countries' policies on refoulement, detention, right to earn a livelihood and freedom of movement and residence. USCRI adopted this system both to track policy changes and to motivate countries to improve their ratings by increasing refugees' access to rights.
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