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This June, communities across the United States will gather to celebrate World Refugee Day. Find an event near you, show your solidarity and stand together #WithRefugees

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Award-winning singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno appeared on the Millennium Stage as part of World Refugee Day to present a special musical performance highlighting the situation of Central American refugees. Watch her performance here.

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View Magnus Wennman’s award-winning photo exhibition “Where the Children Sleep”, on display in The New York Public Library to commemorate World Refugee Day.

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REFUGEE explores the lives of refugees from a host of diverse populations dispersed and displaced throughout the world. The exhibit is on display at the Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA until August 21st.

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Looking to stand #With Refugees? Check out the listings below and our events map to see events in your community.

Organization: UNHCR
Date and Time: June 20, 2016 through September (9:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, 10:30 am to 4:30 pm on weekends)
Location: United Nations Headquarters Visitors’ Lobby, Main Gallery A 801 First Avenue New York, NY 10017
More Info: http://visit.un.org/content/exhibits

Event Name: World Refugee Day Special Naturalization Ceremony
Organizations: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Date and Time: June 20, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Location: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
Live-Stream Link: ushmm.org/watch

Event Name: World Refugee Day Breakfast Meeting
Organization: Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services
Location: National Press Club, Washington, DC
Date & Time: June 20, 2016, 9:00am
More info: Folabi Olagbaju, Folagbaju@lirs.org

Event Name: REFUGEE
Organization: Annenberg Space for Photography
Location: Los Angeles, CA 90067
Date & Time: April 23-August 21 2016
More info:  https://www.annenbergphotospace.org/exhibits/refugee  

Event Name: World Refugee Day Parade
Organization: Faziri Global Refugee Services
Location: Lake Avenue Baptist Church/72 Ambrose Street, Rochester, NY 14608
Date & Time: June 18, 2016
More info: Faziri Ndahiro, ndahiro@gmail.com

Event Name: Historical Refugee Walk
Organization: Safe Passage Project
Location: Battery Park, New York, NY 10280
Date & Time: June 17, 2016 3:00pm – 6:30pm
More inf0: Stephanie Gibbs, sgibbs@safepassageproject.org

Event Name: After Spring Washington D.C. Premiere
Organization: AFI Silver DOCs
Location: AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Date & Time: June 24, 2016 4:15pm
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Event Name: After Spring Washington D.C. Premiere
Organization: AFI Silver DOCs
Location: E Street Theatre, 555 11th St. NW, Washington, DC 20004
Date & Time: June 23, 2016 1:00pm
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Event Name: Speaker Forum: The California Refugee Resettlement Story
Organization: California Department of Social Services
Location: California Department of Social Services, 744 P Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Date & Time: June 20, 2016 1:oopm – 3:00pm
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Event Name: World Refugee Day Special Event
Organization: Global Friends Coalition and Lutheran Social Services
Location: Grand Forks Town Square, 3rd St and Demers, Grand Forks, ND 58201
Date & Time: June 18, 2016 1o:00am – 12:00pm
More info: Cynthia Shabb, cshabb@gfcoalition.org

Event Name: Screening of Salaam Neighbor 
Organization: Global Friends Coalition and Lutheran Social Services
Location: Firehall Theater, 412 2nd Ave North, Grand Forks, ND 58203
Date & Time: June 19, 2016, 12:30pm
More info: Cynthia Shabb, cshabb@gfcoalition.org

Event Name: World Refugee Day Soccer Tournament 
Organization: Global Friends Coalition and Lutheran Social Services
Location: Lion’s Park, 3211 17th Ave South, Brand Forks, ND 58201
Date & Time: June 20, 2016, 12:00 PM
More info: Cynthia Shabb, cshabb@gfcoalition.org

Event Name: World Refugee Day Commemoration
Organization: UNA Southeast Florida
Location: Southwest Regional Library, 16835 Sheridan St, Pembroke Pines, FL 33331
Date & Time: June 25 2016, 11:00am – 2:00pm
More info: Diana McLeary, unausasefldiana@gmail.com

Event Name: Annual World Refugee Day Celebration
Organizations: Catholic Social Services Alaska, Refugee Assistance & Immigration Services
Location: Mountain View Street Fair, 150 Bragaw Street, Anchorage, AK 99508
Date & Time: June 11, 2016 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
More Info: Jessica Kovarik (jkovarik@cssalaska.org)- https://www.cssalaska.org/get-involved/upcoming-events/

Event Name: World Refugee Day San Diego
Organization: Pan African Family Union
Location: 5202 Orange Ave, San Diego, CA 92105
Date & Time: June 25 2016, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
More info: Dep Tuany, Executive Director (dtuany15@gmail.com)

Event Name: World Refugee Day Celebration
Organization: Refugee Service Center of the Archdiocese of Washington, DC
Location: Refugee Service Center, 1018 Monroe St. NE, Washington, DC 20017
Date & Time: June 17, 2016, 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM
More Info: Seme D. Ayane, seme.ayane@catholiccharitiesdc.

Event Name: World Refugee Day Coffee Hour
Organization: Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Location: Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 633 Sligo Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Date & Time: June 19, 2016 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
More Info: Christopher Hinton, christopherw.hinton@gmail.com

Event Name: Houston’s Refugee Voices
Organization: Houston Refugee Consortium
Location: San Jacinto Auditorium/Houston Community College – Central Campus, 1300 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77004
Date & Time: June 18, 2016 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
More Info: http://www.worldrefugeedayhouston.org

Event Name: Baltimore’s World Refugee Day Street Festival
Organization: Creative Alliance, Baltimore Community Foundation, Mayor’s Office of Immigrants and Cultural Affairs, BCCC, IRC, LIRS, Soccer Without Borders, World Relief Services
Location: 400 Block of S. Conkling Street Between Eastern Avenue & Bank Street Baltimore, MD
Date & Time: June 18, 2016 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
More Info: http://www.creativealliance.org/events/2016/baltimores-world-refugee-day

Event Name: World Refugee Day Celebration
Organization: Tucson Refugee Ministry
Location: Catalina Magnet High School, 3645 E. Pima Street, Tucson, AZ 85716
Date & Time: June 18, 2016 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
More Info: http://www.tucsonrefugeeministry.com/event/tucson-world-refugee-day-celebration-2016/

Event Name: 24th Annual Refugee Day
Organization: Refugee & Immigrant Forum
Location: Campbell Community Center, Orchard City Banquet Hall, 1 W Campbell Avenue, Campbell, CA 95008
Date & Time: June 20, 2016 from 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM
More Info: http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-northern-california/world-refugee-day-central-valley

Title: Wichita World Refugee Day
Organization: International Rescue Committee
Location: WSU Shiftspace, 416 S. Commerce #102, Wichita, KS 67202
Date & Time: June 20, 2016 from 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM
More Info: http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-wichita-ks/save-date-world-refugee-day-2016-wichita

Event Name: United We Sing
Organization: Kentucky Refugee Ministry
Location: Bomhard Theater Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, 501 W Main Street, Louisville, KY40202
Date & Time: June 18, 2016 at 5:30 PM
More Info: http://www.kentuckycenter.org/all-shows/united-we-sing-a-concert-celebrating-world-refugee-day

Event Name: Twin Cities World Refugee Day Festival
Organizations: CAPI, American Red Cross, Minnesota Humanities Center, Hue-MAN Partnership, International Institute of Minnesota
Location: Arlington Hills Community Center, 1200 Payne Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55130
Date & Time: June 11, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
More Info: http://tcworldrefugeeday.org/  – Mary Niedermeyer, mary.niedermeyer@capiusa.org

Event Name: World Refugee Day Wilmington
Organization: North Carolina Refugee Program, Interfaith Refugee Ministry
Location: Empie Park, 3405 Park Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28403
Date & Time: June 18, 2016 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
More Info: http://www.ncrefugee.net/wrd-wilmington.html

Event Name: World Refugee Day – from Homeland to New Home
Organization: Dallas Area Refugee Forum, Catholic Charities Dallas
Location: Northwest Community Center, 5750 Pineland Drive, Dallas, TX 75231
Date & Time: June 18, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
More Info: http://catholiccharitiesdallas.org/wrd/

Event Name: Omaha World Refugee Day
Organizations: Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, Omaha Refugee Task Force, Refugee Empowerment Center
Location: Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68102
Date & Time: June 18, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
More Info: https://www.lfsneb.org/events/world-refugee-day/ – Susan Mayberger, susan.mayberger@ops.org

Event Name: Rally for Refugees
Organization: Church World Services
Location: Columbus Circle – Central Park, New York, NY
Date & Time: June 19, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
More Info: externalrelations@cwsglobal.org

Event Name: World Refugee Day Farmers’ Market Event
Organization: World Relief
Location: Friendship Square, Moscow, ID
Date & Time: June 18, 2016 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM
More Info: Jill Rinaldi (jillkrinaldi52@gmail.com)

Event Name:“The Resettled” Screening
Organization: Tzu Chi USA Media Center
Location: IFP Media Center, 30 John Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Date & Time: June 19, 2016 from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
More Info: RSVP at wrd2016.eventbrite.com – http://www.tzuchi.us/event/wrd2016

Event Name: Onwards and Upwards – Celebrating Refugee Successes
Organization: Alliance for African Assistance, Alliance Health Clinic
Location: La Jolla Presbyterian Church, 7715 Draper Ave, La Jolla, CA 92037
Date & Time: June 20, 2016 from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM
More Info: www.alliance-for-africa.org

Event Name: World Refugee Day Celebration
Organization: Ethiopian Community Development Council, African Community Center
Location: Our Lady of Las Vegas Bevan Hall, 3050 Alta Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89107
Date & Time: June 17, 2016 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
More Info: Elizabeth Wendmagegnhu, ewendm@ecdcus.org

Event Name: Many Lumens World Refugee Day
Organization: Philadelphia Regional Refugees Providers’ Collaborative (PRRPC)
Location: Mifflin Square Park, Philadelphia, PA 19148
Date & Time: June 18, 2016 from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
More Info: Juliane Ramic, jramic@nscphila.org

Event Name: World Refugee Day Press Briefing – “Creating A Welcoming Community”
Organization: Philadelphia Regional Refugees Providers’ Collaborative (PRRPC)
Location: Philadelphia City Hall, 1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Date & Time: June 20, 2016 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
More Info: Juliane Ramic, jramic@nscphila.org

Event Name: Philadelphia World Refugee Day Festival
Organization: Philadelphia Regional Refugees Providers’ Collaborative (PRRPC)
Location: Philadelphia City Hall, 1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Date & Time: July 9, 2016 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
More Info: Juliane Ramic, jramic@nscphila.org

Event Name: “In This World” Screening
Organization: Ethiopian Community Development Council
Date & Time: June 20, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Location: Columbia Pike Branch Library, 816 Walter Reed Drive, Arlington, VA 22204
More Info: Lucy Negash, lnegash@ecdcus.org

Event Name: Creative Solutions to the Refugee Crisis
Date & Time: June 23, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: Soho House New York – 29-35 9th Avenue, New York, NY 10014
More Info: http://bit.ly/1PwjzYl (Limited space available, please RSVP at link!)

Event Name: Veterans and Refugees – A World Refugee Day Conversation About Freedom
Organization: Human Rights First
Date & Time: June 20, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: The Huddle, 835 Howard Street, Suite 3, San Francisco, CA 94103
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Event Name: Veterans and Refugees – A World Refugee Day Conversation About Freedom
Organization: Human Rights First
Date & Time: June 20, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Location: Oxfam America, 226 Causeway St., 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02114
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Event Name: Veterans and Refugees – A World Refugee Day Conversation About Freedom
Organization: Human Rights First
Date & Time: June 20, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Location: The LBJ Washington Center, 1100 New York Ave NW, Suite 290 (Mezzanine Level), Washington, D.C.

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