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Robert Plant joins Lampedusa: Concerts for Refugees
(Washington, D.C.) September 28, 1016 — Robert Plant has confirmed that he will join Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller, The Milk Carton Kids, and other special guests for select dates on the Lampedusa: Concerts for Refugees tour in October. Funds raised during the tour will support the Jesuit Refugee Service Global Education Initiative.
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Jesuits to Hold Worldwide Meeting, Elect New Leader
(Rome) September 27, 2016 — The Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the largest order of priests and brothers in the Roman Catholic Church, will hold the first plenary session of General Congregation 36 in Rome on October 3. The supreme governing body of the Jesuit order, a General Congregation has only happened 35 times since the Society was founded in 1540 by St. Ignatius of Loyola.
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Displaced Iraqi children ask U.S. lawmakers for help
(Washington, D.C.) September 19, 2016 – Omar, an articulate, polite and outwardly jovial 15-year-old from near Mosul, Iraq, is a typical teenager in many ways. He enjoys hanging out with friends, is close to his family and hopes one-day to become a journalist. But he is missing an essential part of growing up – attending school.
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Artists in Motion takes viewers on a journey of displacement
(Nairobi) September 18, 2016 — Millions of refugees are isolated from the rest of the world and as a result their daily routine becomes mundane and their talents are often squandered. Eritrean refugees in northern Ethiopia, however, have found ways to let their talents shine — creating dozens of paintings through a Jesuit Refugee Service Fine Arts class in Mai Aini refugee camp.
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‘Walk a Mile’ in a refugee’s shoes
(Washington, D.C.). September 12, 2016 – While it is impossible to fully comprehend what it’s like to live as a refugee, the Jesuit Refugee Service/USA’s Walk a Mile in My Shoes simulation provides individuals a chance to begin to understand the frustrations, disappointments and hopes facing refugees. JRS/USA’S Giulia McPherson explains how to get involved.
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Refugees create global conversations with art
(Nairobi) September 9, 2016 — Between two mountain ranges in northern Ethiopia, dozens of young Eritrean refugees are splattered in paint. They spend their days expressing their longing for lost loved ones, traumatic memories of persecution and stories of family and friends who have taken perilous journeys across deserts and seas in symbolic artwork.
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Concert tour will benefit refugee education
(Washington, D.C.) September 6, 2016 — Five of America’s most popular musical acts are coming together for an 11-stop concert tour this fall to raise awareness of the unprecedented worldwide refugee crisis. Lampedusa: Concerts for Refugees will be headlined in North America by Grammy Award-winning artists Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller, and The Milk Carton Kids.
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Refugee summits must provide access to education for all displaced children
(Washington, D.C.) September 7, 2016 —The Global Campaign for Education – US, a broad-based coalition of more than 80 members, including Jesuit refugee Service/USA, dedicated to ensuring universal quality education for all children, urges the United Nations, the U.S. Government and world leaders to accelerate progress towards universal access to education for displaced children.
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JRS, Caritas respond to UN Summit Outcome Document
(Rome) September 7, 2016 — Caritas Internationalis and Jesuit Refugee Service are concerned by the gap between declarations and current policies and practices on the ground. We insist that the outcome of the summit must ensure real change to benefit migrants and refugees, ensuring their protection, safety and dignity.
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| September, 2016 |
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Take Action: Support Education for All
(Washington, D.C.) September 7, 2016 — As early as today, the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the Education for All Act, bipartisan legislation building on current U.S. efforts to ensure equal access to quality education for children throughout the world, including those impacted by crisis and conflict.
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Musical Artists Shine Light on Refugee Crisis
(Washington, D.C.) September 5, 2016 — There are more than 65 million refugees and internally displaced people worldwide, the highest level ever recorded. This offers a challenge to all of us. Pope Francis urges us to see these refugees as more than statistics, but as persons, each with a face, a name and a story.
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| September, 2016 |
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Uganda: Nun’s resilience helps refugees thrive
(Kampala) September 1, 2016 — When she was a child, Sister Hellen suffered the consequences of conflict in northern Uganda and lived as a refugee throughout her childhood. Today she prepares thousands of refugees to start their lives over in Kampala, Uganda by teaching them English. This is her story.
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| September, 2016 |
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Stopping the Boats: A Threat to the Architecture of Protection
(Kings Cross, NSW) September 1, 2016 — The numbers of refugees from the Syrian conflict is staggering: nearly five million people have managed to escape the horror and violence of the civil war; these are the lucky ones, the refugees fortunate enough to cross international borders into neighboring countries in search of safety and protection.
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| August, 2016 |
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Patty Griffin: Refugees are a humanitarian — not political — issue
(Tucson, Ariz.) August 31, 2016 — Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Patty Griffin traveled to the Kino Border Initiative at the Arizona-Mexico border in August as part of a Jesuit Refugee Service/USA delegation to see first-hand what it means to accompany the most vulnerable. Ms. Griffin shared her thoughts about what it means to provide humanitarian assistance for deported migrants.
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| August, 2016 |
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Kenya: helping staff and refugees self-heal from trauma
(Nairobi) August 30, 2016 — Capacitar, meaning to empower in Spanish, was designed to subside suffering among populations who have undergone serious trauma, stress or compassion fatigue by helping people to manage their emotions, control their energy levels, relieve physical and emotional stress, and transform cycles of violence.
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| August, 2016 |
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Stopping the Boats – A False Dichotomy
(Kings Cross, NSW, Australia) August 26, 2016 – For the past three years we have been told by the Australian government that offshore processing on Nauru and Manus Island is necessary to deter others from making the dangerous sea journey. But this choice – sending refugees to offshore processing centers or deaths at sea – is a false dichotomy. There are alternatives
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| August, 2016 |
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Patty Griffin: Refugees are a humanitarian issue
(Tucson, Ariz.) August 31, 2016 — Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Patty Griffin traveled to the Kino Border Initiative at the Arizona-Mexico border in August as part of a Jesuit Refugee Service/USA delegation to see first-hand what it means to accompany the most vulnerable. Ms. Griffin shared her thoughts about what it means to provide humanitarian assistance for deported migrants.
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| August, 2016 |
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Walk a Mile in My Shoes
While it is
impossible to fully comprehend what it is like to be forced from your home and
live as a refugee, Jesuit Refugee Service/USA invites you to host a Walk a
Mile in My Shoes simulation, which provides individuals and
communities with an opportunity to pause and experience, if only vicariously
and for a few moments, the frustrations, disappointments and hopes that
refugees around the world face.
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