IRATE & First Friends to Observe World Refugee Day with Celebration of of the Middle East and North
Africa
Event to Raise Awareness on Plight of Refugees and Raise Funds for Local Programs to Help Immigrants in Detention
Jersey City- On Wednesday June 20th beginning at 7:00 PM at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on 440 Hoboken Ave. IRATE & First Friends will join countless civic groups around the world to recognize the United Nations World Refugee Day with a celebration of the people, food, music and culture of the Middle East and North Africa. The purpose is to raise awareness about refugees, internally displaced and stateless people while raising funds for the programs of IRATE & First Friends manage that provide non-legal services to immigrants in detention in NJ and their families as well as post release services and support.
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Who: IRATE & First Friends, its many
volunteers and supporters, and members of the local community
What: A celebration of the
people, culture, food & music of the Middle East & North Africa featuring members of the Cantigas
Women's Choir; Yasser Darwish of The Egyptian Celebration Company— a master of the Tanoura or Whirling Dervish dance; Cathy Breen of Voices for Creative Non-Violence speaking about her work with Iraqi refugees
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Where: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 440 Hoboken Ave, Jersey City, NJ
When: Wednesday June 20, 2012 from 7:00 to 9:00
pm
Cost: Suggested donation of $25.00 (no one will
be turned away for lack of funds)
About IRATE & First Friends
IRATE & First Friends currently coordinates visitor
programs and provides detainees with writing materials, books and other assistance at four of the seven New Jersey facilities holding immigrants suspected of immigration violations. In cooperation with other organizations, it also helps provide post-release assistance to asylum seekers. For more information on IRATE & First Friends programs and efforts to improve conditions while working to end arbitrary mass detention go to: www.irate-firstfriends.org
About World Refugee Day
The United Nations declared June 20 to be World Refugee Day– a global event launched to recognize the desperate situation that approximately 43.7 million refugees, internally displaced and stateless people around the world face. World Refugee Day is an opportunity to honor the
courage, strength and determination of women, men and children who are forced to flee their homes under threat of persecution, conflict and violence. www.worldrefugeeday.us
