Washington DC

Friday, June 20, 2008

This year we will focus on four major refugee situations: Iraq, Afghanistan, Darfur and Myanmar. Our speakers will include: Daoud Hari, author of the acclaimed book The Translator, a memoir of his life as a refugee from Darfur; NPR correspondent Deborah Amos, whose reports on Iraqi refugees in Jordan and Syria have played a key role in bringing greater attention to this emergency; Chicago Bulls’ forward, Luol Deng, will receive the Humanitarian of the Year award for his work in bringing education to displaced children.  

Also joining us will be Thimothy Ju, a young refugee from Myanmar who recently arrived in the U.S. and whose journey was documented in the MTV show True Life: I’m Coming to America, and Farah Ahmedi, who has inspired many with her account of life as an Afghan refugee – The Other Side of the Sky.

The speakers’ event will be followed by a screening of the award-winning film War/Dance after which the filmmakers will take questions from the audience.  

Time: Noon to 1:00pm
War/Dance will begin immediately after the speaking event.

Venue: National Geographic Museum
Grosvenor Auditorium, 1145 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC

Seating is first come, first served.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Please join us at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage on Tuesday, June 17, 2008, for traditional Afghan music performed by Quraishi.

Free and open to the public.

San Francisco

Friday, June 20, 2008

Afghanistan: Progress or Decline?

Hosted by the World Affairs Council and UNHCR, featured speakers include: UNHCR Goodwill Envoy Khaled Hosseini; Ewen MacLeod, Deputy Representative, UNHCR Afghanistan; and Fariba Nawa, Afghan-American journalist.

Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Venue: Fairmont Hotel atop Nob Hill, 950 Mason Street
Gold Room
San Francisco, California 94108 

For more information and to RSVP click here.