Every year those involved in the refugee resettlement industry hold a national pow-wow to discuss the program. Here is this year’s invite to “stakeholders.” If you are a taxpayer, you are a stakeholder!
From Eskinder Negash, Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement:
Dear Friends,
It is my pleasure to invite you to the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) 2012 National Consultation, Transforming Hope into a Brighter Future, to be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Crystal City, Virginia on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 and Thursday, September 20, 2012. The annual Consultation serves as a platform for our stakeholders to exchange ideas, engage in discussions, and broaden relationships that will shape and grow the program. This year, as in years past, I look forward to your participation, at a time in which the refugee program faces new challenges and explores new directions.
Go here and follow links to sign up!
If you can’t make it to Arlington, VA, ask your member of Congress to send a staffer to represent you.
Registration closes August 31st.
CASA de Maryland’s New American Initiative!
And, hey, you can have a twofer when in the DC area! You can follow-up the refugee pow-wow by going a few miles up Interstate 95 to Baltimore and catch the National Immigrant Integration Conference here scheduled to begin on September 22nd! Update: Here is my post on this meeting at my other blog.