WORLD REFUGEE DAY EVENTS FOR 2008 ARE CO-SPONSORED BY:

Illinois Department of Human Services–Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Services

Chicago Commission on Human Relations Advisory Council on Immigrant and Refugee Affairs

Changing Worlds

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society

Human Rights Watch

Pan African Association

Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries

World Relief-Chicago

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago

Exodus World Service

17 Years and Counting.org


PLANNING COMMITTEE

DR. EDWIN SILVERMAN – Director, Bureau of Refugee And Immigrant Services – Illinois Department of Human Services
HAYELOM AYELE – Director, Advisory Council on Immigrant and Refugee Affairs of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations
HALE ANDERSON – Director, 17 Years and Counting.org
JENNIFER STAFF – Community Resource Coordinator, Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries
CHAIR: KARA HOOK – Coordinator of Office Operations, Marketing & Program Support, Changing Worlds
CELINE WOZNICA – Heartland Health Outreach
SHANA WILLS – Director, Refugee & Immigrant Community Services, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights
CANDACE EMBLING – Director, World Relief-Chicago
MARC ADLEMAN – Jewish United Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
PATRICK AUGUSTIN – Director, Pan-African Association of Chicago
MELINEH KANO – Program Director, Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries
GREG WANGERIN – Executive Director, Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries
ELMIDA KULOVIC – Catholic Charities
JULIE GARRETT – Exodus World Service

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