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MEDIA
ADVISORY
For June
15, 2013
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For more information, contact:
Laura Doggett | 651-201-5590
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TWIN
CITIES WORLD REFUGEE DAY 2013
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WHEN
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Saturday, June 15, 12:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m.
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12 p.m.-3 p.m. –Resource fair
12 p.m.-5 p.m. – Diverse music and dance
performances
12 p.m.-5p.m. – Educational activities:
storytelling, arts and crafts!
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WHERE
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Wellstone Center, 179 Robie St.
East, St. Paul, MN 55107
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WHAT
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Twin Cities World Refugee Day is an
annual celebration of the more than 95,000 refugees who have been resettled
in Minnesota over the past three decades and the countless family and friends
who have joined them here. The event will celebrate the diverse refugee
communities of the Twin Cities through cultural performances, speakers, food,
vendors, children’s activities, cultural displays and a resource fair. The
event is free and open to the public.
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WHY
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In 2000, the United Nations General
Assembly established June 20 as World Refugee Day. People all
over the world have celebrated World Refugee Day with events that honor the
world’s over 15 million refugees and raise awareness.
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WHO
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Organized by
representatives of local immigrant and refugee service providers and
sponsored by organizations that serve refugees and immigrants, including:
African Development Center, American Refugee Committee: I AM A STAR, CAPI,
Minnesota Council of Churches, Minnesota Department of Health, Red Cross, and
UCare.
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Laura Doggett
Refugee Health Consultant
MN Department of Health - 4th Floor Freeman Building
P.O. Box 64975, 625 Robert St. N, St. Paul, MN 55164
Phone: 651-201-5590
