Event Archive

Investment & Impact: Refugee Action Fund 2021 Virtual Gala

2021 Benefit: Impact + Investment, featuring Odilia Romero and Janet Martinez, Co-Founders and Directors of Comunidades Indigenas en Liderazgo (CIELO), Amaha Kassa, Executive Director of African Communities Together and Jayne E. Fleming, Global Director of Lamp Lifeboat Ladder

A Conversation About Afghanistan

September 2021: A conversation about Afghanistan with Sahr Mohammedally, Director for MENA & South Asia at the Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC), Timur Nusratty, former Deputy General Counsel for Roshan, Afghanistan’s leading telecommunications service provider, and the Owner and Managing Partner of the Flower Street Café in Kabul and Michael Shaikh, writer and human rights activist based in New York City.  For nearly a decade, Michael’s work centered on Afghanistan where he lead projects for Human Rights Watch, International Crisis Group and the Center for Civilians in Conflict.

The Border to the Capitol: Protecting Refugees and Asylum Seekers During the Biden Administration

April 2021: From the Border to the Capitol: Protecting Refugees and Asylum Seekers During the Biden Administration, a conversation with Guerline Jozef, President of Haitian Bridge Alliance and Elizabeth Foydel, Deputy Policy Director for the International Refugee Assistance Project.

Refugee Action Fund COVID-19 Response

May 2020: Refugees and COVID-19, a conversation with Rachel Levitan, VP for International Programs at HIAS and Adela Mason, Director of the American Bar Association’s Immigration Justice Project.

Refugee Action Fund 2020 Virtual Benefit

2020 Gala: Outside the Lines: Art and the Refugee Experience featuring film director, artist, author and activist Paola Mendoza, rapper and poet Omar Offendum, comedian Mohanad Elshieky and poet Vanessa Tahay.

Naji's Story

2019 Gala: Listen to guest speaker, Naji Aldabaan