Food and Information Fair
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Enjoy a delicious dinner provided by Miry's List Supper Club (donations welcome!)
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Learn and connect at information tables from:
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Walk through the Refugee Art Installation
LA Jews for Refugees
2018 Assembly
Program Schedule (from Thursday, March 22, 2018)
If you missed the Assembly, or want to watch it again,
click on each speaker’s name to see their presentation.
Speaker Program
The Current Refugee Crisis
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Rabbi Adam Kligfeld; Senior Rabbi at Temple Beth Am
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Mark Hetfield; President, HIAS
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Dan Schnur; Professor, USC Annenberg School of Communication, and Professor, University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Governmental Studies
The Refugee Experience
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Farnoush Abrishami, Refugee Speaker (from Iran); JFSLA former client/ migration specialist
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Malia Hamza; Refugee speaker (from Somalia); Tiyya client
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Mario Fuentes; Former refugee and LA Voice Lead Organizer
How to Help Refugees in Los Angeles
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David Ryu; LA City Councilman, 4th Council District
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Miry Whitehill; Miry's List
How to Help Refugees Beyond Los Angeles with Action
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Rachael Sonntag-Bloom; Save the Syrian Children
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Amani Matabaro Tom; ABFEC (Jewish World Watch partner in the Democratic Republic of Congo)
How to Help Refugees with Advocacy
Join the Coalition
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Tyson Roberts; Los Angeles Jews for Refugees Assembly and Coalition
Mark Hetfield, HIAS President