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Welcome to Community and Diversity Night

Welcome to Community and Diversity Night. We welcome all as friends . We will build community through shared knowledge. . Community Diversity 101. Community Diversity 101. Why do refugees leave their homelands? Who are the refugees resettling in Denver?

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Welcome to Community and Diversity Night

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  1. Welcome to Community and Diversity Night We welcome all as friends. We will build community through shared knowledge.

  2. Community Diversity 101

  3. Community Diversity 101 • Why do refugees leave their homelands? • Who are the refugees resettling in Denver? • How can our community help refugees resettle?

  4. Community Diversity 101Why do Refugees leave their homelands? • As long as there have been wars, persecution, discrimination, and intolerance, there have been refugees. • Refugees resettled in • the U.S. are not a • Burden on the U.S. • They bring a wealth • Of knowledge and • Experience. • Famous Refugees: • Albert Einstein • Germany

  5. Community Diversity 101Why do Refugees leave their homelands? • What would you do right now if bombs were falling around you? • What would you do if people of your faith or ethnic group were being singled out, tortured, and slaughtered? • Famous Refugees: • Wyclef Jean of the • Fugees- Haiti

  6. Community Diversity 101Why do Refugees leave their homelands? • If you had 15 minutes to pack and evacuate your home, what would you take?

  7. Community Diversity 101How can we help? • Where would you go? • Who would help you? • Would you hope that someone would help you? • What are some ways we can help as an individual, school, community? • Our deparatment values diversity, education, inclusiveness,andcollaboradion. • http://youtu.be/ZOSgBM2yMty

  8. Community Diversity 101Who are the refugees? • A refugee is a person who "owing to a fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political beliefs, membership of a particular social groupis unable to find protection in the country of residence" • Article 1, The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

  9. Community Diversity 101How can our community help? 6.

  10. Community Diversity 101How can we help? • Domestic Resettlement Services in Denver • Church World Service (CWS) • Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) • U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) • U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)

  11. Community Diversity 101How can we help? Goals Increase community outreach. Connect refugees with business and jobs. Establish refugee medical services. Collaborate with churches and schools for ride share, food share, and adult education programs. Increase the number of volunteers who will teach, tutor English, other subjects, and develop a language bank.

  12. Refugee Children http://digital.films.comPortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=7967&xtid=39932&loid=80728

  13. Community Diversity 101Children • http://youtu.be/jyscRA5CY68 • You can help by donating • Colorado Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) co.gov.com • Colorado Refugee Health Services Co.dept.refugee.health.com • Colorado employment and social service providers co.jobs.com • Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS) LIRS.com • Catholic Charities of Denver Catholic CC.Denver.com

  14. Chicken Gumbo for the Diverse Soul • Chicken Gumbo-A hot, spicy, heartwarming Recipe by Elliott Lewis • Ingredients: • 1 cup History 1 ½ cups race relations 1 teaspoon Politics • 2 cups Family 1 cup Ethnic Diversity • 1 cup Spirituality 2 cups Friendship • Directions: Mix with generous portions of love, compassion, and • understanding. Stir vigorously, dissolving all bigotry, prejudice, and • ignorance. Add cultural seasoning. Serve with respect. Enjoy Life!

  15. Community Diversity 101 • References • Chartock, R.K. (2010). Strategies and Lessons for Culturally Responsive Teaching: A Primer for K-12 Teachers. Boston, MA: Pearson. • Convention of Status of Refugees. (2012). Retrieved from http://www. Colo.gov/ cs/CDHS/ • Fleeing Syria. (2012) Retrieved from http://digital.films.com/ • Refugee Children. (2012) Retrieved from http://youtu.be.vscRA5Cy68.com/

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