World Refugee Day
Pittsburgh Refugee Center
Nearly 56 years have passed since the establishment of UNHCR, the UN
Refugee Agency. Over 12 million refugees and displaced persons
languish in 700 refugee camps worldwide. Today, June 20, 2007, is
internationally recognized as World Refugee Day--a day when we
remember the unlived lives of those unable to return home.
In honor of this, the Pittsburgh Refugee Center, in collaboration with
the Pittsburgh Filmmakers, is pleased to present the documentary film,
"Rain in a Dry Land," by Anne Makepeace. The film depicts the lives
of two Somali Bantu families that have been resettled in the United
States. The documentary portrays the struggles, hopes and challenges
that refugees encounter as they make America their new home.
Please join us Thursday, June 21 at 7:00 p.m. at the Melwood Screening
Room in Oakland, as we screen "Rain in a Dry Land." For further
information, please contact PRC, at in...@pittsburghrefugeecenter.org.
Date: Thursday, June 21, 2007
Venue: Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
15213
Time: Doors open at 6:30 p.m; Film begins at 7:00 p.m. followed by a
Q&A session
Cost: This event is free and open to the public
Khadra Mohammed
Executive Director
Pittsburgh Refugee Center
1835 Centre Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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