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The 2008 Twin Cities World Refugee Day Event
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Anyone and everyone should attend! This year's event will be fun, entertaining, and informative for refugees, people who work with refugees, and people who live in the communities where refugees live. If you live somewhere in the Twin Cities metro area, that applies to you! Come learn about your neighbors and enjoy the music, food, and fun. |
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World Refugee Day is a celebration and a time to honor the world's nearly 10 million refugees. At the Twin Cities event, you will find dancers, singers, bands, drummers, artisans, storytellers, speakers, and much more. Look at the program to see who will be performing. There will also be great food for sale from local vendors. An Immigrant Resource Fair will offer information from over fifty different organizations on education, employment, housing, legal and immigration services, health and wellness, and more. |
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This year's event will be on Friday, June 20 with an Immigrant Resource Fair, entertainment, and a program. |
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The event will be held at Minnehaha Park, 4801 Minnehaha Ave S, Minneapolis, 55417 located at the intersection of Minnehaha Ave, Minnehaha Parkway, and Godfrey Ave, just east of Highway 55/ Hiawatha Ave.
Minnehaha Park is accessible from the Hiawatha Line/ Light Rail and bus routes. Check out Metro Transit to get your bus/ rail route to the event.
For more detailed directions, visit the DIRECTIONS page. |
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In 2000, the United Nations General Assembly established June 20 as World Refugee Day. Since 2001, people around the world have celebrated the day with events that honor the world's nearly 10 million refugees and raise awareness about refugee issues.
Minnesota has become home to approximately 88,500 refugees since 1979. Many were forced to flee their countries and endured long, traumatic journeys to reach safety. The Twin Cities is a primary urban center for refugee populations including Somali, Hmong, Oromo, Liberian, KaRen, Ethiopian, Vietnamese, Russian and many others. As Minnesotans, we can be proud to live in a state that welcomes refugees from around the world and has some of the largest refugee resettlement numbers in the United States and worldwide.
Twin Cities World Refugee Day celebrates the diversity of the cities' many refugee communities while remembering and honoring their journeys to Minnesota. |
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