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From YouTube: World Refugee Day June 20, 2019
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This year Mayor Frey, City and community leaders, activists and local artists gathered at City Hall on World Refugee Day to recognize the strength, resilience and contributions of Minneapolis’ many refugee communities.
The United Nations established June 20 as World Refugee Day to recognize the 50th anniversary of the Convention on the Status of Refugees and the millions of people worldwide who have been forced from home because of war and persecution.
Learn more about the Neighborhood and Community Relations Department’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs at http://www.minneapolismn.gov/ncr/oira/index.htm
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Is
part:
that's
the
department,
ops,
neighborhood
and
community
relations.
Thank
you
all
for
coming
to
this
place,
York
City
Hall
to
celebrate
World
Refugee
day
eyes,
especially
possible
to
the
many
community
elders
and
leaders
who
are
joining
us
today.
June
20th
was
established
as
World
Refugee
day
in
the
year
2000
to
celebrate
the
pizza.
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C
C
B
A
B
A
A
These
actions,
not
to
mention
the
presidential
tweets,
attacking
our
terrific
communities
to
demand
a
response
here
in
the
cities,
thought
the
civility
refugee
Affairs
and
adopted
a
rapid
response
pathway
we're
in
times
of
crisis.
We
work
in
conjunction
with
our
global
service
organization
partners,
including
monster
motors
Network,
and
with
York
law
center
of
Minnesota
at
the
advocates
of
Human
Rights,
to
help
impacted
communities
that
are
fearful
through
the
course
of
today's
programming.
A
Through
this
morning,
speakers
the
information
tables
of
the
organizations
who
have
joined
us
today,
including
pioneer
and
afternoon
panel
discussion,
I
hope
you
will
learn
about
remediate
as
a
community
overcome
adversity
come
together
and
defend
us
protect
our
home.
That
is
what
these
multiple
cities
needs
and
aromatic
smell
of
us.
Can
we
do.
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Big
thank
you
to
shell,
the
faribault
or
the
orchestration
of
this
event,
and
today
the
applet
is
so
proud
to
recognize
World
Refugee
day
3
the
celebration.
We
want
everyone
to
know
that
the
Minneapolis
here
is
the
Wellness
and
regardless
of
what's
happening
in
the
federal
level
right
here,
we're
a
place
of
inclusivity
and
we'd.
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D
To
increase
the
visibility
and
raise
awareness
about
the
importance
of
our
immigrant
and
Refugee
communities,
including
the
establishment
of
our
office
of
red
immigrant
refugee
Affairs,
and
thank
you
so
much
Michelle
again
for
your
continued
work
on
behalf
of
our
communities.
We're
working
to
increase
enough
opportunities
as
well
for
entrepreneurial
networks
through
the
formation
of
cultural
districts
and
recognize
me
recognizing
the
poor,
immigrants
and
refugees
to
our
city
and
those
contributions
are
incredible.
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Now
we
want
to
recognize
the
many
refugee
and
immigrant
employees
who
work
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
including
Michael,
yang
and
Mariana
Espinosa
and
doin,
cheek
from
RN
C,
our
department
we
will
hear
from
in
just
a
moment.
I
also
want
to
recognize
Newton
from
high
office,
who
was
a
refugee
herself
in
Laotian
the
contributions
that
our
city
employees
have
given
a
marketing
credit,
and
we
want
those
contributions
to
continue
for
the
long
haul,
and
the
truth
is
that
we
all
have
some
form
of
immigration
story.
Some
of
us
have
a
refugee
story.
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It's
an
advertisement
I've
actually
seen
the
photo,
but
they're
not
that
good.
Looking
at
all,
both
families
fill
out
the
photograph.
They
decided
that
they
wanted
nothing
to
do
with
their
kids
anymore.
They
were
disowned
and
they
left
the
Ukraine.
What
was
at
the
time
of
the
USSR
or
Russia?
They
moved
to
Paris
and
eventually
to
New
York
City
and
years
later
they
decided
to
try
and
get
back
in
touch
with
their
family
again.
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Every
one
of
them
was
dead
and
I
know
the
Holocaust
will
compromise,
and
so
the
ability
to
seek
and
receive
the
rest
emerge
in
our
country
has
always
been
critical,
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
how
the
war
has
continuously
are
open
to
those
who
need
safety
to
those
who
seek
prosperity
and
to
those
who
look
to
be
part
of
our
welcoming
and
inclusive
city,
so
I.
Thank
you
I.
Thank
you.
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B
All
of
the
strength,
the
skills
and
the
potential
the
immigrants
and
refugees
brings
to
our
community
I
can
relate
in
some
ways,
while
of
course
it's
nowhere
near
to
the
same
level
as
a
black
transgender
person.
It's
actually
very
unsafe
for
me
to
live
in
many
parts
of
this
country
and
I
spent
time
trying
to
find
a
statement.
They
expect
me
home
and
when
I
found
many
analysts,
specifically
North
Minneapolis.
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That
was
the
first
time
that
I
felt
safe
and
as
a
part
of
the
community,
and
you
can
see
how
I
translated
back
into
work
contributing
into
my
community
into
the
city
and
I,
get
to
see
that,
with
my
name
every
single
day
as
the
City
Councilmember,
my
work
is
around
building
communities.
Wealth
is
aroused
advancing
goals
of
ownership
so
that
folks,
in
a
stately
house
being
able
to
help
folks
create
small
businesses
and
experience
entrepreneurial
success.
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B
Also
expanded
the
amount
of
those
who
are
civically,
engaged
and
participating
with
our
local
government.
This
includes
our
immigrant
and
Refugee
neighbors
and
there's
a
lot
of
intentionality
to
ensure
that
that
is
the
case,
as
has
mentioned
in
the
chair
of
the
Peace
Committee,
which
is
short
for
the
public
health,
environment,
civil
rights
and
engagement
committees.
This
is
where
a
lot
of
engagement
work
comes
through
specifically
around
the
office
of
immigrant
and
refugee
Affairs.
So
has
make
sure
it's
taking
all
these
things.
B
We
shall
prevail
for
all
of
our
leadership
and
director
David
root
or
for
his
new
neighborhood
Community
Relations
Department.
This
is
where
we're
able
to
really
dig
into
this
work
and
find
out
how
to
dream,
as
City
Council
members
can
give
us
support
to
our
immigrant
retention
neighbors.
What
are
the
kind
of
supports
that
we
can
put
into
the
policy
work
that
we
do?
How
can
we
work
with
the
mayor
to
misleading
investments
into
the
work
that
needs
to
have
feminists,
I
would
suspect
to?
B
You
is
to
take
some
time
to
recommend
for
folks
to
take
some
time
to
learn
about
the
various
immigrant,
refugee
and
Asylum
communities
by
visiting
some
of
the
tables
that
are
here
and
sticking
around
was
panel
this
afternoon.
I
just
would
like
to
say
also
in
closing
that
our
immigrant
in
refugee
communities
are
strong
and
vibrant
years
in
Minneapolis
may
have
experienced
challenges
and
have
had
to
overcome
that
with
unimaginable
strength
and
that
strength
now
is
our
gift.
For
those
of
us.
B
We
have
privilege
of
being
American
citizens
it's
time
for
us
to
make
sure
that
we
are
going
our
own
way
to
be
welcoming
to
learn
about
our
neighbors
and
to
stand
up
for
our
neighbors
during
the
time
of
such
hostility
from
our
federal
government.
We
know
that
our
neighbors
are
doing
names.
We
see
them
as
neighbors,
not
as
some
idea
to
protect
stories
on,
and
it
is
our
responsibility
to
continue
to
mock
that
for
the
rest
of
the
country.
B
A
G
G
Important
day
for
somebody
like
myself,
I
happen
to
any
child.
We're
fortunate
growing
up
and
I
was
immigrated
to
America
to
experience
both
the
University
as
a
child,
educate
America
as
other
and
I've
lived
in
great
cities.
The
deal
of
them
visited
many
places,
there's
no
better
place
the
mini
atmosphere.
This
is
first
place
that
I
call
home
it's
the
first
place.
I
chose
to
be
have
children,
so
I
have
a
record.
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So
my
experience
has
been
quite
extraordinary,
but
it
has
been
very
my
constant
to
give
you
that
I
thought
this
experience
is
in
Somali
intimate.
It
is
the
overall
experience.
It
is
the
token
experience.
It
is
the
African
spirit.
It
is
the
experience
of
the
downtrodden.
It
is
the
experience
of
those
fleeing
those
safety
shouting
those
try
to
find
them
miss
those
trying
to
find
them
those
who
receive,
as
others
those
who
died.
G
G
G
Homeless,
people
in
shelter,
I,
remember
my
family.
When
I
see
somebody
live
in
public
housing
which
are
free,
my
grandmother,
so
this
is
has
been
my
experience
and
I
thank
director
Lee
show
for
putting
this
at
the
heart.
So
today
in
your
Singapore,
we
are
celebrating
and
importantly
a
let's
not
forget.
This
is
not
a
sporty
thing
that
needs
for
shelter.
The
need
for
home.
The
need
for
place
is
vital.
Today,
I
mean
this
is
the
start
of
you
today.
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C
G
A
H
F
B
F
F
I
I
I
I
I
I
H
J
Thank
you
so
much
for
giving
me
that
to
share
my
story
and
my
journey,
thank
you
to
city
of
Memphis,
mayor
pride
and
consulted
for
so
many
and
all
that
other
officials,
as
well
as
the
community
members
that
are
here
today,
I'm
so
proud
and
honored
to
be
part
of
this
generous,
inspiring
and
accepting
community.
My
name.
C
C
B
J
J
J
J
J
J
J
J
J
J
J
J
Leaders
for
the
betterment
of
humanity,
one
call
one
called
West
morning:
waking
up
in
the
markets
in
Kenya
with
my
child
and
infants,
a
woman
in
the
market.
There
were,
like
we
say,
hundreds
of
people
in
our
market,
but
the
woman
stopped
and
asked
me
is
someone
going
to
her
phone?
It
was
a
nothing.
My
siblings
and
I
were
about
thirty
kids.
J
J
C
J
J
Was
happening
in
our
own
country
and
also
to
some
of
our
family
members,
not
to
mention
the
rest
of
the
world
we
felt
alone.
We
didn't
have
that.
Would
shelter
that
alone,
access
to
education
for
six
years,
I
did
not
sit
in
a
classroom.
I
had
an
amazing
mom
and
we
are
the
music
community
that
was
able
to
transcend.
We
are
all
Artesia
that
work
that
was
happening.
I
was
able
to
protect
the
emotions
of
the
children
around
my
experience
in
Canada
have
been
nearly
twenty
eight
years
ago.
C
J
J
J
J
F
J
Who
is
horse
or
southeastern
refugees?
A
fellow
of
all
images
are
so
resilient
and
one
of
the
kindnesses
and
the
most
given
people
you'll
ever
meet
I
hope,
you're.
Looking
after
with
your
friends
as
someone
who
wants
to
be
the
bigger
to
be
part
of
the
bigger
picture
and
help
Society
I
stand
here
as
some
worst
rally
to
represent
all
those
who
have
been
displaced
who
have
and
who
don't
have
a
voice.
We're
given.
J
Refugees
we're
given
up,
which
is,
can
make
this
Country
Strong.
They
can
help
us
compete
globally.
They
bring
diversity
of
languages,
cultures,
beauty
into
our
community
in
the
soil
and
the
rest
of
the
country.
I
hope
we
can
continue
to
work
out
that
greater
good
for
Humanity,
because
who
don't
we're
living
behind
the
world
of
chaos
for
our
children
to
the
Ariat
refugees
are
typical
exiled
from
their
homes,
mineral
of
twenty
years.
That's
something
that
would
have
just
all.
K
A
Two
people
share
history
with
you,
but
I
think
it's
very
good
for
you
for
people
to
understand.
You
know
I
think
that
there
are
individuals
in
the
London
community
who
don't
necessarily
see
themselves
as
refugees
and
to
consider
the
facts
that
a
refugees
individual
who
is
an
experienced
persecution
or
fears,
persecution
on
the
basis
of
their
race,
religion,
nationality,
membership
of
a
particular
social
group
or
political,
and
then
includes
individuals
from
South,
America
and
Latin
American
countries
as
well.
M
M
E
E
E
E
Dedicate
this
and
my
words
in
recognition
to
those
extraordinary
human
beings
who
created
regulation
and
political
society
as
a
fundamental
right,
who
is
also
Universal
Declaration
of
Human
Rights
from
the
center
1090
1948,
was
royal.
The
same
way.
The
resolution
PP
176
from
the
same
report
from
year
2000
that
states
that
to
28th
his.
E
M
M
E
B
M
E
American
that
I
am
also
from
the
south.
I
am
Colombian,
I
am
from
a
country
with
the
second
highest
rate
of
internal
displacement,
red
capita
in
the
world.
Seven
million
million
displaced
internally
displaced
people
since
1969
in
Colombia,
is
on
the
top
list,
with
almost
four
million
petitions
for
refugee
and
asylum
according
to.
According
to
the
High
Commissioner,
a
nation's
probated
refugee
Affairs,
the
35.8%
of
those
petitions
from
all
Latin
America
are
coming
from
Colombia.
M
E
My
personal
things-
I
am
here,
you
know,
leaving
all
their
political
sciences
year,
2004
I
was
forced
to
leave
Colombia.
It
was
a
personal
political
persecution
from
the
government
of
President
Alvaro,
leaving
balance
my
work.
That's
part
of
the
signal
that
Cena
well
Union.
You
know
many
organizations
with
human
rights.
M
E
E
M
E
The
paramilitary
35
ammonium
for
citizen
conference,
they're
criminals
passing
latest
laws
in
occupying
places
in
different
positions
of
power
in
the
country,
electronics,
office
and
also
in
other
places
of
power
area,
and
there
is
the
community
in
all
those
planets.
Many
of
those
intellectual
intellect
our
elders,
which
crimes
are
still
in
cloud-like,
album
leaving
in
the
Senate
or
Francisco
San
Jose
Calderon
early
devonian
ambassador
in
the
United
States.
Those
two
people
that
I
have
mentioned
have
been
investigated
for
elections,
part
military
as
2009
continues.
E
C
E
Several
judges,
the
wisdom
we
have
in
Columbia
from
the
Supreme
Court
to
in
their
support
from
the
human
rights
organizations,
and
also
the
support
of
the
of
American
national
organizations
in
do
that
support.
60
of
this
purpose
we
need
homeless.
Men
are
in
court
for
Columbia
are
now
in
jail
because
of
their
connections
to
narco
trafficking.
M
E
Or
scores
felt
obligated
to
leave
the
country
I
for
several
years.
I
deny
that
meow
leaving
the
country,
everybody
my
friends
and
sisters
and
brothers
for
the
bikes
who
are
telling
me
that
it
was
better
if
I
waited
country
that
most
of
my
life
in
that
made
me
feel
upset
and
angry
and
I
used
to
say.
I
want
the
criminal.
M
E
The
trust
means
my
family
and
then
for
several,
my
friends
and
sisters
and
brothers
for
advice.
Make
me
to
make
the
decision
to
leave
my
country
or
to
another.
Great
place
is
like,
or
that
way
is
like
if
you
pull
out
a
copy
plant
and
then
you
pretend
the
planted
in
a
warm
and
welcoming
place
and
pretend
that
this
plant
will
thrive
in
the
Caliphate
life
includes
in
all
the
levels
and
later
planners
who
are
invited
aboard
one
of
the
points.
That's
how
I
felt
when
those
days
and
besides
that
really
I
have
certain
feelings.
M
M
E
Felt
warm
and
care
my
body
in
the
Bolshoi
12
refuge
in
my
soul.
That's
what
I
was
seeing
when
I
came
to
Minneapolis
Minnesota
in
with
the
Solidarity
of
the
chapter
Cecilia's
that
they
can
proceed,
abolish
and
also
the
solidarity
singer.
The
union
of
skilled
workers
that
quality
and
also
helped
me
to
win
my
political
asylum
import.
They
are
turning
away
me
from
the
Minnesota
explosion.
E
Open
the
numbers
of
their
points
in
the
name
of
the
person
that
are
very
intentional
about
health
system
in
the
United
States
and
among
other
things,
but
it
was
fundamental
for
the
treatment
in
recreation
healing
from
a
cancer
of
Ellis
struck.
My
wife
and
those
are
the
examples
of
solidarity
and
friendship
that
I
had
a.
E
Refuge
means
protection
escape
from
persecution
escape
from
death.
It
means
in
you
it
means
self
education
and
also
no
portunities
for
social
progress,
and
we
have
reached
out
to
that
in
big
measure.
Thank
you.
Big,
solidary
solidarity
for
the
International
Solidarity
that
I
receive
in
this
line.
Who
now
is
very
well
by
me,
feel
of
might
be
forever,
because
here
is
where
my
two
grand
kids
were
born.
Martine
Emiliano,
the
twisting
here
here
another.
B
E
E
M
M
E
Were
ther
taking
place?
Many
words
every
planet
is
a
chronicle
at
that
control.
Thousands
of
human
beings
crossing
borders
from
the
Mediterranean
were
trained
to
overcome
tall
enough
health
laws
whose
benefit
from
this
big
displacement.
What
is
the
the
role
of
the
political
and
the
public
opinion
for
the
public
action?
What
is
the
role
that
we
have
as
a
society?
What
are
about?
The
pasts
that
lead
together
can
develop
to
warrantied
right
refuge.
M
E
E
C
A
K
K
K
B
K
It's
not
like
building
and
other
things
census.
You
just
need
to
live
here.
You
live
here,
you
contribute.
You
are
proud
of
the
fact.
You
are
little
your
teachers
and
educators
right
and
the
u.s.
in
print.
You
count
I
want
you
to
know
that
we
have
the
we
count
can
be
or
census
here
in
Minneapolis
to
the
table.