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Celebrate World Refugee Day 2022 | June 20
Theme: Whoever. Wherever. Whenever. Everyone has the right to seek safety

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The Mortenson Center for International Library Programs and the American Library Association (ALA) invite libraries to commemorate World Refugee Day 2022.  For ideas and resources, go to:

 


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For questions, write to mortenson@illinois.edu and/or diversity@ala.org.


The Mortenson Center for International Library Programs and the American Library Association commemorate World Refugee Day 2021, affirming:
We are the United States*, welcoming people born here or afar.
We are neighbors, diverse cultures, connected in common humanity.
We are libraries**, welcoming all – people, ideas and knowledge.
We strengthen our communities from the most vulnerable to the most affluent.


Note: We invite other organizations to use this statement, replacing the * with their own location, and the ** with their own organization type/name.