Celebrate World Refugee Day 2022 | June 20
Theme: Whoever. Wherever. Whenever. Everyone has the right to seek safety
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:
Join us for a Webinar – forthcoming in August/September 2022
Date/Time: TBA | FREE Registration <click here>
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 2020, affirming: |
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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. |