Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 4:00 PM
The The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees theme this year reminds us that there is Hope Away from Home for those who are persecuted and forced to flee. This message has never been more critical than now. 103 million people are displaced from their homes, the highest number ever, including 32.5 million refugees, and 4.9 million asylum seekers.

This World Refugee Day, with unprecedented and growing forced displacement around the world and ongoing efforts from the Biden administration and Congress to limit asylum protections at the border, it is more important than ever to support refugee inclusion and celebrate the resilience of those who have rebuilt new lives in the U.S.  Register here. 

Sat, Jun 17, 1 PM – Mon, Jun 19, 11PM
Genoa Park
303 W Broad St, Columbus, OH

(Note: This is the edited text for Rampell’s final introduction to the April 30 screening of Salt of

You need to get involved.

Members of the Black Mauritanian community – in Ohio and beyond – have been opening their homes to young men and women applying for asylum in the US. The situation in their native country is growing worse, and more young people are making the dangerous journey to the US.

Immigrant Mauritanians in the US like to debate what Ohio city has the largest Mauritanian community in the US, and while Columbus won out not too long ago, a growing number are calling Cincinnati home.

As Abdoul Mbow wrote in the Columbus Dispatch: “What future is there, when you have no present?”