World Refugee Day Celebration 2014

Please join Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS) for our annual celebration of World Refugee Day on Saturday June 28th. This year’s festivities will include international food, dance and music from 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm at the Columbus Humanities Arts and Technology Academy (1333 Morse Road, Columbus, OH 43229).Admission to the event is free, so bring your friends and family to celebrate the wide-ranging diversity of Columbus’ refugee community, which includes people from Iraq, Bhutan, Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Burma, Cuba, and other nations.Columbus is just one of many cities around the world that celebrates World Refugee Day. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN refugee agency, established this annual day of recognition to bring awareness to the plight of the 43.7 million refugees and internally displaced peoples worldwide. Come celebrate all those who have made Central Ohio their new home. We look forward to seeing you at 12:30 pm on June 28th. If you have any questions or would be interested in contributing your culinary, artistic, storytelling or volunteering talents for the event, please to contact CRIS at volunteer@cris-ohio.org.