December 2019


[[link removed]] 2019: Year In Review
[[link removed]] A look back at highlights of 2019, but also looking ahead to the important work
HIAS will undertake in 2020. Remembering 2019
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[[link removed]] VIDEO: We Open Our Hearts for Them
[[link removed]] “We Open Our Hearts for Them,” filmed in Kenya and Ecuador, depicts what
happens when circumstances force people to be uprooted from their lives, and how
HIAS is helping. Watch the video
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[[link removed]] International Community Meets to Help Refugees
[[link removed]] HIAS joined members of the international refugee assistance community, state
leaders, refugee leaders, and business leaders in Geneva for the inaugural
Global Refugee Forum.
Learn about HIAS’ participation
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[[link removed]] New Video Gallery
[[link removed]] View the newly redesigned video gallery on HIAS.org. Now it’s easier than ever
to browse and view videos about our work on different projects and the many ways
we are helping people. Take a look
[[link removed]]More news and stories on our blog.
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In case you missed it:

* An Immigrant’s Christmas Eve
[[link removed]] – New York Times Op-Ed by former HIAS client and former HIAS board member Tali
Farhadian Weinstein about arriving here as an asylum seeker on Christmas Eve
1979, and being helped by HIAS.
* HIAS’ GBV Page [[link removed]] – information on HIAS’ Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response
programming which helps forcibly displaced women and girls and LGBTQ
community members pursue their potential and access human rights, free from
violence and oppression.
* New in the Old World
[[link removed]] – story about HIAS’ work including European communities in refugee issues in
the Judische Allgemeine, a weekly Jewish German paper.

Take Action:

* Click-to-Call your Governor now to urge them to continue welcoming refugees
to your state.
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* Take Action for Asylum Seekers
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* Download the handy new HIAS Jewish holiday calendar
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Events:

* Attend upcoming events in Florida, Washington, D.C., Texas, and beyond.
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Brand new gift items in the HIAS store:

* HIAS t-shirts, hoodies, tote bags, travel mugs, and stickers
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Make your tax-deductible Year-End gift to HIAS today.
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