“There are over 26 million refugees around the world,” said Bah. “People suffering because human beings made them suffer. How is that different from a police officer killing someone in broad daylight? Here in America, we see people of color, black men especially, facing violence and precarity like that which drives refugees from their homes.“
On Juneteenth, advocates, leaders, and community members from the Refugee Dream Center (RDC) marched in rallies in downtown Providence. They joined the many groups calling to defund the police and invest in communities. Saturday, those same advocates and leaders sat down to their computers to a virtual World Refugee Day celebration held over Zoom.
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