Greetings!
 Greetings from ORAM! Please take a look at our latest update and share our news with your networks. I hope what you read below inspires you to join our mission protecting LGBTI refugees at home and around the world. Please consider making a gift online. We also appreciate your gift of time when you volunteer. Stay in touch! Neil Grungras, Esq.Founder and Executive Director, ORAM |
ORAM Client at First-Ever Refugee Congress
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 In August, Danny Dyson -- a gay Ugandan man ORAM helped resettle in San Francisco earlier this year -- traveled to Washington, D.C., for the first-ever Refugee Congress, hosted by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees.
During his visit, Danny and Michael Sisitzky, ORAM's legal fellow in D.C., met with staffers for California Sens. Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein, and U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Danny recounted his persecution in Uganda, how he fled to Kenya, and his integration and resettlement in the U.S.
In describing his experience being resettled in San Francisco, Danny said, "I looked up and saw two flags: an American flag and a rainbow flag. And around me there was a lesbian couple holding hands, and gay men kissing, and straight families walking by with their children--all in the same place. And I just felt like I belonged." Read more about Danny's journey in the Silicon Valley Mercury News.
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In San Francisco? Help Us Resettle Refugees!
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House a Refugee or Build a Network for Support
 ORAM is looking to the community in San Francisco to help lead our efforts to resettle newly arrived LGBTI refugees.
Since early 2011, we have resettled two refugees in San Francisco, and more are expected to arrive by the end of the year and in early 2012. These refugees are coming to the U.S. faster than expected, thanks to the success of our advocacy (read about our latest report below).
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| Volunteer at Castro Street Fair on October 2nd! | |
 Headed to the Castro Street Fair in San Francisco on Sunday, October 2? We would love to have your help staffing the ORAM table where we will be building community support for our Refugee Resettlement program. E-mail us if you would like to know more or sign up. See you there!
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Internship Opportunities for 2011 and 2012
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| Please Share With Your Networks!
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| Our New Report on Turkey Shows Improvement | |
 In August, we released an updated report on the conditions of LGBTI refugees in Turkey, which shows improvements in the asylum process thanks largely to ORAM's advocacy.
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| Three Things You Can Do Now |
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