World Refugee Day 2007 With Hood College: County-Wide BeautificationJune 20, 2007, Washington DC: Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Ellen Sauerbrey meets a delegation from Hood College of Fredrick, Maryland, to receive their contribution of $500 to the International Fund for Refugee Women and Children. A group of Hood students and faculty participated in the "Big Sweep," an annual Frederick county-wide beautification project to raise the money. The team was sponsored by the Hood College Management Association. In the photo from right to left is Ellen Sauerbrey, Patrick Konecni, Megan Phillips, Candace Butler, Professor Micheal Stratton, Louis Carpinone, Nancy H. Hennessey, Director of the Career Center at Hood College, and Susan Crais Hovanec, Senior Advisor for Outreach in PRM.
Ellen Sauerbrey, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, poses with participants of a panel discussion, "Opening Doors, Restoring Hope," with resettled refugees at a PRM-sponsored event for World Refugee Day 2007 at the George Washington University June 19. From left to right: Yeong Sook Kim from North Korea; Jalil Aswadi from Afghanistan; John Dau (seated) a Sudanese "Lost Boy" featured in the documentary film "God Grew Tired of Us" ; Wai Wai from Burma; Ellen Sauerbrey; John R. Miller (standing far right), Resident Scholar at The Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University; and Bienvenu Rwagasore from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |