Category: Events

World Refugee Day

“Refugees are people like anyone else, like you and me. They led ordinary lives before becoming displaced, and their biggest dream is to be able to live normally again. On this World Refugee Day, let us recall our common humanity, celebrate tolerance and diversity and open our hearts to refugees everywhere.” – Ban Ki-Moon On…
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Deborah Anker Receives FBA-ILS New Member Award

Deborah Anker, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Harvard Law School Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRC), was honored for exceptional achievement for a new member of the Federal Bar Association. The Honorable Dorothy A. Harbeck presented the award last month, citing in her speech the relationship she’s formed with Anker over the…
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Invisible Refugees: Forced Migration of Sexual & Gender Minorities

The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program & Harvard Law School & Lambda Present: Invisible Refugees: Forced Migration of Sexual & Gender Minorities Many of the world’s forced migrants are escaping persecution based on their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.  Long invisible to the humanitarian community, these vulnerable individuals often hide from the…
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Come meet Ira Kurzban at HLS this Thursday, Feb. 14!

Join HIRC & HIP to meet Ira Kurzban in person at HLS, where he’s speaking at Prof. Anker’s Immigration Law: Policy and Social Change course this Thursday! HIP is hosting a meet & greet with drinks from 7-8pm, WCC 3019.   J.D. and M.A., University of California, Berkeley.  Mr. Kurzban is a partner in the law firm…
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