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''-<span style="font-size:larger;">Furman University Refugee Task Force: team of faculty, administrators, and students that coordinates campus-wide lectures and events feauturing university, community, and national leaders engaged in refugee resettlement, immigration policy development, and international humanitarian relief work.</span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">'''''How might we bring the issue closer to home and illuminate the university community's longstanding tradition of advocating for and serving displaced people across the globe?'''''</span>
<span style="font-size:larger;">- Collaborative for Community-Engaged Learning Refugee Map: Maintains updated digital GIS map of Furman alumni and student connections to refugee relief work starting in the 1920's</span>
<span style="font-size:larger;">- Division of Student Life Refugee Resettlement Alternative Spring Break Trip: <span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Refugee Resettlement" will immerse students in Clarkston -- a town outside of Atlanta hailed as the most diverse square mile in the U.S. and considered home by over 8,000 recently-resettled refugees from around the world -- and offer a variety of direct service opportunities and educational workshops designed to illuminate the challenges facing refugee populations.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">- No Lost Generation Student Organization: Students work to directly and materially assist local refugee populations while interning with the U.S Department of State's Virtual Student Federal Service program and attending the annual UNA-USA Global Engagement Summit at the United Nations Headquarters in NYC.</span><br/></span>
<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Annual Refugee Week: student organizations set up booths outside the library to engage students in a variety of activities, including a "Map Your Heritage" exercise, raffle for a #RefugeesWelcome t-shirt, #StandWithRefugees photo-op, and welcome notes to newly-arrived refugees in South Carolina. The week will also include a constituent advocacy workshop hosted by the League of Women Voters and a refugee journey simulation conducted by the Carolina Peace Resource Center.</span></span>
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