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As winds shift against immigrants, refugee resettlement advocate Sasha Chanoff steps up

JL;DR SUMMARY Sasha Chanoff, a Jewish humanitarian with personal roots in the refugee experience, is making significant strides in refugee resettlement through his organization, RefugePoint. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Climate ChangeRefugee ResettlementCharles Bronfman PrizeSasha ChanoffRefugepointJewish HumanitarianLaurent KabilaInternational Organization For MigrationLegal MigrationEconomic Contributions

Places mentioned

Finland
"Chanoff, a Finnish-born Jew, ..."
Kinshasa, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
"drive to a safe haven about an hour from Kinshasa, the capital, ..."
Cameroon
"take off for a refugee camp in Cameroon, ..."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"Chanoff grew up in the Boston area, ..."
Nairobi, West Pokot, Kenya
"RefugePoint, the nonprofit Chanoff established 20 years ago in Nairobi, Kenya."
Geneva, Switzerland
"With main offices in Boston, Geneva, and Nairobi, RefugePoint ..."
Canada
"other countries that have legal resettlement programs, including Canada, ..."
Australia
"other countries that have legal resettlement programs, including Canada, Australia ..."
New Zealand
"other countries that have legal resettlement programs, including Canada, Australia and New Zealand."

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