Refugee Outreach Collective
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Refugee Outreach Collective (ROC) amplifies diverse narratives of migrant and displaced communities through alliance and relationship building. We work to make the US a more welcoming place to resettling communities and to eradicate refugee camps as a normative concept.
Refugee Outreach Collective
3y ago
Episode three of Moving Lines features interviews from Charlene D’Cruz from Lawyers for Good Government and Helen Perry from Global Response Management. Charlene is the Border Rights Fellow, and Program Director of Project Corazon, and coordinates legal services for all those experiencing statelessness in the Matamoros Refugee Camp. Helen Perry is the Executive Director of Global Response Management, and coordinates medical services for all those in Matamoros. During their interviews, both Charlene and Helen highlight the arbitrary political landscapes both nonprofits must traverse to provide ..read more
Refugee Outreach Collective
3y ago
Episode two of Moving Lines features two interviews from people working for Global Response Management (GRM), the nonprofit providing medical assistance to those experiencing statelessness in Matamoros, Mexico. The first interview features a doctor who will remain anonymous due to credible threats to his well being, who details their concerns for the spread of COVID-19 in the refugee camp. The doctor has worked in Matamoros for over 8 months, and is frequently the only specialized doctor assisting the near 2000 people living in the refugee camp as COVID-19 travel restrictions prevent doctors f ..read more
Refugee Outreach Collective
3y ago
Episode one of Moving Lines features an interview with Tucker, an individual who organizes many efforts to support those experiencing statelessness in the Matamoros Refugee Camp. Tucker has worked in the refugee camp since the very first people requesting asylum were prevented from crossing the US-Mexico border last year. The refugee camp is now the largest camp located in the US-Mexico border, and has grown from a few people to thousands. Tucker is the co-founder of the Resource Center Matamoros and also works for Global Response Management, both nonprofits provide services, in collaboration ..read more