On Thursday, February 6, from 6-8 pm, the Library of Michigan will host a panel: “Red Tape, not Red Carpet:  Contemporary Refugees and Bureaucracy in the United States,” featuring local leaders who work with refugees in the mid-Michigan area: Ben Cabanaw, from the Office of Global Michigan; Shirin Kambin, from the Immigrant and Refugee Resource Collaborative; Merkeb Youhannes, of the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence; and Durkhshan Sediqy, of Catholic Charities on Ingham, Eaton and Clinton Counties.  As moderator, Kirsten Fermaglich will discuss historical origins of refugee policy in the United States; the panel will connect historical experiences of refugees from the 1930s to the contemporary experiences of newcomers to the United States today.  

For more information about Americans and the Holocaust and related programming at the Library of Michigan, visit Michigan.gov/LMAATH. To learn more about the exhibition, visit ushmm.org/americans-ala.