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Asylum Access 3rd Annual
Spring Soiree & Auction
Sunday, March 30, 2008, 4 to 8 pm
Hotel Kabuki, 1625 Post Street, San Francisco (NEW LOCATION)
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Honorary Hosts:
Senator Barbara Boxer
Senator Dianne Feinstein
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
VIP Hosts:
Assemblyman Mark Leno
Assemblywoman Fiona Ma
Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier
Keynote Speaker: Valentino Achak Deng, protagonist of Dave Eggers' What Is the What
Champion Sponsor: Heller Ehrman LLP
Defender Sponsors: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and Bingham McCutchen LLP
Friend Sponsors: Farella, Braun & Martel LLP and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
The Spring Soiree is an afternoon of gourmet food, fine wine, thought–provoking comments and unique silent and live auctions in an elegant setting. An ideal opportunity to mingle with friends and meet other supporters of refugee rights! Buy Tickets Now!
ASELER Launch Gives Refugees New Tools to Assert Rights
Since Asylum Access launched ASELER (Asesoría y Servicios Legales para Refugiados) in October 2007, ASELER has been providing advice and accompaniment to refugee families seeking safety, legal status, and human rights in Ecuador. ASELER staff also provide less-intensive individual consultations and group "Know Your Rights" trainings to help refugees understand the refugee status determination process.
Refugee status is a prerequisite to lawful employment and public education access in Ecuador. "ASELER's opening means hundreds of vulnerable refugees will now have information and assistance to navigate the refugee status determination system — the first step to rebuilding their lives," said ASELER director Michelle Arevalo-Carpenter.
"But this is only the beginning," she adds. "As ASELER grows, we want all of the hundreds of thousands refugees in Ecuador to have access to information and assistance on refugee status."