Capitol Hill Symposium: Global Response to Refugee Crisis in the Middle East and South Asia

Representative Zoe Lofgren, Foreign Policy Magazine Raise Awareness About Crisis Timed to World Refugee Day

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

What:  A symposium hosted by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), a founding member of the Bipartisan Congressional Refugee Caucus

Who:  Panelists include

• Moderator:  Foreign Policy Magazine Editor-in-Chief Susan Glasser
• Representative Zoe Lofgren
• Ambassador Ali Suleiman Aujali, Representative of the Transitional National council of Libya to the US
• UNHCR Representative for North America Vincent Cochetel
• President of Refugees International Michel Gabaudan
• Ludus Athletics CEO Hamed Wardak
• UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon "Bones" Jones
• A video message from UNHCR Ambassador Angelina Jolie

Where: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2226 (Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street)

Why: To raise awareness of the needs of more than 43 million worldwide refugees and the philanthropic, humanitarian and policy action that can help.  This special symposium comes the week of World Refugee Day, and the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the UN Refugee Agency.  

Media please contact: Libby Schnee: [email protected], +1-212-879-2422 or Nicolla Hewitt: [email protected].

SOURCE Ludus