The New Neighborhoods Coordinating Committee is hosting "Refugees: Who Needs Them?" on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 5:00pm. The event will be held at the Robert H. Jackson Center, 305 E 4th St, Jamestown, NY and is free and open to the public.
The program will include Karen Andolina Scott, Executive Director of Journey’s End Refugee Service to discuss the financial, legal and humanitarian issues involving the resettlement of people forced to leave their home country. She received her master’s degree in social work from the University at Buffalo and juris doctor from the UB Law School. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and, while at Journey’s End, has directed its Immigration Legal Services program for refugees and asylum seekers.
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The Center fulfills its educational mission by welcoming diverse views and by providing a forum to explore a wide range of perspectives on often controversial legal and public policy issues. While we make an effort to ensure the information we provide is accurate and balanced, we welcome your comments, suggestions, or correction of any factual errors.
Since 2001, the Robert H. Jackson Center has preserved the values embodied in the life and works of Robert H. Jackson, who served as U.S. Solicitor General, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, and Chief U.S. Prosecutor of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Through programs, presentations, exhibits, media, internships, and scholarship, the Center seeks to demonstrate to current and future generations the relevance and applicability of Justice Jackson’s ideas and writings. The Center provides educational content on the United States Constitution and Supreme Court, civil rights, the legacy of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and international human rights, and the rule of law. During his illustrious career, Justice Jackson addressed these subjects, and the Center recognizes his thinking remains relevant today.
