SAVE THE DATE – World Refugee Day celebration June 22

Celebrate our Third Annual World Refugee Day Celebration with San Diego’s diverse community on Saturday, June 22, at the Market Creek Plaza (404 Euclid Ave, San Diego CA 92114). Join us for cultural performances and panel discussions. Round out the day by visiting our Bazaar, where you can purchase food, textiles and crafts from local refugee business owners. Detailed event information can find in the event website. For general inquiries, please contact us at info@sdrefugeeforum.org. 

Keynote Speaker for International Networking Night on April 24, 2013

Keynote Speaker for our Third Annual International Night of Networking on Wednesday, April 24, 2013.

(5:30-7:30 PM at ResCare. 3910 University Ave. 3rd Floor, San Diego CA 92105)

Scott H. Silverman Author, Speaker, Coach Catalyst for Change www.withtoughlove.com

Silverman is a charismatic speaker and coach with a passion for helping people achieve their passions in life. He is the author of:Tell Me No, I Dare You: A Guide for Living a Heroic Life (Best Sellers list, Warwicks, San Diego). “This account of how one determined man has helped countless people transform from victims into productive members of society will touch your heart and melt away your cynicism.” – Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager and The One Minute Entrepreneur. Silverman has received numerous awards and honors including being named CNN Hero of the Week and the City of San Diego honored him by selecting February 19 as “Scott Silverman Day” for his contributions to the community. For over two decades he was the Executive Director and Founder of Second Chance, a human services agency that is committed to breaking the cycle of unemployment, poverty, and homelessness by offering job readiness training, employment placement assistance, mental health counseling, case management, and affordable housing referrals to people who desire to change their lives. Over the past 15 years Scott has assisted more than 24,000 people in San Diego gain employment. Silverman is an active member of the community as a proud Rotarian of Club #33; a Paul Harris Fellow; Eureka Fellow; member, Eureka Communities National Board of Trustees; and a past Board member of the San Diego Community Housing Corporation. Through the years, he has received numerous awards recognizing his leadership and dedication to the improvement of his community including the Henrietta Rubenstein Community Award, Eureka’s Outstanding Fellow Award, the Downtown San Diego Partnership’s Frank Curran Humanitarian Award, the San Diego Press Club Headliner Award, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Citizen of the Week Award and It Takes A Community Award Honoree. In 2003, Silverman was selected as one of the Top 50 People to Watch by San Diego Magazine. In October 2005, he was given the Channel 10 Leadership Award for the second time. In February 2007, Silverman was appointed to the City of San Diego Commission on Gang Prevention and Intervention. In April 2007, he was voted as one of four “Who Are Your Heroes?” sponsored by KNSD NBC San Diego. In 2008, he became a member of the Honorary Deputy Sheriff Association. In March 2010, he joined the United Way Home Again Board of Directors as well as the Gang Task Force, which is part of the Institute for Public Strategies. Silverman has extensive knowledge and experience with the relationship between unemployment, poverty, homelessness, substance abuse, and incarceration. Silverman is a frequent speaker to political, business and community groups on the need for prisoner reform to prevent homelessness, enhance public safety and reduce costs for California’s taxpayers by helping former inmates to avoid recidivism and re-incarceration.

Third Annual International Night of Networking on Wednesday, April 24, 2013

We are hosting the Third Annual International Night of Networking on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 5:30-7:30 PM at ResCare. (3910 University Ave. 3rd Floor, San Diego CA 92105). This will be an opportunity for employers and industry representatives to informally mingle with qualified job-seekers in the fields of Information Technology, Engineering, Biotechnology, and the growing Green Industry, who have come to the US as refugees or asylees fleeing war and persecution. It is not a job fair, but rather aims to help these professionals familiarize themselves with American-style networking and to provide some general information on prospects for re-entering their fields of expertise. For more information, please contact etf@sdrefugeeforum.org.

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