Refugee Experience in Houston: A Lunch-Time Conversation
VIEW EVENT DETAILSHouston Refugee Women’s Collaborative, in community partnership with Asia Society Texas Center, will host a conversation about the refugee experience on June 26 at the Rockwell Pavilion, MD Anderson Library, University of Houston main campus.
Registration: 11:00 – 11:30 am
Panel: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Conversations over lunch: 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Speakers
Sophia Banu, MD, On Refugee Resilience
MD Clinic for International Trauma Survivors
Harris County Hospital District
Menninger Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Services
Baylor College of Medicine
Caitriona Lyons, The Refugee Story
State Refugee Program Coordinator
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Office of Family Services
Claudia Kolker
Author, The Immigrant Advantage: What We Can Learn From Newcomers to America About Health, Happiness, and Hope
Directions and Parking
- Start out going south on 1-45
- Take the Spur 5 exit
- Turn right onto University
- Park in Welcome Garage by Entrance 1
- Once parked, follow signs to the Library
- Take the elevator/stairs up to the Rockwell Pavilion on your right