On Friday, July 11, 2014, Jody presented a paper at the National Refugee Resettlement Forum. The forum was held at New Zealand's national Te Papa Tongarewa Museum. I was able to attend as well. It was great to see so many international faces coming up to Jody after her talk to express their gratitude over the contents of her words and the relationship to their own experiences and work.
Our good friend and Jody's work associate at the Ministry of Business, Judy Altikaya, introduced Jody.
In Jody's Power Point presentation, I was surprised to see a slide pop up of my home town, Baltimore's refugee resettlement center. Jody provided her Kiwi audience many positives when comparing their work with refugees compared to the same work exhibited by the U.S. Government.
I'm looking forward to the culminating presentation of Jody's seven months of refugee research and her recommendations to the New Zealand Government on August 19, 2014 in Wellington.
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