On today’s show, we spend the first half of the program with two immigration lawyers working with the Project Immigration Justice for Palestinians. Project IJP is a coalition of organizations and immigration attorneys as an emergency response to the crisis in Gaza. Ban Alwardi and Amanda Gennerman join host Esty Dinur to talk about the opportunities available to Palestinian refugees and as well as outline the barriers they face. Project IJP accepts support here.

Then, Jewish Social Services of Madison‘s Refugee Resettlement Director Sunday Nzitatira joins Esty to talk about his experience as a immigrant from Rwanda and the support that JSS provides to refugees from any country.

Ban Alwardi is a California-based immigration law attorney. Ban serves as a Co-Coordinator for Project Immigration Justice for Palestinians and offers attorney support and pro bono representation for Palestinian US Citizens and Green Card holders who seek to be reunited with loved ones in Gaza through the immigration process. Ban is an anti-war, anti-imperialist life-long activist and also serves as a writing mentor for Palestinian students in Gaza through the We Are Not Numbers (WANN) campaign.

Amanda Gennerman is a Wisconsin based immigration law attorney practicing in the field ofsince 2003.  She is a partner at the Madison law firm Pines Bach LLP. Mandy serves as a Co-Coordinator for Project Immigration Justice for Palestinians. Mandy is likewise a Co-Founder and Board Member of the Community Immigration Law Center based in Madison, WI.  She serves as the Pro Bono Coordinator of the WI Chapter of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). Her Pro Bono service has been recognized by the Dane County Bar Association, WI Chapter of AILA and State Bar of Wisconsin.

Sunday Nzitatira is Jewish Social Services of Madison’s Refugee Resettlement Director and oversees the transition for every client. He is originally from Rwanda and speaks 7 different languages.

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