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SUMMARY:The Afghan Refugee Crisis – How Businesses Can Respond
DESCRIPTION:The incredible energy and initiative Canadians demonstrated during the Syrian humanitarian crisis in 2015 clearly showed the strength and effectiveness of an organized\, community-led response.\n\nToday\, Canada prepares to take in 40\,000 Afghan refugees\, and many will settle in Burnaby\, the Tri-Cities\, and the surrounding communities.\n\nAt this special event\, attendees will learn what's happened so far\, what to expect next\, as well as some concrete actions community leaders like you can take\, either as a local business or as individuals\, to support the resettlement efforts.\n\n\n\nCo-hosted by the Burnaby Board of Trade\, Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce and Mosaic.\n\nEvent Details:\n\nDate:  Monday\, November 15\n\nTime: 10:00am - 11:00am\n\nVenue:  Digital \n\nTickets: Complimentary\n\nRegister: Call 604 412 0100\, email us\, or sign up online using your email address.\n\n\n\n\n\nPresenters :\n\n\n	Zarghoona Wakil\, MOSAIC Senior Manager of Specialized and Innovative Programs. Zarghoona is a former Afghan refugee and is a leader of the Afghan community in Metro Vancouver. \n\n\n \n\n\n	Malik Malikzada - Originally from Afghanistan\, Malak and his wife Jamila own the successful Coquitlam restaurant "Jamila's Kitchen & Grill." They are former refugees and community leaders who have garnered national recognition for their generosity - serving meals for the hungry regardless of ability to pay as embodied by a sign on their restaurant door which reads "no money\, no problem."\n\n \n\n\n	Alexandra Dawley is MOSAIC Senior Manager of Refugee Resettlement and Integration Programs. She is a national member of the Canadian Council for Refugees and manages MOSAIC's Private Refugee Sponsorship activities as a Sponsorship Agreement Holder (SAH)
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><img alt="" height="200" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1232/Image/Event_Images/theAfghanRefugeeCrisisbanner.jpg" style="width: 400px\; height: 200px\;" width="400" /><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#000000\;">The incredible energy and initiative Canadians demonstrated during the Syrian humanitarian crisis in 2015 clearly showed the strength and effectiveness of an organized\, community-led response.</span></p>\n\n<p><span style="color:#000000\;">Today\, Canada prepares to take in 40\,000 Afghan refugees\, and many will settle in Burnaby\, the Tri-Cities\, and the surrounding communities.</span></p>\n\n<p><span style="color:#000000\;">At this special event\, attendees will learn what&rsquo\;s happened so far\, what to expect next\, as well as some concrete actions community leaders like you can take\, either as a local business or as individuals\, to support the resettlement efforts.</span><br />\n<br />\nCo-hosted by the Burnaby Board of Trade\, Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce and Mosaic.</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 1rem\; color: rgb(111\, 111\, 111)\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; outline: 0px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">Event Details:</span></span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 1rem\; color: rgb(111\, 111\, 111)\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">Date:</span>&nbsp\; Monday\, November 15<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">Time:</span>&nbsp\;10:00am&nbsp\;- 11:00am<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">Venue:</span>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Digital&nbsp\;<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">Tickets:</span>&nbsp\;Complimentary<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">Register:</span>&nbsp\;Call 604 412 0100\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="mailto:admin@bbot.ca" style="text-decoration-line: none\; color: rgb(120\, 162\, 47)\; box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;"><span style="color:#008000\;">email us</span></a><span style="color:#000000\;">\,&nbsp\;or&nbsp\;</span><a href="http://burnabyboardoftrade.chambermaster.com/events/register/3456" style="text-decoration-line: none\; color: rgb(120\, 162\, 47)\; box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;"><span style="color:#008000\;">sign up online using your email address</span>.</a></p>\n\n<p><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#000000\;"><u>Presenters :</u></span></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li style="color:black\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><strong><em>Zarghoona Wakil</em>\,</strong> MOSAIC Senior Manager of Specialized and Innovative Programs. Zarghoona is a former Afghan refugee and is a leader of the Afghan community in Metro Vancouver.&nbsp\;</span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<div style="color:black\;">&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="color:#000000\;"><strong><em>Malik Malikzada</em> -</strong>&nbsp\;Originally from Afghanistan\, Malak and his wife Jamila own the successful Coquitlam restaurant &ldquo\;Jamila&rsquo\;s Kitchen &amp\; Grill.&rdquo\; They are former refugees and community leaders who have garnered national recognition for their generosity - serving meals for the hungry regardless of ability to pay as embodied by a sign on their restaurant door which reads &ldquo\;no money\, no problem.&rdquo\;</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp\;\n\n<ul>\n	<li style="color:black\;margin-bottom:15.75pt\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><strong><em>Alexandra Dawley&nbsp\;</em></strong>is MOSAIC Senior Manager of Refugee Resettlement and Integration Programs. She is a national member of the Canadian Council for Refugees and manages MOSAIC&rsquo\;s Private Refugee Sponsorship activities as a Sponsorship Agreement Holder (SAH)&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span></li>\n</ul>\n
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