What's New at SURVIVORS: February 2023 Newsletter

SURVIVORS Offices Visited by UNHCR

A few months ago, SURVIVORS had the pleasure of welcoming one of our partner organizations, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), to our San Diego office. Their media team took photos during their visit to be redistributed with the purpose of educating the general public about refugees and their stories, as well as organizations like ours. The SURVIVORS team would like to express our immense gratitude to UNHCR for their continued support of our work.

SURVIVORS Partners with Human Rights Watch for San Diego Film Festival

SURVIVORS is thrilled to once again partner with Human Rights Watch for their San Diego Film Festival!

Human rights are personal. The stories told at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival reach into the fabric of our communities and reveal how we can help one another, how we can reshape our understanding, and how we can help our community members heal past wounds and forge new futures.

The festival is streaming across the U.S. and in person from Feb 2-10, bringing five exciting new documentaries.

There is still time to tune in! Explore viewing options and tickets via the link below.

HRW Film Festival Tickets

Article by Three Long-Standing SURVIVORS Supporters Published in The American Journal of Medicine

"Survivors seeking asylum are detained and must complete a complicated legal process to prove a “well-founded fear of persecution” if returned to their home countries. Forensic evaluations guided by the United Nations Istanbul Protocol increase asylum grant rates. Medical evaluation emphasizes skin examination, which can provide strong evidence of torture."

-Excerpt from the article's abstract

An article highlighting the importance of forensic evaluations in asylum cases, written by three long-standing SURVIVORS providers and supporters George F. Longstreth, M.D., Cheri Attix, Esq., and Julie Kuck, Ph.D., was recently published in The American Journal of Medicine.

The article, "Torture Survivors and Asylum: Legal, Medical, and Psychological Perspectives" provides a fantastic overview of torture and the asylum process, describes medical and psychological forensic evaluations, and discusses why these evaluations are essential for asylum seekers who have survived torture.

Thank you, George, Cheri, and Julie, for your tremendous support of SURVIVORS, our clients, and our mission! We are honored to work with you.

To read the full article, visit the link below.

Read the Full Journal Article Here

We have a new P.O. Box!

P.O. Box 371104 San Diego, CA 92137

Moving forward, please send all mail to the address above.

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