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bigtree

(85,986 posts) Tue Sep 19, 2017, 11:57 AM Sep 2017

Oxfam rented Trump's childhood home to use as a space for refugees.

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In the home where President Trump lived as a young child—now for rent—we invited refugees who escaped conflict and persecution to share their stories, and be heard.

As world leaders gather in New York for the United Nation’s General Assembly, Oxfam and refugees resettled in the United States from Syria, Somalia, and Vietnam gathered in Queens, New York—in the childhood home of President Trump—to send an unequivocal message to world leaders: refugees are welcome here.

Millions of families around the world have been forced to flee their homes in order to survive, creating the world’s worst displacement crisis since World War II. In this moment, what better place to show world leaders the value of a safe, welcoming home for those fleeing unthinkable situations than the childhood home of the US president. Oxfam invited refugees here to share their stories and call for greater action by the US government and governments around the world to resettle and help refugees.

The home was made available for rent earlier this year. Oxfam rented the house during an unprecedented moment in recent US history when all three branches of the US government will soon be making critical decisions that will impact the lives of millions of refugees. The choices made in the coming weeks by President Trump, Congress, and the Supreme Court could determine whether the US lives up to its historical values and continues to be a haven for people facing oppression and crisis...