Welcoming Campus Initiative Potluck

800 21st St NW,Washington DC 20052

22 February, 2022

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No Lost Generation GWU is pleased to invite you to join us for an evening to celebrate the growth of the Welcoming Campus Initiative. No Lost Generation GWU is pleased to invite you to join us for an evening to celebrate the growth of the Welcoming Campus Initiative. The potluck will take place on February 21, 2022 at 6:00-8:30 pm at The Continental Ballroom located in the University Student Center on the third floor. According to the UN Refugee Agency, only three percent of the 26 million refugees globally have access to higher education, compared to the 37 percent of all people. For refugees, access to education would mean brighter futures, but also immediate protections. If US-based higher education institutions accepted refugee students living outside the US and brought them into the country on student visas, those refugees could then apply for asylum from within the country during their time of study – a completely legal and life changing pathway entitled by the UN as a "Complementary Pathway" to resettlement. We believe that GW has a unique opportunity to lead the country in offering support to refugees from within our community. Our proposal outlines the social, academic, and financial support we could offer to refugee students at GW in a holistic approach to refugee sponsorship, including the creation of a new scholarship.