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July 23rd, 2005 - 12:00AM
Winners of the IRC Seattle office's second annual refugee soccer tournament
Photo: Mark Karras/International Rescue Committee volunteer

From Erin Crooks, AmeriCorps*VISTA and PR/development coordinator in the IRC's Seattle resettlement office, which celebrated World Refugee Day in June with a refugee soccer tournament and a visit by soccer pros from the Seattle Sounders:

Each person in this picture has a different story and a different journey that has brought him here to Seattle. Somali, Bosnian, Meskhetian Turk, Sudanese, and American - many of them don’t speak the same language, but they all know how to play soccer. Soccer truly is a worldwide sport and the unifying force that brought IRC staff, volunteers, community members and refugees together to celebrate World Refugee Day 2005.


Posted By: Kathleen Sands | Photo Shares, Refugees in the U.S.
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