Interactive Exhibition & Panel Discussions: Forced from Home

September 16-20, 2016
9:00 am - 5:00 pm daily
The New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street
Corona, NY, 11368, United States

Presented by Doctors Without Borders, Forced From Home is a free interactive exhibition designed to raise public awareness of the world’s 60 million refugees. With an experienced Doctors Without Borders aid worker as your guide, you’ll see, hear, and interact with  images, stories, and materials gathered from refugee camps, rescue missions, and emergency medical projects around the world. During the one hour tour you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by those who have been forced from their homes, and the humanitarian solutions offered by Doctors Without Borders. Forced From Home is free, fully accessible, and open to the public.

Registering in advance ensures that you will be able to tour the exhibit at your preferred time. If the tour time slot you want is marked SOLD OUT, you can still come and join the “walk-up” line. There are seven tours each hour and we’ll keep spaces open in each for walk-up attendees.

Click here for details and more information about Forced From Home exhibitions throughout the United States.

Along with the exhibition, Doctors Without Borders will be presenting two panel discussions about regional conflicts; forced migration; refugees' experiences, human rights and access to health care. Details below: 

What We See: Stories from the Global Refugee Crisis
Tuesday, September 13 – 7:30 PM
Tishman Auditorium, 63 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003

On September 13th, MSF executive director Jason Cone will explain why it is vitally important that MSF speak out now about the global refugee crisis, and MSF aid workers will share stories of how displacement has affected our patients in places like South Sudan and the Middle East. Plus, the Mayor’s immigration commissioner will bring the discussion backhome: how do we see the impact of the crisis in New York City?

REGISTER HERE

The Global Refugee Crisis: Humanitarian Needs and International Policy 
Wednesday, September 21 – 7:30 PM
The Great Hall, Cooper Union

What more can, and should, the US and the UN do in response to the global refugee crisis? MSF executive director Jason Cone will be joined by Karen AbuZayd, the special advisor for the UN summit on refugees and migrants, and the International Rescue Committee to discuss these questions.

REGISTER HERE