Our world has been in a state of tension and disbelief for the past month witnessing the invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin and his autocratic henchmen. Our hearts and prayers go out to the people of Ukraine who are fleeing their homeland by the hundreds of thousands by any means available to them and the brave citizens within and outside of Ukraine who are remaining to defend their country.

We wanted to use our April CIA event to discuss the difference in how refugees are treated and portrayed when they are from a predominantly white, European country and America's historical racist practices in America's refugee and immigration policies that still impact current policies.

Our hope is that everyone will feel more confident discussing this topic within their personal networks and help spread anti-racism messaging about refugees and immigrants to help motivate our elected leaders and workplaces to change unfair immigration and refugee policies.