REFUGEE COUNCIL USA

What they do

SEE SCHEDULE ORCUSA is THE MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATION for THE TEN NATIONAL RESETTLEMENT AGENCIES and MORE THAN THIRTY OTHER NONPROFITS SERVING and ADVOCATING for REFUGEES and OTHER FORCIBLY DISPLACED PEOPLE. RCUSA PROVIDES ITS MEMBERS WITH A PLATFORM for COORDINATING ADVOCACY, COMMUNICATIONS, and RESETTLEMENT OPERATIONS, ARRANGES for ITS MEMBERS REGULAR HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, and FACILITATES ACCESS to INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE POLICY ARENAS. RCUSA WORKS to IMPROVE and EXPAND RESETTLEMENT, ASYLUM, HUMANITARIAN PROTECTION, and INCLUSION for FORCIBLY DISPLACED POPULATIONS; STRENGTHEN THE COLLECTIVE POWER and EFFECTIVENESS of RCUSA MEMBERS and PARTNERS IN DELIVERING RESPONSIVE, EQUITY-FOCUSED POLICIES and PROGRAMS and DRIVING SYSTEMIC CHANGE; and ENHANCE THE ROLE of FORCIBLY DISPLACED PEOPLE AS LEADERS, EXPERTS, and ADVOCATES to INFLUENCE POLICIES, PROGRAMS, and PERCEPTIONS.