{"id":222240,"date":"2026-06-18T13:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/222240\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:49:08","slug":"world-refugee-day-celebration-is-saturday-diocese-of-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/222240\/","title":{"rendered":"World Refugee Day celebration is Saturday \u2013 Diocese of Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-129970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-World-Refugee-Day-poster-11x17-2-663x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"811\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>SCRANTON \u2013 On Saturday, June 20, 2026, the community is invited to participate in the 2026 World Refugee Day Celebration from 2-5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The new location for this year\u2019s event will be the Diocese of Scranton Pastoral Center, 330 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration will include cultural music and dance performances, refreshments, giveaways, games, and activities for kids.<\/p>\n<p>More than 25 community agencies are working together to plan this celebration.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-129969\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/World-Refugee-Day-2026-Planning-Committee-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Members of the planning committee pictured are, front row, from left: Krishna Rai and Tek Khadka, Bhutanese Community of Scranton. Back row, from left: Phil Yevics, Scranton Area Multifaith Ministerium; Ghana Rasaily, Bhutanese Community of Scranton; Toya Timsina, Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit; Tek Panday, Bhutanese Cultural Foundation Scranton Association; Audrey Golosky, United Neighborhood Centers; Mary Nehme, Catholic Social Services; Ana Becerril, Diocese of Scranton; Joseph Mahoney, Catholic Social Services; Fikile Ryder, Catholic Social Services; Julie Schumacher Cohen, The University of Scranton; Daysi Carreto, The University of Scranton; Maria Vital, Leahy Clinic; Jenny Gonzalez, S.T.A.R.S. Program at Marywood University; Sister Donna Korba, I.H.M., Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary; Rabbi Daniel Swartz, Temple Hesed; and Rev. Tyler Perry, St. Luke\u2019s Episcopal Church. <\/p>\n<p>Not pictured: Chandra Sitaula, Bhutanese Cultural Foundation of Scranton Association; Ushu Mukelo, Congolese Community of Scranton; Channel Kearse, City of Scranton; and Dr. Melinda Krokus, Islamic Center of Scranton. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON \u2013 On Saturday, June 20, 2026, the community is invited to participate in the 2026 World Refugee&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-222240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}