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This #GivingTuesday, your donation makes an immediate impact for refugees and displaced families. Your commitment over our first decade has built this powerful foundation. Now, we invite you to invest in a future where every new neighbor is met with safety, power, and #be10nging.

We don't just respond to the growing threats of today. We build power to make proactive, tangible change. From winning tenant protections to launching the Global Village, our work is rooted in the belief that everyone deserves to belong.

This work is about ensuring that every member of our community can live, pray, and gather without fear of being targeted by our own government. PANA will always work to protect the sacred right to privacy and belonging for all.

#PANA10 #be10nging

PANA helped lead the TRUST SD Coalition, a powerful alliance of 30 community organizations formed in response to the secretive deployment of surveillance technologies like Smart Streetlights across San Diego.

From our start, we've organized against the discriminatory surveillance that targets Muslim, Black, immigrant, & refugee communities in San Diego. We've fought to end programs like the Joint Terrorism Task Force & Countering Violent Extremism, which harass & profile our neighbors.

This milestone was built by our community, for our community, and every step has been guided by your voices.

This is our legacy. And we're just getting started. #PANA10 #be10nging

Today, we are watching our dream realized with the soft opening of the Global Market, led by the Karen Organization of San Diego. This is more than a market. It’s a sanctuary. A place to replace economic insecurity with opportunity, and othering with belonging.

For a decade, that vision guided us. And in 2023, that vision took root, literally. PANA purchased 2.2 acres of land to develop the Global Village, a first-of-its-kind campus for housing, entrepreneurship, and power-building.

The data was clear: our communities needed to claim space to cultivate belonging, build intergenerational homes, and sustain lasting community health and wealth.

Our journey to the Global Village began not with blueprints, but with listening. It started in 2015 with our first Refugee Community Experiences Report, where refugee leaders collected over 500 surveys in 18 languages.

This was our community's solution, crafted to provide real security and stability. When our community organizes, we can demand and define the protections we deserve.

This is our legacy. And we're just getting started. #PANA10 #be10nging

This grassroots effort led PANA to draft and propose a powerful Tenant Protection Ordinance (TPO). Designed to be a shield for San Diego renters, the TPO closes the loopholes landlords use to wrongfully evict families and provides relocation assistance to renter families who face no-fault evictions.

On Human Rights Day in 2016, PANA launched the #RightToARoof campaign, declaring that affordable, quality homes are a fundamental human right. We organized over 200 community members to give powerful testimony about the urgent need for housing justice.

From our earliest days, we heard the stories. Our 2016 Refugee Community Experiences Report documented the crisis of "hidden homelessness," where families are forced to crowd into small apartments, paying high rents for poorly maintained units.

Youth leaders from out PANA Youth Congress along with @Weareyouthwill, @midcitycan, @sdoporganizing, @majdalcenter, @the_global_arc, and @sdforeverychild spoke powerfully about the need to expand the electorate to include young people near the consequences of voters. #Vote16

This is our legacy. And we're just getting started. #PANA10 #be10nging

Through their advocacy, they've ensured that the needs of refugee youth, from academic support to a sense of safety and belonging, are not just heard, but acted on. They are not just the leaders of tomorrow. They are shaping our San Diego communities today.

These young leaders have secured major wins, advocating for policy changes that create a more inclusive San Diego. Their powerful voice has been pivotal in advancing critical initiatives, including the fight for legal defense funds to protect immigrant families, redistricting, & getting out the vote