Wednesday, June 16
10:00am Official Launch of World Refugee Day featuring UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
Angelina Jolie, US Secretary of State Colin Powell (schedule permitting) and a refugee speaker. National Geographic
Museum at Explorers Hall, 1145 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC

6:00pm Benefit Screening of the film “I Am David”
National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall, 1145 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC
Opening of Zalmai Exhibit, a photo exhibit of Afghan refugees and their return to Afghanistan
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

WORLD REFUGEE DAY FREE PERFORMANCES
Friday, June 18
6: 00pm Musical Performance at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Brides of the Nile,
Sudanese dance and music
Saturday, June 19
Noon – 4:30pm An afternoon of free performances and exhibits by refugee artists and youth,
for the whole family (next to small photo from last year’s event)
National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall, 1145 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC, featuring:
Grosvenor Auditorium
12:30 – 1:00 Brides of the Nile, Sudanese dance and music
1:10 – 1:40 Teatra de Danza Contemporanea de El Salvador, Contemporary Salvadoran dance troupe
1:50 – 2:20 Silk Road Dance Company, Traditional dance from Central Asia
2:30 – 3:00 Chakavak Ensemble, Classical Persian musical group
3: 10 – 3:40 Theatre Lakay, Haitian dance troupe
3:50 – 4: 20 Nepalese Folk Dance Group