Action
- There are currently 9.9 million refugees around the world. 75% have been living in refugee camps for more than 4 years.
- The United States resettles on average 50,000 refugees each year in cities across the country.
- Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime.
- One in six American women are victims of rape or attempted rape in their lifetime.
- 44% of rape victims in America are under the age of 18,
80% are under 30. - Only 6% of rapists in the United States will ever spend a day in Jail.
Throughout Checkered Floors, Hamilton asks, “What do I do now?”
Here is what you can do to help change the world:
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
U.S. Bureau of Population, Refugee and Migration
www.state.gov/g/prm
U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/orr
Church World Service
www.churchworldservice.org
Ethiopian Community Development Council
www.ecdcinternational.org
Episcopal Migration Ministries
www.episcopalchurch.org/emm
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
www.hias.org
Iowa Department of Human Services
www.dhs.state.ia.us
International Rescue Committee
www.theirc.org
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
www.lirs.org
U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
www.refugees.org
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops/Migration and Refugee Services
www.usccb.org
World Relief
www.wr.org
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT
RAINN: Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network
http://rainn.org/