DRUM Leaders Speak at United Nations High Level Dialogue on Migration & Development

June 13-15: A team of our staff and leaders joined over 500 civil society groups from around the world to attend and speak at the  UN High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development’s Civil Society Day on June 15th.  Longtime youth alumni and staff member, Rishi Singh, gave a speech on migrant youth organizing, citing the urgent need to end criminalization and shift from neo-liberal led migration and development policies to a human rights framework. As part of over 7 regional preparatory meetings globally, our Executive Director attended the US-Canada meeting in Washington DC on June 7th.

DRUM serves as the anchor organization for the 2013 People’s Global Action on Migration, Development, and Human Rights to be held from September 30th to October 4th in NYC.  Stay tuned for more information!

Read Rishi Singh’s speech here or watch the video below: