Friends in Los Angeles Dive Into Climate Displacement

On June 24, 2014, Refugees International introduced its work to a new audience in Los Angeles. The event, hosted by RI Board Member Sam Waterston and his co-star from HBO’s The Newsroom, Thomas Sadoski, was held at the United Talent Agency in Beverly Hills. The evening highlighted RI’s short film Living on the Edge of Disaster: Climate’s Human Cost and featured a presentation and Q & A by RI’s climate displacement expert Alice Thomas.

 Thomas Sadoski, Lisa Guerrero, and Scott Erickson
Thomas Sadoski, Lisa Guerrero, and Scott Erickson
 RI Board Member Sam Waterson
RI Board Member Sam Waterson
 RI Climate Displacement Program Manager Alice Thomas
RI Climate Displacement Program Manager Alice Thomas
 Thomas Sadoski
Thomas Sadoski
 Thomas Sadoski, RI Board Member Tatiana Maxwell, Alice Thomas, RI Board Chair Eileen Shields-West, and Sam Waterston
Thomas Sadoski, RI Board Member Tatiana Maxwell, Alice Thomas, RI Board Chair Eileen Shields-West, and Sam Waterston
 Eileen Shields-West and Alexa Stone
Eileen Shields-West and Alexa Stone
 Alice Thomas and Tatiana Maxwell
Alice Thomas and Tatiana Maxwell
 Charlie Weirauch, Riley Voelkel, and Guest
Charlie Weirauch, Riley Voelkel, and Guest