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AMHERST, N.Y. – Buffalo area refugees will share their personal perspective in a panel discussion with local experts on the impact current refugee and immigration policies are having on Western New York families and children at an event taking place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 27 in ˿����Ƶ College’s Wick Campus Center Social Room.

Panelists participating in the discussion, “Refugees, Immigrants, and Asylees: The Stories Behind the Policies,” will include:

• The Rev. Joan Montagnes, Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo.
• Irene Rekhviashvili, Office for New Americans Legal Council at Journey’s End Refugee Services.
• Brian Zralek, organizer for VOICE Buffalo.
• Refugees from Sierra Leone and Liberia.

The panel discussion, which is free and open to the public, is being co-sponsored by ˿����Ƶ’s Paul A. Saffrin Center for Sustainability and Civic Engagement, and the college’s History and Political Science Department, Master of Public Health Program, and Paralegal Studies Program. Lunch will be served.