Synchronized Chaos family in the San Francisco Bay Area:

I’m currently interning as a communications fellow at Oakland’s Asylum Access (http://www.asylumaccess.org), a refugee rights organization advocating for those fleeing violence to be able to leave camps, seek work and start businesses. We currently operate within Thailand, Tanzania and Ecuador and will open two new offices abroad over the next few years. Our lawyers go to practice in these countries, helping refugees get refugee status, representing them in harassment, equal pay and benefits access cases. We’ve been around just a few years and have impacted the ability of over a million people to work, send their kids to school, and not get returned to nations in the midst of genocide and civil war.

They’re looking for high-end items, something that would sell for at least $75-$100.  Framed art and gift books could work very well.    Gift certificates for restaurants, lessons, shops, shows, etc also appreciated.

Please comment here or email me at communicationsfellow@asylumaccess.org if you’re interested, and I’ll put you in touch with the folks organizing the soiree, as they’ll make the final decisions about what to include.  Thank you very much!