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“Your vision of the future inspires us all to be better and to do better to change our world.” - Frances Hesselbein, Former CEO of Girl Scouts of America and President of Leader to Leader Institute

 

"We support BPSOS’s efforts to develop leaders who are dedicated to helping their communities at home and the disadvantaged in Vietnam." - East Meets West Foundation

 

“From disaster relief efforts in the Gulf Coast to leadership development at the national level, BPSOS is making a positive and long-lasting impact on our community." - Kim Delevett

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Advocacy

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BPSOS has engaged in advocacy efforts at all levels: local, national, and international. 

Highlights of Advocacy Success:

  • Successfully advocated for the Resettlement Opportunities for Vietnamese Returnees (ROVR) Program;
  • Reopened the Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) program;
  • Extended the McCain Amendment Program, which provides that certain sons or daughters of former Vietnamese re-education center detainees are to be considered refugees of special humanitarian concern and may be eligible for resettlement in the U.S. if they meet qualifications criteria;
  • Successfully advocated for the establishment of the Priority One refugee program;
  • Successfully advocated for unified community response and effective government actions at local and federal levels to end the long-standing racial violence against Asian immigrant students in South Philadelphia School District in 2010;
  • Advocatated for passage or adoption of many new laws addressing critical issues in the following areas:
    • International religious freedom
    • Trafficking victims protection
    • Human rights in Vietnam
    • Citizenship for Amerasians