And the benefit of community sponsorship,

which is existed in this country for decades,

is that everyday people come together

to help directly welcome refugees

or help resettle them actually.

And what that also shows is that not only

is they're welcome in the community,

but also it says to our elected officials

that we as people care so much about this,

we're willing to put down what I call our diamond time.

This is Sarah Stewart Holland and this is Beth Silverz.

Thank you for joining us for Pantsy Politics.

Thank you so much for joining us for a new episode.

And today, we are thinking about the state of the pandemic

because a year ago, the first vaccine

was authorized on an emergency basis by the FDA.

I'm having trouble with time,

but I'm sure we'll get into that in this episode.

Today is also Global Human Rights Day.

So we invited Denise Bell of Anastie International

to talk with us about the status of refugees

all over the world, different legal obstacles

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