60-Minute Cruise Around the Statue of Liberty

Get up close to one of the world's most famous monuments and the emblematic entrance to New York's harbor. Sail around the Statue of Liberty on a 60-minute sightseeing cruise that also journeys under the Brooklyn Bridge and over to Ellis Island.

Protected Persons Status under the 4th Geneva Convention

After an extensive 16-month investigation of every member of the PMOI in Camp Ashraf by seven different US government agencies that began after the US agreement, PMOI members were found not to have violated any US law [New York Times, July 27, 2004]. In addition, the US Government declared them to have been "non-combatants" during the 2003 war.

In 2004 the US led Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I) formally recognized all the residents of Camp Ashraf as "Protected Persons" under the Fourth Geneva Convention [Coalition Statement, July 2004], and U.S. forces took up their protection.

The MNF-I reiterated its obligations towards Ashraf residents under the 4th Geneva Convention on numerous occasions. This can be seen in a February 16, 2006 letter by the then-Deputy Commanding General, and it is also specified in the October 7, 2005, letter by Maj. Gen. William Brandenburg which says: "The residents of Camp Ashraf have the right to protection from danger, violence, coercion, and intimidation, and to special protection for the dignity and rights of women."

In January 2009, despite strong opposition by the residents and several legal opinions by distinguished jurists, the camp's security was transferred to Iraq without necessary credible guarantees. The US stated that the Government of Iraq had given written guarantee respecting the rights of the residents

Workforce improvement

LEAD is a free program for youthful foreigner ladies that consolidates work availability preparing, cooperation, and administration improvement. Key objectives are to bolster and set up our members for passage or reintegration into the workforce in NYC. We enable them to arrange the move to paying occupations, accomplish independence, and accomplish freedom.

Since the dispatch of LEAD in 2015, we've run 10 arrangement of the program for 99 youthful settler ladies, of which 66 graduated. The New York Public Library has LEAD arrangement twice every year at the Mid-Manhattan and Chatham Square branches.

In December 2016 we propelled LEAD for New Moms, another form of LEAD particularly for youthful migrant moms, offering workforce improvement close by free childcare supported by Project Playdate. Our first program was facilitated by the YMCA on Staten Island.