Judge Meng Lim to be honored by New American Pathways
Superior Court Judge Meng Lim will receive the 2016 Friends of Freedom award from New American Pathways.
The fourth annual Red, White and New fundraising event will be held at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 20 at The Ballroom of the Carlos Center, 2500 Clairmont Rd. N.E.
Lim and his family fled Cambodia’s genocide when he was a child, walking a month to safety. He arrived in this country speaking no English and having never sat in a classroom. His father was a principal - and thus a target - of the brutal Khmer Rouge, which unleashed a genocide in which up to two million people died.
Tickets are $125 until Aug. 1, and $150 after that date. There will also be live and silent auctions, with proceeds benefiting New American Pathways.
New American Pathways is an Atlanta-based nonprofit that serves the refugee community. It was created in 2014 by the merger of Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta (RRISA) and Refugee Family Services.
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