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Podcast: This is VANCOLOUR
Episode: #03 - Danny Ramadan
Description: Ahmed Danny Ramadan is is a Syrian-Canadian author, public speaker, storyteller and an LGBTQ-refugee activist. Since his arrival to Vancouver in 2014, Danny's community contributions as a storyteller and activist are a testament to the strength of diversity in our community. As an activist, he has been involved in coordinating online and on the ground efforts to support Queer and Trans identifying refugees from Syria to immigrate to Canada. Danny runs the annual fundraiser "An Evening in Damascus" to support those efforts. Since May 2015, he has raised over $100,000 to support a total of eight other LGBTQ-identifying Syrian refugees. He has also...