Ed Shapiro

Father, husband, refugee-focused philanthropist, former investment manager

[Ed Shapiro @ShapiroFndtn]

Who wouldn’t want to be friends with someone dressed like that???

[Miles4Migrants @miles4migrants]

By donating your unused air miles or cash to an #asylum seeker at the US-Mexico #border you can help someone restart their lives. Our partners on the ground will connect us to people in need & our team of flight bookers will use YOUR donation to get someone to safety.

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[Ed Shapiro @ShapiroFndtn]

Congratulations to New IOM DG Amy Pope!

[IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳 @UNmigration]

The Member States of IOM have elected Ms. Amy E. Pope as its next Director General during the 6th Special Session of the IOM Council.

The first woman to lead IOM, Ms. Pope will assume her duties for a five-year term beginning on 1 October 2023.

https://t.co/JkfkAO0CVs

[Rep. Jake Auchincloss 🟧 @RepAuchincloss]

Today I helped to welcome Alina to Massachusetts as part of the Jobs Sponsorship Pathway, a public-private partnership spearheaded by @POTUS to welcome Ukrainians & ensure they have employment & housing. The warmth of her reception represents the best of America.

[IRAP @IRAP]

But the need for travel support is global. IRAP’s partners at @miles4migrants use donated air miles to pay for refugees’ flight tickets, including for many of IRAP’s clients, all over the world, who couldn’t afford to travel otherwise. Thanks for your support! @ShapiroFndtn

[Ed Shapiro @ShapiroFndtn]

I’ve got that beat!

[Ed Shapiro @ShapiroFndtn]

and then they feel that that moral sentiment, taught in that day, evidences their relation to those men… and that they have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood, and flesh of the flesh, of the men who wrote that Declaration; and so they are.

[Ed Shapiro @ShapiroFndtn]

And Abraham Lincoln, in 1858: When [immigrants] look through that old Declaration of Independence, they find that those old men say that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal";

[Ed Shapiro @ShapiroFndtn]

And in 1881: “It [has] been the wise policy of these states to extend the protection of their laws to all those who should settle among them of whatever nation or religion they might be and to admit them to a participation of the benefits of civil and religious freedom.”

[Ed Shapiro @ShapiroFndtn]

under such laws and regulations as, to them, shall seem most likely to promote public happiness."

[Ed Shapiro @ShapiroFndtn]

Thomas Jefferson, 1774:
Our ancestors... possessed a right, which nature has given to all men, of departing from the country in which chance, not choice, has placed them, of going in quest of new habitations, and of there establishing new societies,…

[Ed Shapiro @ShapiroFndtn]

The bosom of America is open to receive not only the opulent&respectable Stranger, but the oppressed&persecuted of all Nations&Religions; whom we shall wellcome to a participation of all our rights&previleges, if by decency&propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment.

[Ed Shapiro @ShapiroFndtn]

Happy President’s Day to all. I am going to use this occasion to post my first original tweets, excerpting founding father quotes on immigration, starting with George Washington in a 1783 speech to Irish immigrants:

[Community Sponsorship Hub @sponsorship_hub]

The Welcome Corps is a new program that empowers everyday Americans to come together to privately sponsor refugees, building on our country’s long tradition of providing refuge. @StateDept @StatePRM @HHSGov
https://t.co/6AlLJHwqvc

[Secretary Antony Blinken @SecBlinken]

The United States is launching the Welcome Corps, the boldest innovation in refugee resettlement in four decades. This initiative enables Americans to directly support refugees and show the best of American hospitality and generosity. #JoinTheWelcomeCorps

[Ed Shapiro @ShapiroFndtn]

Congratulations Krish! Honored to be your friend and partner in this critical work.

[Dr Krish Kandiah OBE @krishk]

Thank you so much for your lovely messages of congratulations. I'm honoured to receive an OBE from His Majesty the King. I share this honour with all the amazing people who have welcomed refugees this year. Thank you to God, family, colleagues, volunteers, friends, hosts & donors

[Ed Shapiro @ShapiroFndtn]

Biden's Ukrainian sponsorship program isn't perfect. Still, the many potential benefits should not be ignored. - Niskanen Center https://t.co/I9cV124j17

[Ed Shapiro @ShapiroFndtn]

‘We’ll make it work’: UK community-led scheme offering hope to Ukrainian refugees | Ukraine | The Guardian https://t.co/XNTYiCwGdC

[Ed Shapiro @ShapiroFndtn]

I too have become a big fan of the @1kproject and so great to see @stewart and @jennifer providing this match. Please consider supporting!

[Stewart Butterfield @stewart]

🇺🇦 The @1kproject has delivered 5,000+ USD$1k direct cash grants to Ukrainian families. Immediate help, no strings, in a time of wrenching crisis. 100,000+ families waiting.

For the next 48 hours, @jennifer & I will match all personal donations. https://t.co/SjmY4e0YuU

[Wizz Air @wizzair]

In partnership with Choose Love, The Shapiro Foundation, The Steve Morgan Foundation and USPUK we will offer 10,000 free tickets for Ukrainian refugees to travel from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries to the UK, in support of the UK Government ‘Homes for Ukraine’ visa scheme.