Stand with DASH – Ten Years of DASH!
You’re invited to an evening of joy, celebration, and community at our annual fundraising event, Stand with DASH: A Birthday Celebration!
This year, we’re celebrating 10 years of DASH as a standalone nonprofit—and we’d love for you to be part of it.
Enjoy a delicious dinner, live music, and meaningful fellowship as we reflect on all that God has done through DASH over the past decade—and look ahead to what’s to come. You’ll hear stories of impact, celebrate milestones, and discover how you can continue to be part of walking alongside asylum seekers in our city.
Come celebrate with us—you won’t want to miss this special night.
Thursday, September 10 | 6 pm – 8 pm
The Brik Venue
501 S Calhoun St. Fort Worth, TX 76104
Registration is free, but space is limited—reserve your spot today!
Suggested attire: business or dress casual
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A big thank you to our sponsors!
The Paradox Church exists to saturate Fort Worth with the glory and grace of Jesus through prayer, preaching the Gospel, planting churches, and pushing back darkness.
Broadway Baptist Church is a diverse Fort Worth community of faith committed to sharing God’s joy, justice, hope, and healing love through worship, education, compassion, and advocacy.
Church at the Cross exists to help people and places encounter Jesus by reaching, teaching, training, and sending people to share the message and mercy of Christ in their communities and around the world
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DASH fills in the gaps
Under the 1961 UN Convention, asylum seekers and refugees meet the same criteria of fleeing on the grounds of persecution or a well-grounded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group. The difference is that asylum seekers are not granted refugee status before fleeing an immediate threat, and therefore are assigned a different status upon arrival in the U.S. This also means asylum seekers receive less support and face a different gap in social services than refugees. Those seeking asylum in Texas wait anywhere from 12-36 months to receive a work permit and are ineligible for any government housing or social services.*
DASH Network program provides housing and other holistic services during the wait for their work permit to assist asylum-seeking families, creating a collaborative community that supports the thriving of a resilient population.
*WIC is the only exception in which pregnant or breastfeeding mothers and children under 5 years old can receive limited food assistance.