Emmanuel Uwayezu with Tucson African Music performs with some of his students at a World Refugee Day event in Tucson on June 28, 2025.
At an event in support of the local refugee community on Saturday, Mayor Regina Romero said that Tucson is a welcoming community to refugees and immigrants and that Tucson Police were at the event to reiterate that commitment.
About 300 were in attendance at the event that was held at the Freedom Park Center, many of them refugees…