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Help us organize a meeting with refugees, activists, experts and share in the knowledge, expertise and understanding.
Working intensively with refugees, we know that the only way to change our attitudes towards these “Others” and to effectively work towards positive change is to create spaces for positive contact. We would like to help counter the exclusion and prejudice towards them and build bridges between “hosts” and “newcomers”.
What are we doing?
On Oct 26-27, 2018, we are organizing an intensive event, during which those interested can meet refugees and listen to their stories, discuss and hear first-hand about the conditions of life in ‘hotspots’ (like Brześć on the Polish/Belarussian border, or camp Moria on the Island of Lesbos, Greece), and learn what it’s like inside closed reception centres in Poland (“Centres for Foreigners”).
Our
two-day meeting will also be a chance to ask questions and discuss
with people who live in Poland, but who come from war-torn countries
like Syria, Afghanistan or Chechnya. It’s also a chance to meet and
talk with living legends of Polish humanitarian work, Janina Ochojska
(PAH), and Marina Hulia (Children from the Train Station in “Brześć”).
There is also an opportunity to take part in discussions about
refugees, migration and integration with the foremost experts in the
field, from Poland and further abroad in Europe, such as, Prof Paul
van Lange, Prof Michal Bilewicz and Prof Halina Grzymała Moszczyńska.
Participate in excellent workshops and meet artists who not only talk
about refugees as heroes in their films or artwork, but who engage
them in the artistic process.
Here
is the link to the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/239049296786861/
We have been scheming (and dreaming!) about this autumnal meeting for some time, during which we will gather those whom we consider to be the best in this field – in the sphere of understanding and analyzing mechanisms of inclusion/exclusion and integration as well as action (both professionals as well as passionate volunteers).
Take a look at our full program here: https://issuu.com/rethinkingeuropesrefugeecrisis/docs/rerc_leaflet
You can also get an overview of the whole event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CZR_Ttx6Rg&t=7s
How can you help?
All those who are helping to make this event happen are doing so pro-bono. All the events will take place free of charge. While we have generous support from the Jagiellonian University and from UNHCR, unfortunately, we are not able to cover all the costs of this undertaking.
Specifically, we need funds to cover two things: firstly, the costs of travel of our speakers, primarily refugees and those who represent NGOs: Razan and Adel, Syrians who will be travelling to Poland from the Netherlands, Maren from Cyprus, Justyna from Germany, Paulina from Poznań, Marina and Madina from Warsaw. Would would like to therefore ask you for help in supporting our actions in regards to the costs of these speakers’ travel.
Secondly, we would like to make this event as inclusive as possible. As we have an international as well as local line-up of speakers, we would like to make the panels accessible to a large community of people, both in English and in Polish. Therefore we need to provide simultaneous translation.
We estimate that the total cost will be 1500 Euros – approximately 600 Euros for simultaneous translation on both days and approx. 900 Euros for travel costs for our guest speakers.
Who are we?
We are a motley crew of 4 people:
Sindhuja Sankaran is a doctor of psychology and works at the Institute of Psychology at the University of Warsaw and Jagiellonian University. Her research interests are broadly in the field of social cognition but is currently working on social perception of refugees, its impact on pro-social behaviour and ways we can ‘humanise’ refugees. She was a volunteer at camp Moria on the Island of Lesbos, Greece. Sindhuja initiated this whole undertaking, and also organized the first event in the “Rethinking Refugees” series, which took place in July 2018.
Karolina Czerska-Shaw is a doctor of sociology and works at the Institute of European Studies at the Jagiellonian University. Her academic work focuses on migration and integration issues and the concept /policy /death of multiculturalism. She was also the co-organiser of the “Images of the Unseen” event in 2017, and works on a daily basis with a large body of international students through the Erasmus Mundus MA in Euroculture programme.
Anna and Karol Wilczyńscy are journalists and the founders of the largest Polish blog on the topic of Islam (islamistablog.pl). They have travelled extensively to Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, as well as to various western European countries in order to get to know the situation of refugees in these countries.
Message from Mohammad
Finally, we leave a message for you from Mohammad, who is an asylum seeker and was living in Moria. Mohammad is 23 years old from Mosul, Iraq and had to flee his home after he lost his family to an airstrike. Watch this video to hear his message to the world.
https://vimeo.com/294661292
You can find out more about us on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/rethinkrefugees2018) as well as on islamistablog.pl
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