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Bradford Refugee Week 15 - 21 June 2020 - A virtual festival.
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Refugee Week is a nationwide programme of arts, cultural and educational events that celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK. Like many parts of the UK, Bradford has a proud tradition of welcoming people from across the globe, particularly those who have fled from their home countries as a result of persecution. Celebrations during Refugee Week arise from a coming together of members of refugee and asylum seeker communities and those who work amongst them.
Here are some of the highlights of the events during the week. Have a look through the full programme with more information, which has been created and produced by Artworks Creative Communities. See the Refugee Week website for what is happening nationally.
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Bradford for Everyone
Welcome to Bradford – Inclusive online resource from Bradford For Everyone
Free Zoom session on Tuesday 16th – 10am to 11am
Make Sure It Adds up – Anti Rumour and Critical Thinking Campaign
Free Zoom session on Wednesday 17th – 2pm to 3pm
Migration in Bradford Overview from Bradford For Everyone
Free Zoom session on Thursday 18th – 2pm to 3pm
All are welcome – just email matthew.henderson@bradford.gov.uk to book a
place and see @mhendersonsct on Twitter for updates.
See the Bradford for Everyone website for more information.
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This is Me
This is Me... a media project initiated by University of Bradford and Bradford Schools of Sanctuary who collaborated with four local schools to explore issues of representation in marginalised communities. The resulting online exhibition showcases the amazing work
created by the year 10 pupils who took part, and is available here.
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BIASAN - Humanising
Humanising is about raising the profile of refugees and asylum seekers as people rather than victims and includes the wider community members in this collaborative exhibition. It shows the community as individuals, functioning as members of society, contributing in their capacity as volunteers, family members, workers, having arrived and settled in the UK.
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Bradford Libraries
Bradford Libraries are joining in with Refugee Week online on Friday, 19 June at
10am. Join SueBC and Caitlan for a great rendition of the gorgeous picture book
Lily and the Polar Bears by Jion Sheibani. The polar bears journey to a new town
as the ice melts in their own home and makes it difficult for them to stay.
AROUK - Be Creative In Your Own Way: Children’s Artwork Competition
AROUK (Arakan Rohingya Organisation UK) would like to invite refugee children to join an Artwork Competition from home.
Children can be creative in their own way which means they can design anything they want. Three children (1st, 2nd and 3rd) will get a prize and their artwork will be published on AROUK’s social media channels. Please send your artwork to info@thearouk.org by 19 June. The winners will be announced on 21 June on the AROUK Facebook page.
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Bradford Cathedral
Freedom / Wolność – Finding Home by Basia Szymanska
This audiovisual exhibition is about Polish combatants, who came to the UK after WWII. It consists of portraits and recordings of five people, who shared their story about surviving war, and their journey to find a new home in England. Their differing eyewitness accounts share a journey to find safety and freedom.
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