Refugee Week, 15th - 21st June, is a UK-wide festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees.
This year, organisations across the UK are holding an exciting range of online discussions for Refugee Week 2020, 15-21 June. Here are some selected highlights – visit the Refugee Week events page for the full programme.
Is Covid-19 racist? 19 June, 6-7pm
Migration Matters Festival and Stand Up to Racism
Join former Sheffield Lord Mayor and MEP Magid Magid, NHS doctor and campaigner Dr Sonia Adesara and NHS worker and BAFTA winner Hassan Akkad to explore the relationship between government policy, healthcare and institutionalised discrimination within today’s society. More details
How do we challenge hostile environments in the arts? 18 June, 2pm–3.30pm
Phosphoros Theatre with Counterpoints Arts
Artists and practitioners working with groups underserved by the arts discuss how we can challenge hostile environments in arts and culture. Guest speakers will share their current practice, how COVID-19 has impacted their work and ideas for working collaboratively. More details
Shaping the city: history of the Huguenots, 15 – 19 June
Museum of London
A series of bite-sized talks on the history of the Huguenots in London, looking objects from the collections of Museum of London and The Huguenot Museum in Rochester and showing how London’s first refugees shaped the city in a way that is still felt today. More details
City of Refugees, 16 June, 6.30pm – 7.15pm
Museum of London
Saira Niazi, founder of Living London, is joined in conversation by Tamer and Yusuf, two Syrian refugees who will be sharing their journeys, and how they came to make London their home. More details
Narratives of Hope, Solidarity and Resilience, 19 June, 5 – 7pm
Oxford City of Sanctuary and Oxford Human Rights Festival
Panel discussion on changing the narrative about refugees, led by Basma El Doukhi, Masters candidate at the Centre of Development and Emergency Practice at Oxford Brookes University and stateless Palestinian refugee, and featuring the Oxford Lord Mayor. More details
Organisations across the UK are holding an exciting range of online discussions for Refugee Week 2020, 15-21 June.
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