People on the Move: visual performance and community conversations on global forced migration
Thursday, JANUARY 25, 6-8pm
Washington Inn Hotel Oakland
Event is free!
The global refugee crisis has reached epic proportions. The international community has fallen short in creating an immediate and sustainable response to accommodate millions of forcibly displaced people fleeing war, political instability, and increasingly climate change-induced forces. To tackle such global phenomenon we need to understand the historical and contemporary dynamics of global forced migration. Speakers will expand on these and the policies that will impact the realities of millions of people on the move around the world.
This event emerged from a report from the Haas Institute, titled “Moving Targets: an analysis of forced global migration”
Performance by Kiandada Dance Company Artistic Director Byb Kongo Bibene
Speakers:
Elsadig Elshiekh, Haas Institute for a Fair & Inclusive Society
Catherine Tactaquin, National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (NNIRR)
Lara Kiswani, Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC)
Moderators: Gerald Lenoir, PAN & Haas and Nunu Kidane PAN
Sponsoring organizations:
Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), Kiandanda Dance Company, and the National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (NNIRR)
Artwork by Melanie Cervantes of Dignidad Rebelde
Complimentary hot/cold snacks served
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