"Righteous Without Borders" Exhibition on World Refugee Day
How should we speak about refugees and migrants? How should we listen to them? How can we sensibly include them into our educational and cultural activities and what mistakes should be avoided? What activities can be seen as good examples? How does Warsaw look from the perspective of refugees living here?
The seminar was an opportunity to raise these important questions. During the first session, "Projects Involving Migrants – Different Perspectives", projects from Gdańsk and Warsaw were presented by the Immigrants Support Centre, the European Solidarity Centre and the Nasz Wybór (Our Choice) Foundation.
Klara Jackl and Karolina Dzięciołowska preented our new virtual exhibition "Righteous Without Borders – Acting for the Sake of Dignity and Human Rights". It pays specific attention to the contemporary Righteous who cope with the effects of the war in Syria and who care about the fate of the refugees. Among the individuals and organisations presented by the exhibition is the "White Helmets" organisation, which rescues victims of the bombing in Syria and also Pietro Bartolo, a doctor who, on the island of Lampedusa, treats refugees from Africa.
View the "Righteous Without Borders" Exhibiton
The second session, organised by the Ocalenie Foundation, took the form of a workshop and was devoted to discussing both the mistakes and the good practices associated with the implementation of projects aimed at migrants and refugees. It concluded with a walk, prepared by Jean-Philippe Masemo – a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who lives in Warsaw.
Those who participated in the seminar included staff of cultural institutions, libraries, NGO's and individuals who have limited experience in working with immigrants.
The event is part of the Jewish Cultural Heritage project – a Polish-Norwegian bilateral activity 2017.
Financial support has been received from Norwegion funds and the EOG through Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, as well as from the State Budget.
