News about my work and involvement in raising awareness about Asylum Seekers and Refugees, and issues related to Africa.
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Last weekend (10 - 11 May 2008) I attended the Oxford Forum for International Development (read: African Development) by Oxford University. Though the theme was international development, particular emphasis was given to Africa, Africa being, still, the poorest region in the world. And, to my surprise, I found out a lot of attention was being given to Rwanda, not necessarily in ways one would expect. |
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This is an extract of the thank you email from Envision (who organised the event at Amnesty International, which The Darfuri/Asylum Monologues were part of) to Actors For Refugees: I basically wanted to say a huge HUGE thank you, which I hope you can pass on to actors Abby and Ery. I hope you felt it went smoothly because we had some really positive feedback from the students and felt it was a really successful day. In fact when asked what they had enjoyed the most it was the Asylum Monologues! Here are some quotes from the students' evaluations: |
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Seeking Asylum
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 |
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On March 26, starting from 17.00, I'm doing a reading of testimonies from Darfuri asylum seekers, as part of the Envision’s Youth Event ‘ACT’, at the Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre in London. (Amnesty International UK, The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London, C2A 3EA) |
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Seeking Asylum
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 |
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Dear Ery,
I am writing on behalf of Refugee Resource, Asylum Welcome, Student Action for Refugees and Amnesty to say a huge thank you for your contribution to the sleep out last Wednesday. Your poems were just fantastic, you really captured and moved the crowd. |
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Seeking Asylum
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Thursday, 06 March 2008 |
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I performed my speech JINZ during a sleep out event in Oxford. The event was organised by Asylum Welcome, STAR (Student Action for Refugees) and Refugee Resource as part of Amnesty International's 'Still Human, Still Here' campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the plight of failed asylum seekers who are being forced to live in poverty on the streets in an attempt to drive them out of the country. |
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