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Access to culture is a basic human right.

ART27 connects artists & arts organisations working towards a more welcoming Europe.

[art27 @ART27Official]

#ReSounding is a brand new monthly program featuring discussions on arts & advocacy. Our first guest @EduardNazarski (former head of #AmnestyInternational NL) is working with #AlarmEuropa, to resound the alarm for greater action to be taken for refugees: https://t.co/OTUEOb1cb9

[Walk of Shame EU @WalkOfShameEU]

The world knows, and yet nothing changes. It's time to do something! Join us for the #WalkOfShame

[Greens/EFA in the EU Parliament 🌍 @GreensEFA]

"We are all human beings. We are all equal!"
EU cannot turn a blind eye to the dramatic situation for #refugees & #asylumseekers in #Greece, says our Co-President @SkaKeller. It's time for EU countries to show solidarity and #relocate people out of the Greece! #SafePassage

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

Over 50% of all refugees are children.
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[PositiveNegatives @PosNegOrg]

Please share & RT: Designed to inspire, our new resources for teaching refugee experiences are available very soon, ready to download for free & use in the classroom. Join us & @illustrationHQ for our launch party, featuring @KarrieFransman, on 6 March: https://t.co/iewjxZ6lso

[DocAcademy @DocAcademy]

“It’s important for us to look at how we can change the narrative about refugees and how we can shift the power of who gets to tell those stories.” - @CounterArts’s @RefugeeWeek UK Coordinator @EmilyFChurchill. #RWConference2019 #HumansofCov

[art27 @ART27Official]

The first of the UK's national #RefugeeWeek conferences opened @Coventry2021 this morning.
Follow the conversation at #RWConference2019

[Refugee Week 🧡 @RefugeeWeek]

It's time to come together for #hope! #RWConference2019 will explore how arts & culture can change the conversation about #refugees - from football to stand up comedy. Check out the programme here: https://t.co/Wh9s8ifj4X (London) and https://t.co/Hbii7qCPtT (Coventry)

[art27 @ART27Official]

The UK is the only country in Europe with no time limit on immigration detention. This is a #humanrights scandal. #Time4aTimeLimit

Learn more about #asylumseeker experience in 🇬🇧 by reading Mariam's story in the thread 👇#SetHerFree

[EverydaySexism @EverydaySexism]

My name is Mariam and I am seeking safety in the UK. Please share my story using #SetHerFree

[art27 @ART27Official]

Saving lives is not a crime. Stop the criminalisation of solidarity!
Check out this petition for a #WelcomingEurope

[art27 @ART27Official]

Take a look at @Refugee_RE report into the lived realities of #refugees seeking safety across #Europe.

[art27 @ART27Official]

"As well as needing a tent over your head & food in your belly...you need a reason to want to survive...by singing a song with them once a day, these kids become kids again, they smile again, they laugh again."

Ash Perrin on the ❤️ & 😂 @FlyingSeagullUK brings to #refugee camps

[The Morning Show @morningshowon7]

UK-based charity @FlyingSeagullUK have travelled to 4 continents, 23 countries, and worked with 115,000 kids in refugee camps, slums and orphanages to bring smiles to those who need it most. 💕 #TMS7

[art27 @ART27Official]

"We’re seeing a positive future being offered up by committed & powerful citizens where states have failed." #ART27 member @Crisis_Classrm reflects on the work being done in a #refugee camp in #Italy 🇮🇹 #volunteers

[The Human Hive @HumanHiveGlobal]

"In Rome it’s hard to miss the evidence of how European states have failed displaced people"

Our friend & #volunteer Alon has joined us on many trips & has shared his experiences online. For #NationalStorytellingWeek, why don't you share your stories?

https://t.co/tHGE2uBJpc

[De Balie @DeBalie]

Agnieszka Holland presents #FreedomLecture @DeBalie: "The role of art is not to answer society's current needs, it is to provoke discussions, to broaden horizons, to anticipate threats that had not yet come to life but that pulsate somewhere deep below the surface of reality".

[Refugee Week 🧡 @RefugeeWeek]

TONIGHT 7-9pm: three women from @4refugeewomen are taking over the @EverydaySexism account to share their stories of being detained in #YarlsWood. Detention is harmful – it’s time to #SetHerFree

[art27 @ART27Official]

How can the arts raise awareness and foster 'radical empathy' for statelessness?
@NicolettaEnri writes for @ENStatelessness, on the work of Basel Zaraa, Tania el Khoury & Natasha Davis.
https://t.co/lO0Iq7zno6

[art27 @ART27Official]

@actforculture, artists, organisations & individuals are calling political groups and future #MEPs to consider #culture’s contribution to #Europe as a force for unity, cooperation and mutual understanding.
Learn more & join the campaign: https://t.co/9Tq1z5dCco

[art27 @ART27Official]

"As we remember the terrible events of WWII it is my hope that we will also remember the humanity shown to children like me & honour that humanity by once again welcoming those persecuted by war so they too can have hope for the future."
@AlfDubs #HMD2019 https://t.co/RDypPDa6ol

[art27 @ART27Official]

Check out #Ola, a unique #comic, following the #lovestory of an #undocumented teenager in London. Created by @LetUs_Learn @PosNegOrg & @AsiaAlfasi, it sheds light on challenges 1000s of young #migrants & #refugees face in the #UK.

Episodes 1-5 out now: https://t.co/cOrcrxPMFX

[The National @TheNationalNews]

“Refugees are not just about crisis, they’re also about opportunity,” #UNHCR Commissioner Filippo Grandi tells The National @davos #wef19

[art27 @ART27Official]

"Culture is the foundation of European unity. It binds us together & underpins our sense of belonging...fostering diverse and inclusive societies"

Support @actforculture manifesto & ask policymakers to ensure 1% of the #EU budget is allocated to culture post 2020 #creativeeurope