Headlining the event is one of Africa's most widely published and celebrated authors, Ray Anyasi (Nigeria), alongside Ceitidh Campbell (Scotland), Anton Floyd (Ireland), Laura T. Fyfe (Scotland), Michele Hodkn (USA), Victoria MacIver (Scotland), Spike Munro (Scotland), and Babs NicGriogair (Scotland).
Tickets below 👇🏻
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What's amazing about this programme is that it could be extended to other parts of Scotland easily - the supply and demand are both there - but the funding and infrastructure (both physical and administrative) is lacking. As far as I know, there have been small local efforts to replicate their work in NE Scotland which were gratefully received by both refugees and the orgs that support #NewScots, but they just didn't become sustainable. It's hard to replicate their work at smaller scales, I guess?
As so often with the Joyous Choir, as well as their superb musicality and singing, it was the sheer energy and determination of their songs of resilience, survival and hope that gave everyone goosebumps.
My Long Read today #NewScots #UnescoTrail
https://www.thenational.scot/culture/24570479.using-power-song-help-connect-communities/
Why have there been *no* fascist riots in #Scotland so far?
Because we all work very hard to make #NewScots safe.
For the past two years I've been working with others in local government, the third sector, universities, and Scottish government on this : https://newscots.scot .
We are held up as an example by UNHCR of how to promote welcoming, trauma-informed integration, even while Patel, Braverman, and Jenrick (and the press, and Yaxley-Lennon, and Farage) screamed for blood.
And it works: yes, of course there is #racism in Scotland, but so far we've been able to resist the horrors in England. But it requires a continuous, thoughtful commitment across all layers of society. It isn't a "natural feature" of Scotland. We achieved this.
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Just so folks outside the UK understand: the fascists are rioting in England and Northern Ireland. There are no riots in Scotland.
Hey ho. If anyone happens to have a connection to channels through which folks might organise collectively to resist imminent deport-to-Rwanda raids on asylum seekers across Scotland, or indeed elsewhere in the UK, that might be useful information to post.
Poll for folks who are non-British immigrants to #Scotland.
Do you know what a "foam banana" is?
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This guff in The Spectator is pejorative and offensive.
Plenty of room here indeed to welcome those fleeing persecution, war, and trauma, to seek safety and peace. Plenty of room here to welcome diverse new Scots as colleagues, classmates, neighbours, friends... 🏴 💙 🌏
#RefugeesAreWelcomeHere #RefugeesWelcome #ImmigrantsWelcome #diversitywelcome #StanduptoRacism #NewScots #Scotland
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