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Herstory introduces Movement, a new education project that explores emmigration & immigration

Monday, March 08, 2021

Herstory introduces Movement, a new education project that explores emmigration & immigration

Herstory introduces Movement, a new international education project that explores the fact that emigration and immigration are two sides of the same story. In these triggering times, the Covid-19 pandemic is a reminder that borders and nationalities are fabrications that conceal our common humanity. Movement presents a series of parallel life stories of emigrants and immigrants connected by common narrative themes. The project highlights our shared humanity and the interconnectedness of people beyond nationality, ethnicity and religion; whilst spotlighting the discriminations and double standards faced by immigrants and emigrants. The objective is to deconstruct the polarising rhetorics that define this era and co-create a new future inspired by the fundamental fact: we are One Humanity.

On International Women’s Day, 8th March 2021, Phase 1 launches with school workshops and a student art competition.

On Herstory’s 5th birthday, 25th May 2021, phase 2 launches with an international exhibition of portraits and parallel life stories; a landmark light show, melting pot events, direct provision empowerment programme and the Parallel Peace Project with women’s organisations in Northern Ireland, Palestine and Israel.

This new Herstory project is produced in partnership with AkiDwA (Ireland), Jerusalem Centre for Women (Palestine), APIS Institute (Slovenia), Charisma Arts for Development (Egypt), and Agency for Migration and Adaptation AMIGA (Czech Republic). Movement celebrates the 20th anniversary of AkiDwA, Ireland’s first women’s migrant service: www.akidwa.ie Movement is funded with the support of the Anna Lindh Foundation and co-funded by the European Union, the Beachaire Fund at the Community Foundation for Ireland, and philanthropists Abi and James Morrow.

For more information on the 'Movement' Event please visit here

Starts: 8 March 2021
Ends: 8 March 2021
Location: Online and in schools