"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

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

Check out #Ola, a unique #comic, following the #lovestory of an #undocumented teenager in London. Created by @LetUs_Learn PositiveNegatives & Asia, it sheds light on challenges 1000s of young #migrants & #refugees face in the #UK. Episodes 1-5 out now: buff.ly/2WbFdMp

Agnieszka Holland presents #FreedomLecture De Balie: "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".

"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." Alf Dubs #HMD2019 bit.ly/2Wm6745/

How can the arts raise awareness and foster 'radical empathy' for statelessness? @NicolettaEnri writes for European Network on Statelessness, on the work of Basel Zaraa, Tania el Khoury & Natasha Davis. buff.ly/2Uhlysu

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

"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

"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 ❤️ & 😂 The Flying Seagull Project brings to #refugee camps

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

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

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

“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.” - Counterpoints Arts’s Refugee Week 🧡 UK Coordinator @EmilyFChurchill. #RWConference2019 #HumansofCov

The first of the UK's national #RefugeeWeek conferences opened Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 this morning. Follow the conversation at #RWConference2019

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 & illustrationAI for our launch party, featuring Karrie Fransman, on 6 March: bit.ly/2tikhGa

Over 50% of all refugees are children. 👧🏾👶🏻🧑🏽🧒🏻👩🏾👶🏼👦🏿👧🏻👶🏾🧑🏿👦🏽👧🏿🧑🏾👱🏼‍♀️👦🏾👧🏽

"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 Ska Keller. It's time for EU countries to show solidarity and #relocate people out of the Greece! #SafePassage

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

#ReSounding is a brand new monthly program featuring discussions on arts & advocacy. Our first guest Eduard Nazarski (former head of #AmnestyInternational NL) is working with #AlarmEuropa, to resound the alarm for greater action to be taken for refugees: tinyurl.com/34jkabm6