Glasgow – A City of Sanctuary?
Public meeting: Monday 30th November, Glasgow City Chambers 3pm to 4.30pm
The City of Sanctuary movement is active in 15 towns and cities throughout the UK. It aims to build city-wide support for people seeking sanctuary in the UK, by working with local groups and organisations to include people seeking sanctuary fully in the life of their communities.
At this event, Craig Barnett, National Co-ordinator of the City of Sanctuary movement, will explain how the movement is shaping public debate and local action in other cities, and there will be opportunity to discuss how this might be useful to communities in the Glasgow area.
The event will also include a free performance from iceandfire theater’s production of ‘Asylum Dialogues’, which tells the true story of Glasgow people’s support for one refugee family.
This event is open to members of voluntary, statutory, community and faith groups in the Glasgow area, and to the general public.
For further information please contact: craig@cityofsanctuary.org or see the website at: www.cityofsanctuary.org
Asylum Dialogues – An iceandfire production
“I honestly used to say – send ‘em all home.. They shouldn’t be here. It’s an English country. They take all our money. Then this woman turned up to clean my office and turned the world upside down.“
What happens when you meet someone who has fled their country to seek refuge in the UK? What happens when that person becomes your friend and needs your help? Drawn from real life conversations, Asylum Dialogues explores the everyday encounters between asylum seekers and British people, encouraging us to challenge our own preconceptions.
“We regularly hear about the terrible hostility that asylum seekers and refugees face. But we rarely hear the stories of British people who are standing shoulder to shoulder with those seeking sanctuary in the UK.
Asylum Dialogues tells these inspirational stories and shows how small gestures of welcome can make a big difference. “
(Juliet Stevenson)
iceandfire creates compelling theatre making real and relevant the impact of human rights issues on our everyday lives. Asylum Dialogues is performed by members of their national outreach network, Actors for Human Rights, made up of over 300 professional actors dedicated to drawing public attention to a range of contemporary human rights concerns. The actors and musicians involved volunteer their performance skills and public profile to encourage public acceptance of human rights laws and principles and to give voice to people whose basic human rights have been violated.
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