Refugee Week 2022
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Date(s) - 20/06/2022 - 26/06/2022
All Day
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Refugee Week is an annual festival celebrating the contributions of refugees. Refugee Week 2022 will be marked from 20th to 26th June.
The theme for the 2022 Refugee Week is Healing.
Anyone, any school, any organisation can run an event or activity, big or small and a free Organiser Pack is available here.
In Coventry, Refugee Week has been renamed Coventry Welcomes Festival and is being coordinated by Last Mafuba.
Photo credit: Coventry City of Culture
She is the founder & CEO of Inini Initiative, a charity that offers a culturally sensitive mental health service to people of colour. She has 20+ years of experience of working with marginalised groups. She has worked with asylum seekers, refugees and migrants, people with learning disabilities, those experiencing mental health problems, and women experiencing domestic abuse. She holds a BSc in Psychology and an LLM in International Development Law and Human Rights both from the University of Warwick. She is an Acumen Fellow, and is now researching for a PhD, focusing on mental health and mental health services in Black communities.
Inini Initiative has recently been awarded £300K by the National Lottery to continue supporting those seeking sanctuary in Coventry tackle the challenges they face while trying to integrate into their communities. Find out more about Inini: https://inini.co.uk/
Last studied at the University of Warwick, and says, “As someone who’d gone through the asylum process my self-confidence was very low when I joined Warwick University. However, through interactions with fellow students and professors I gained it all back plus more. In fact, the idea to set up Inini, even though it was motivated by my asylum journey, was reinforced by my LLM modules and dissertation. I am forever grateful to Warwick University for broadening my horizon and opening a whole new world for me.”
She has been profiled by the BBC and the Coventry City of Culture Trust as a modern-day Lady Godiva.
Contact her at l.mafuba@inini.co.uk