{"id":3576,"date":"2017-06-09T15:20:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T14:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?p=3576"},"modified":"2017-06-09T15:20:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T14:20:06","slug":"refugee-cultural-festival-kickoff-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/refugee-cultural-festival-kickoff-party\/","title":{"rendered":"The Refugee Cultural Festival Kickoff Party"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Last night many of the volunteers participating in the Refugee Cultural Festival<\/a> could come and meet who they will be working with for the duration of the event. Falafel, samosa, hummus, wine and beer were among the offerings available to those people. Along with this was a drive for them to tell their stories either as migrants, refugees or allies of both. This is within the framework of the I am a Migrant campaign<\/a> by the International Organisation for Migration.<\/a><\/p>\n

As usual with most Geneva events this was a culturally diverse group of people. Just an ordinary day in Geneva but special for those who have not grown up with such cultural diversity.<\/p>\n

The Refugee Cultural Festival itself will take place on two key dates. The first of these is the 17th of June<\/a>. The Swiss National day of the refugee. On this day there will be singing, dancing<\/a>, international karaoke<\/a>, discussions<\/a>, music<\/a>, yoga<\/a>, photography<\/a> and much more. You can find a full list of events on the 17th here<\/a>. They will be around Les Grottes from 10am\u00a0to 1900 and from 1800 until late at Perle Du Lac.<\/p>\n

On the 18th of June there will be interactive activities around Photography and Visual art\u00a0from 1400-1800 at Bellevue.<\/p>\n

The 20th of June is World Refugee Day. This is the day where you get to “Celebrate\u00a0World Refugee Day with a Grand Cuisine and Cultural Party made up of international delicacies from Syria, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Eritrea and more. This event will take place at Bois-De-La-Batie, 20, petit-lancy.<\/p>\n

On the 21st of June there will be a dinner hosted by Asile\u00a0LGBT from 2000-2400 in Paquis and on the 22nd of June it will be the IFTAR dinner hosted by RMCA, Cusine Lab & Foodhack.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: I am a volunteer within the comms team for this event.<\/p>\n

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