Migration Matters led a film screening and discussion with academics and students at Uppsala University on the potential of digital storytelling for shifting migration narratives and communicating migration research.
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The ‘Action Against Hate’ screening in London earlier this month explored the theme of ‘Diversity and Religion’ through artwork and films made by artists and video makers from across Europe, including a Migration Matters video.
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We were invited by the German Federal Foreign Office to present at the 13th International Diplomats Programme. Our presentation focused on Germany as an immigration country and Migration Matters in addressing polarizing migration narratives.
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Bernadette Klausberger from the Migration Matters team will be a speaker in the “Migration and mobility narratives in the arts” roundtable on May 11. The panel “considers how a creative producer could construct messages of immigrants and immigration that are humanistic, pluralistic, respectful, reliable and thought provoking while also encouraging audiences to embrace critical lenses”.
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‘Bamba’s Story – Migrant Lives in Pandemic Times’ was selected for the Get The Trolls Out! Diversity & Religion Exhibition in London.
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At IL KINO Berlin, we celebrated the culmination of our three-year ‘I Am European’ project with engaging film screenings and a dynamic panel discussion. Commemorating the 5th anniversary of our ‘Rethinking Us & Them’ series, a popular MOOC on the iversity platform, we explored integration and diversity in Germany today. The evening featured insightful screenings from our series and a panel with speakers like Hafiza Hamoud, Chiponda Chimbelu, Mine Nang, and Dr. Jihad Alabdullah, moderated by Sophia Burton
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We recently hosted a screening and discussion event in collaboration with Give Something Back to Berlin, featuring documentary shorts from the “Migrant Lives in Pandemic Times” project. This series, created by Migration Matters and CERC Migration, highlights the resilience of migrants during Covid-19 through personal stories from Berlin, Johannesburg, Singapore, and more.
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In this collaboration with Latvia’s think-tank Providus, we brought Migration Matters content to around 100 high schools across Latvia. This project, led by Providus’ senior policy analyst Agnese Lace, includes a comprehensive manual for teachers, lesson plans, and on-site workshops to equip educators with the tools they need to bring balanced discussions about migration into the classroom.
Read MoreWhy do we need better, more nuanced information on migration? Because of negative and implicit bias. It’s pervasive, and it’s normal. We founded Migration Matters to counteract the misinformation on immigrants and refugees that we encounter on a daily basis.
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