BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//ART WORKS Projects | 16 Years Advocating for Human Rights - ECPv6.6.4.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:ART WORKS Projects | 16 Years Advocating for Human Rights
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.artworksprojects.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for ART WORKS Projects | 16 Years Advocating for Human Rights
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:UTC
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:UTC
DTSTART:20170101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170406T182500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170406T203000
DTSTAMP:20260406T050626
CREATED:20170509T053623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170509T053623Z
UID:683-1491503100-1491510600@www.artworksprojects.org
SUMMARY:Sanctuary/Sustenance: Living on the Margins - Refugees Surviving Torture & Beyond
DESCRIPTION:ART WORKS Projects is pleased to announce our spring exhibition Sanctuary/Sustenance: The Story of Many Journeys. Through photographs\, moving graphics\, and music\, viewers have an opportunity to trace the journey of a family during the catastrophic events of displacement\, on a path to sanctuary\, and through the long process of rebuilding life in a new community. Sanctuary/Sustenance aims to raise the public consciousness of these issues to a wide variety of people\, and facilitate conversations about our collective responsibility to welcome refugees and encourage policy makers to act in favor of fundamental human rights for refugees and asylum seekers. \n  \nAn estimated 1.3 million refugees in the United States are believed to be survivors of politically sanctioned torture\, according to  the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT). Those who have survived torture or other forms of direct\, conflict-related persecution often face significant challenges that  serve as additional barriers in the resettlement process. \n  \nUnderstanding the issues facing refugees who are survivors of torture is important to ensuring that medical\, mental health\, and social services support healing while these individuals navigate resettlement.  Living on the Margins – Refugees Surviving Torture and Beyond explores the effects of torture and trauma in conflict settings and the healing support needed as refugees resettle. Speakers and community members will engage in discussion about this vulnerable refugee population to support integration into host communities through better understanding their past experience and its impact on their daily lives. \n  \nSpeakers \nMarianne Joyce\, LCSW – Majorie Kovler Center\, Social Services Manager \nAlisa Roadcup – Executive Director\, Heshima Kenya \nWendy Pearlman – Associate Professor at Northwestern University\, author of We Crossed a Bridge and it Trembled: Voices from Syria (June 2017) \nAbdinasir Kahin – former refugee from Somalia\, resettled in Chicago in 2002 \nSanctuary/Sustenance photographer Misael Virgen (San Diego) will also give a short presentation on his experience shooting for this exhibition.
URL:https://www.artworksprojects.org/event/sanctuarysustenance-living-on-the-margins-refugees-surviving-torture-beyond/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=:
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR