Different Pasts, Shared Future

This Refugee week several groups across Oxford including Student Action for Refugees, Asylum Welcome and Actors for Human Rights have got together to organise a whole range of events right on your doorstep, everything from entertainment, art and culture, to educational activities and a Town Hall meeting. Scroll down the list of events and come along to help celebrate sanctuary in Oxford and across the UK.

For more information visit www.refugeeweek.org. Hope to see you there!

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1.    Play: Asylum Monologues

When: Sat 14th of June, 7pm

Where: The Gardeners Arms, on Plantation Road, Jericho

Cost: Free entry All welcome

A wonderful and thought-provoking production, this moving series of monologues gives first hand accounts of the UK's asylum system in the words of people who have experienced it. A unique performance with live musical accompaniment.

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2.    Film: The Art of Flight

When: Sunday 15th of June, 1pm

Where: The Ultimate Picture Palace, on Cowley Road

Cost: £3.00

A guerrilla documentary shot in Egypt on camcorders, this extraordinary film documents the plight of Sudanese refugees trying to leave Egypt where they have taken refuge.

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3.    Town Hall Meeting: How We Treat Those Seeking Sanctuary in the UK

When: Monday 16th of June, 7pm to 9.30pm

Where: Oxford Town Hall

Cost: Free- All Welcome

Keynote speaker Tariq Ali

Followed by a panel discussion with:

Natasha Walter
Melanie McFadyean
Innocent Empi
Melissa Benn.

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4.    Community event: Refugee Week Jamboree: Celebrating Sanctuary

When: Saturday 21st of June, 2-5pm

Where: Mary Magdalen Church, bottom of Cornmarket Street, just opposite Debenhams.

(Entertainment and speakers on Cornmarket from 2 to 3pm)

Music, art and crafts, stalls, cakes, free henna and face painting...Come along to find out more!