Program
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Polo del ‘900 Via del Carmine, 14 10122 Turin – 9 a.m. – ECRE Annual General Conference 2023, “Europe and displacement: what is working?”
Neighborhood House, 14 Morgari Street – 7:30 p.m. – Award ceremony for the “To My Dreams I Will Not Give Up”competition with guest speaker internationally renowned contemporary artist Réné Bokoul. Social dinner to follow
Friday, June 16, 2023
Waldensian Temple, C.so Vittorio Emanuele II, 23 10125 Turin – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Opening of Painter René Bokoul’s Exhibition “Turin: my window to Europe.” Internal meetings and debates at ECRE
Valdese Temple, C.so Vittorio Emanuele II, 23 10125 Turin – 6-7 p.m. – Vernissage opening of the exhibition “Turin: my window to Europe”
Monday, June 19, 2023
Luigi Einaudi Campus, Lungo Dora 100 – 4-6:30 p.m. – “To my dreams I do not give up.” Moderator: Barbara Sorgoni, associate professor, Department of Cultures, Politics and Society
Presentation of the book “Away from the Mad War” in the presence of author Alidad Shiri
Followed by panel discussion: Comparison between the winners of the “To my passions I do not give up” contest , internationally renowned artist and painter Réné Bokoul and Corrado Cristiano (UNHCR)
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Red Room of Turin City Hall, Piazza Palazzo di Città, 1, 10122 Turin TO – 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Commemoration of World Refugee Day. Moderator: Berthin Nzonza, Director Association Mosaic-Actions for Refugees. Speakers:
- Maria Grazia Grippo, City Council President
- Jacopo Rosatelli, councillor for social policies and equal opportunities
- Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi, Chairman of the Special Council Committee on Countering the Phenomena of Intolerance, Racism, Anti-Semitism and Incitement to Hatred and Violence
- Colette Nijasse Meffire, President, Mosaic Association-Actions for Refugees
- Marcello Rossoni, Senior Protection Assistant UNHCR
- Voices and words from the world: Abdalla Abdalla, Hamdi Ali Farah, Krishma Bibi Khaliq, Olga Diabina, Ahmed Baali
San Salvario Neighborhood House, Via Morgari 14 – 4-7 p.m. – “Europe in crisis with the value of solidarity: the double track of rights.” Introduced: Colette Meffire, President of Mosaic-Actions for Refugees Association. Moderator: Berthin Nzonza, Director of Mosaic-Actions for Refugees Association. Speakers:
- Massimo Gnone, UNHCR
- Lorenzo Trucco, ASGI
- Ferruccio Pastore, Fieri
- Barbara Sorgoni, Professor in the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society.
- Oumarou Lenglengue, Association Under the Baobab-Canelli
- Shagofa Barakzi, Afghan researcher.
- Roberto Beneduce, Professor in the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society
- Simona Taliani, Professor in the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society.
Followed by social appetizer “Feeling at home”