World Refugee Day 2022

Not a single event, but a widespread calendar of initiatives across the city involving refugees, citizens, institutions, schools, universities, cultural and social bodies.

Program

JUNE 17-20, 2022
MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, MEETINGS, SHARING TIME AND EXHIBITION OF PAINTER RENÉ BOKOUL

All events, with the exception of the opening in the Red Room, are open to the public. Due to limited capacity and Covid regulations, registration is required for events scheduled at the Waldensian House and Neighborhood House.

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Friday, June 17, 2022

Inauguration of World Refugee Day – 10 a.m. Red Room of the City of Turin. Speakers:

  • Colette Meffire, President Mosaic-Actions for Refugees
  • Berthin Nzonza, Director Mosaic-Actions for Refugees.
  • Jacopo Rosatelli, Councillor for Social Policies and Equal Opportunities of the City of Turin
  • Maria Grazia Grippo, Turin City Council President
  • Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi, Chairman of the Special Council Committee on Countering the Phenomena of Intolerance, Racism, Anti-Semitism and Incitement to Hatred and Violence
  • Catherine Woollard, Secretary General Director of ECRE
  • Carlotta Sami, Senior Regional Public Information Officer, Spokeperson UNHCR

Opening of Painter René Bokoul’s Exhibition “Turin: my window to Europe” with aperitif and meeting with the artist

12 noon Royal Mutual Insurance Historical Museum. Inaugural greetings in the presence of the institutions of the City of Turin. Speakers:

  • Virginia Antonini, Reale Mutua Insurance
  • Ruth Kiyindou, Vice President Mosaic-Actions for Refugees

Bureaucracy: a real frontier (REGISTER HERE) – 5 p.m. Waldensian House Hall (Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 23) – Moderator Sara Tourn, Reform Journalist . Speakers:

  • Yagoub Kibeida, Executive Director Mosaic-Actions for Refugees.
  • Maurizio Veglio, Kriol Lawyer
  • Barbara Sorgoni, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Turin
  • Federico Lera, Amnesty International
  • Syed Hasnain, UNIRE President

Saturday, June 18, 2022

Roundtable of artistic talents (REGISTER HERE). 11 a.m. Sala Casa Valdese (Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 23). Moderator Debora Boaglio, Researcher . Speakers:

  • Réné Bokoul, Congolese Artist residing in Limoge -France
  • Olga Diabina, Mediator and Artist from Ukraine
  • Nafé Fadel, Student and Artist from Mauritania-Cameroon
  • Michael Wassouf, Architect and Artist from Syria
  • Paola Fraschia, Lecturer and legal researcher at University College Turin and Artist

Refugees and the Environment (REGISTER HERE). 5 p.m. Sala Casa Valdese (Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 23). In collaboration with the university collective Ecologia Politica Torino
Introduced by Alessandro Mannato, Ecologia Politica Torino Collective
Moderated by Giuliana Sanò, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Messina . Speakers:

  • Antonello Mangano, Jacobin Journalist and founder Terre Libere
  • Jean-Renè Bilongo, Trade Unionist FLAI- CGIL and collaborator Placido Rizzotto Observatory
  • Nouhoum Traoré, Mosaic-Actions for Refugees.
  • Simone Tosi, Researcher in Agricultural Sciences at the University of Turin
    Eugenio Alfano, ASGI lawyer

Sunday, June 19, 2022

“Feeling at Home” social event (REGISTER HERE). Couscous dinner and musical performance
5 p.m. San Salvario Neighborhood House – Common Places. Speakers:

  • Colette Meffire, President Mosaic-Actions for Refugees
  • Jacopo Rosatelli, Councillor for Social Policies and Equal Opportunities of the City of Turin
  • Roberto Arnaudo, San Salvario Neighborhood House Director
  • Musical performance
  • Ibson Daone, Musician
  • Paola Fraschia, Artist
  • Abdalla Abdalla Saleh, Rapper

Monday, June 20, 2022

Training Kit Dissemination National Event and appetizer by the project “Training Kit for Empowering Refugee-Led Community Organizations” (REGISTER HERE). 10 a.m. Sala Casa Valdese (Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 23). Speakers:

  • Neil Falzon, Aditus Foundation Malta
  • Debora Boaglio, Researcher
  • Leila Giannetto, Researcher European University Institute
  • Jasmine Mittendorff, Senior Public Information Assistant UNHCR
  • Yagoub Kibeida, Executive Director Mosaic-Actions for Refugees, Representative of Institutions.

The path of asylum in a new scenario of international conflicts and appetizer offered in collaboration with the “Community Matching” project (REGISTER HERE). 5 p.m. Sala Casa Valdese (Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 23). Moderator: Berthin Nzonza, Director Mosaic-Actions for Refugees . Speakers:

  • Massimo Gnone, UNHCR Integration Associate
  • Chiara Marchetti, Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Milan
  • Lorenzo Trucco, Asgi Lawyer
  • Fartun Mohamed, Researcher European University Institute
  • Mustafa Ahmadi, President of the Afghan Community Turin