Back to School Check-in: Start the New School Year with our September Letter
Back to School Check-in: Start the New School Year with our September Letter
A4R 🎨 Monthly - a GenZ co creation.
Ciao beautiful people,
Last month we just made it to the opening ceremony of the Paralympics. We have some great news for you. The team made history by winning its first ever medals. They won two Bronze medals. One in Athletics and one in Takewando. Guillaume Junior Atangana, who had to flee Cameron and settle in Great Britain, won the bronze medal in the Mens 100m T11 event. Zakia Khudadadi had to flee Afghanistan when the Taliban took over. She settled in France. She won the bronze medal in Takewando. This is was the largest Paralympics team to date. For more have a quick read here.
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Podcasts & articles we shared over the last month
This composer DITCHED Nazis & became an AMERICAN BADASS
Hamra's Coffee Shops: Brewing Unity in Post-Conflict Beirut ☕🌍
🌟 Unveiling Mona Hatoum's World: Artistic Journey From Displacement to Triumph 🌍 Listen & Read here.
Kosovo's Double Burden: Rebuilding a Nation and an Economy Amidst Political Instability and War’s Aftermath 🏗️⚖️ Listen & Read here.
Lost Family, Found Community: The Heartfelt Art of Josef Herman 🌍✨ Listen & Read here.
43.3 Million Stories: Unheard Voices of Child Refugees
Banned and Celebrated: The Bold Films of Iranian Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf Listen & Read here.
They are free to access for the first 3 weeks after posting 😉 Look forward to seeing which one you liked the most.
Gaming Corner 🎮
Over the summer we had a great time developing micro games. So much so we decided to take on more students to train them and support them in building their vocational skills as game developers.
They will be using the Ai gaming we used before, Rosebud Ai. They will be developing similar micro games as before. Look forward to seeing what you make of their work.
Volunteers Corner
We have on boarded our volunteer team for the coming quarter. This quarter have a good mix of students. recent students and experienced professionals.
Falak, just started as a fresher at University of Texas - Austin.
Cassia - just started her Masters at University College, London.
Allen is entering his penultimate year at University of Birmingham
Constantin is recent Masters grad from Anglia Ruskin University
Aniruddha just started her Masters at Imperial College, London Business School
Victoria - Great designer & developer.
More student journalists will be joining us from the War Studies Department at Kings College London next month. We will be supporting them to build their vocational skills while they are still studying. Watch this space for more info.
Gifting Corner 🛍️
Black History Month is coming up next month. It’s a great time to remember people history has forgotten. Mary Seacole is one such person. She nursed British Soldiers in Crimea when they were fighting the Russians.
Don’t forget to tag your post using the event hashtag #BlackHistoryMonth.
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Till next month folks,
Zufi, Michael, Gerry & Miranda.