🔥 Big Drop: Crypto That Cares, Gaming Art NFTs, & Podcasts You’ll Actually Wanna Hear 🎮🎧💸
A4R 🎨 Monthly - a GenZ co creation.
Ciao Trailblazers,
What a great month we’ve had. How’s it been for you? Here we can’t wait to share all the fun news we have. Let’s start with Amazon prime student trail - you can use Amazon Prime to read our ePub for free and not worry about paying a penny! Here is the link for you to sign up.
If you are already a member - you can use Kindle Unlimited to access our ePub without any extra charge. How cool is that! So, all you have to do is click on the image below and get reading. Don’t forget to tell your friends as well.
Beyond the Ruins is on Kindle here.
The next piece of great news we have for you is our NFT shop is open. We have finally after years of banging our heads around found a crypto that works for all of us. It is a second generation currency which is accessible, affordable and takes into account your carbon footprint needs. It is also used by Man Utd. So, reliable as well. More to come below.
Don’t forget to tag us when you share your thoughts on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Our Sponsor for the month
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Podcasts of the month
Here’s what we’ve shared this month:
🤔 What's Real?The Digital Divide & Misinformation in the Media
Raw & Real with Georgina🎙️💬 here
The Unhealed Wounds of Partition: A Generation Later
Raw & Real with Manya🎙️💬 here
"👀 Syria's Future: A Post-Asad Perspective"
Raw & Real with Marianne 💬🎙️here
Beyond Apartheid's Shadow: Progress and the Persistent Pursuit of Equality for Black Women in Universities
Raw & Real with Senem 🎙️💬 here
🎶 Healing With Harmony: Music & Post-Conflict Identity 🎵
Raw & Real with George 🎙️💬 here
Enjoy these podcasts and their accompanying articles & Infograhics for free on Substack for the first three weeks! 😉 You can also listen to all episodes on YouTube, Spotify, or Listen notes.
Take your pick and let us know which one you enjoyed the most!
The Gaming Corner 🎮
From Refugee to Icon: The Life & Legacy of Ben Shahn 🔴
Play & learn about Benn Shahn's arty refugee experience 🎮 here.
Human Hair & Hot Spots: She Challenges Norms, Paints the Unseen. ✨💔
Read, Listen, Play & learn about Mona Hatoum's arty refugee experience 🎮 here.
Pata Pata & Power: Her Music Defied Apartheid, Changed the World. 🎶✊🏾
Listen, Read, Play & learn about Miriam Makebas arty refugee experience 🎮 here
London's Hidden Layers: He Saw What We Missed. ✨🏙️
Play & learn about Frank Auerbach's arty refugee experience 🎮 here.
Gaming Art NFT’s 🎨
Our NFT store is now live and growing. You can find your favorite arty refugees there. You can buy your first NFT with us - we have kept the prices deliberately low, so it’s affordable for you. You will have to use Tezos - the same crypto currency Man Utd use. So, it’s pretty reliable. Tezos is also designed to be environmentally friendly as well, so we have kept your carbon footprint needs in mind when choosing this crypto for you.
What’s more your NFT will give you exclusive rights to ownership. You can also have merchandise created with you NFT - like Tote bags, Tees, Hoodies & more. So, if you want to buy your friends and family a unique arty gift you can use your NFT for this as well - but only with us!
These NFT’s of you favorite arty refugees are also collectors items as well. Just like comics were in the 1980’s - you can start your collection now. You can also resell them later and gain from the increase in value - if any.
Volunteering Corner
Volunteering Week is just a round the corner. This is when we highlight all the good work our volunteers have done with us to create all the social impact we create across the world.
Last year we worked 100 volunteers and so far this year we have worked with 70 volunteers. In total we have worked with 335+ volunteers. We organise training for them so they can learn a new skill and then learn to apply it during their time supporting you and the communities we work with across the world. So, join in saying thank you to each and everyone of them.
The Giving Corner
Finally, as we move into June we are preparing for Refugee Week. Once a year for one week across the UK there is a festival of local events celebrating the contributions, creativity, and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. The theme this year is community as a ‘superpower’. They also posted a blog about us -
GenZs trailblazing the world of journalism – remembering arty refugees and supporting communities along the way. Read here.
ChatGPT suggested you would find this podcast highly engaging in refugee week - let’s see what you think?
From Divided Past to Shared Victories: Rugby & Basketball Uniting Northern Ireland 🇮🇪💙
Raw & Real with Laura & Molly 🎙️💬 here
We encourage you to join the conversation and show your solidarity. Tag us in your acts of support on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and BlueSky.
It’s great to have you with us along this journey. You can support our work by “donating us coffee”. More here.
This is a simple way to keep us going — nothing like a dose of caffeine to boost your day! Till next month — enjoy your coffee along the way 😊
With gratitude,
Zufi, Aniruddha, Michael, & Gerry.
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