Ciao beautiful people,
How was your month? Here we have some exciting news for you. Taya has agreed to become our co founder here. She will now be taking charge of the arts4refugees brand. What better way to engage more of you GenZ’s with what we are doing than to have one your own join us at the highest level. 😊
You know she is studying Digital Marketing and is passionate about organising her digital marketing business. So what better way for her to build her career in digital marketing than to build a brand from inception. She also has a mentor now as well. Richard from Stretch Digital has agreed to work with her. Richard will be helping her plug the gaps between her course and the needs of the business. So, while she learns the 4P’s or is it 7P’s?? Richard will be supporting Taya understand how to use re targetting and pixels. Cool isn’t it.
Articles and podcasts we shared over the last month
You can catch up here
Arty Refugees Stories -
🎨 Tale of Zar Amir-Ebrahim: The Artistic Soul's Journey as a Refugee 🌍Listen & Read here.
From Syrian Protester to European Artist: Hamid's Brave Journey to Freedom 🎨✊🌍 Listen & Read here.
Discover Lucie Rie's Inspiring Journey: From Refugee to Fashion Influencer 🎨✨ Listen & Read here.
🔥 From Refugee to Comedy Spotlight: Shaparak Tackles Refugee Experiences in 'The Silent Speaker' Debut! 🎤✨ Listen & Read here.
Post Conflict conversations -
Navigating Post-Conflict Challenges 🌍💪 Insights from GenZ Women: Lessons from Ukraine and Beyond 🕊️🚀 Listen & Read here.
🌈✌️ Colombia's Historic Peace Deal & LGBTQ+ Rights: Why Legal Protections Don't Always Equal Acceptance? 🔍 Listen & Read here.
Rwanda's Reconciliation Efforts: Progress Made, But Questions Over Justice, Suppressed Identities, and Authoritarianism Linger 💔🇷🇼🔍 Listen & Read here.
🇿🇼✨ Zimbabwe's Fearless Female Warriors: War Heroes to Peace Pariahs 🚺Listen & Read here.
From Heroes to Outcasts: The Unfolded Tale of Harkis 🛍️✨ Listen & Read here.
They are free to access for the first 3 weeks after posting 😉 Just to let you know we will taking a short break over the Xmas period, so please don’t feel we have forgotten about you.
Shopping Corner 🛍️
Make a statement with wearable art by Harper Bizarre Art
About Harper Bizarre Art. Exhibited at the Tate Galley, London. Harper Bizarre Art 🎨 make a statement totes are exclusively available here. Each time you go shopping you can make a much needed statement. So, treat yourself and your loved ones with these exclusive totes 🛍️ .
50% of Harper Bizarre's earnings from this gift will transform refugees into entrepreneurs. Meaning members from this low income post conflict community can take ownership of their own lives. So, basically, you fund training, inventory and business mentoring with each gift. You can buy the totes here.
For a 30% discount on these arty gifts you have to become a paid member. Membership costs less than a coffee a week.
Volunteers Corner
We on boarded 21 students from Oxford University. They will be working with us over the first two weeks in December. This time around we will be encouraging them to use AI. They will be using AI to assist with their research and writing. So, look forward to seeing what you think of their work. They will also be podcasts for each article they write for us - so you can access the back story as well.
Cassia is due back home after her teaching English gig in Columbia. She will also be writing another article for you. So, watch this space.
Till next month folks,
Zufi, Michael, Gerry and the team of committed professionals.
Arts4Refugees is a @Bizges brand.