"Global Displacement" Panel Discussion

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Thursday, July 18th, 2019
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

"The global refugee crisis is painfully real. It is made up of 65.5 million displaced people, 22.5 million of whom are refugees - nearly half of them small children." Kate White, President & CEO, United Nations Association in Canada

Please join us for a panel discussion facilitated by distinguished German teacher, environmentalist, and former Heidelberg mayor and European parliamentarian Béate Weber-Schuerholz, organized by the Cowichan Valley Public Art Gallery Society (CVPAG) and the Cowichan Intercultural Society and Immigrant Welcome Centre.

Held in conjunction with the exhibition "The Suitcase Project," the evening will also include a performance by Japanese-Canadian Minyo folk singer Rina Hiromi Kikuchi.

The discussion will be structured around articles of the UN Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and should prove to be a most engaging and thought-provoking evening for audience and panel members alike. Consider Article 1: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."