"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
=0D=0A=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.
=0D=0A=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.
=0D=0A=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."
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