2019 was a year of learning, new opportunities and challenges. Now letโs focus on the 2020 vision and mission.
Experienced travelling across the UK to do talks and contribute to discussions and debates on asylum and refugees. I have continued with public speaking, Refugee advocacy, activism and campaigning and done around 80 talks during the year. 60 or so media interviews, shared my experiences & thoughts and advocated for compassionate politics and policies.
MPA Graduation ๐จโ๐ from CTPSR at Coventry university
Wrote to SoC, refugee welcome network/groups to collaborate and work together.
We put together the new materials for the updated version of TLS, which was publicised in spring.
Competed a Life in the UK test and applied for citizenship
Connect with Refugee .org on advocacy/campaigning work as part of MBK
Started working on another book ๐
Travelled to ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ท๐ด ๐ฌ๐ท ๐ง๐ช ๐ฆ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฟ
๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
My Bright Kite is two year old: we do school talks and workshops on refugee awareness and much more: https://www.mybrightkite.org
I have also joined as speaker member of the Speakers Collective: https://www.speakerscollective.org/
Settle College students inspired by visit by Afghan political refugee Gulwali Passarlay: https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/16362482.settle-college-students-inspired-by-visit-by-afghan-political-refugee-gulwali-passarlay/
Gulwali Passarlay migrated from Afghanistan to the UK aged 12. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07n3c13
Hostile environment policy ‘putting refugees at risk: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/hostile-environment-policy-putting-refugees-at-risk-38628782.html
Gulwali Passarlay: My Journey as an Afghan Refugee: https://www.ellesmere.com/news/gulwali-passarlay-my-journey-as-an-afghan-refugee/
Full Disclosure With James O’Brien: Refugee Gulwali Passarlay On His Journey To The UK: https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/full-disclosure-james-obrien/full-disclosure-with-james-obrien-refugee-gulwali/
Empathy and literature event in Athens, WeNeedBooks: https://youtu.be/PSzxiTJFgHA
Good Morning Britain: https://youtu.be/yTW96sil-uI
Channel 5: https://youtu.be/GtGIw_Y7WQ0
BorderlessWorld https://youtu.be/bWJHZiarFXQ
SonaTalks: https://youtu.be/WpZpWC4dmC8
Our Blood project: https://youtu.be/o9ZBcS5swXc
Change Maker magazine: https://uk.iofc.org/sites/uk.iofc.org/files/media/document/wi/winter_2019_2020_changemakers_issue_10.pdf
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/sunday-express-1070/20191027/281771335979757
World Wide Tribe Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-worldwide-tribe-stories-from-the-refugee-crisis/id1468264562?i=1000457388882
Be The Change: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/5-refugee-crisis-child-refugee-gulwali-passarlay/id1315288369?i=1000441909297
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/full-disclosure-with-james-obrien/id1454408831?i=1000455850346
Here some of the talks I have done and contributed to events:
Cambridge university, PCGE conference
Bristol TACT fostering agency visit
Baines school talks Blackpool
Welcome Tent โบ๏ธ KARN event Kent
Janagla fundraising event London
Excelsior academy talks, Newcastle
Academy 360 visit in Sunderland
Kings Edward VI school talks in Stratford upon Avon
HTCE school talks in Great cheverell
Art of Hope, mental health event London
NEU Leeds education conference
Sheffield Hallam uni talk
Community service event London
Salford uni social workers students talk
NHS safeguarding conference Exeter
Visit to Harrogate for school talks and evening event CoS
IWM exhibition talk
Doctors of The World clinic launch event
Ellesmere college/school visit and talks
Refugym fundraising event Kent
QARN Quaker Conference in Birmingham
Migration Yorkshire Integration Festival leeds
SonaTalk London
OSH residential in Elstree
APP event London
Manchester CoS Big event
MBK training event for professionals in Leeds
The King ๐ school, Peterborough
Queenโs marry school ๐ซ thirst
Brighouse sixth form college visit
IofC migration panel
Refugee book launch Nottingham
York refugee event
Bootham school talk to students
Huddersfield library ๐ refugee event
Oxford uni, in conversation event
RAS voice group meeting Manchester
Safe passage event London
Barroward primary school
NHS mental health event, London
HELOA event at Salford uni
PHE conference, Liverpool refugee health
Loreto college, award evening presentation
St James church panel discussion
Baku intercultural dialogue conference
Kent uni, Brussels migration panel event
Watford refugee group AGM talk
Refugee welcome film, discussion London
Unclan, Lancashire Council event
MUN France conference, Lille Keynote
Ripon CoS event
Meeting TCS youth group in Coventry
Goldsmith uni SU talk
Craven college talk/workshop
Conference on empowering young people at Royal Wootton Bassett Academy
Meeting with Afghans refugees and charities
Do Your Part Community centre
Home Project visit in Athens
Visit to Athens, talks at We Need Books event
Talk to health professionals/medical students at the UoM
Parntone girls school in Poole
HOME Project talk at MMU
Radnor school talk
Nidderdale school visit
University of Exeter, talk to students
Laura Devine Law event, fundraising for Refugee Action
Afghan sport personalities gathering
Strasbourg EY seminar on young refugees
Gulwali Passarlay 