Beyond Hate, Moving with Dignity: A positive peace approach to migration Available: Online or In-Person

The Leap are delighted to invite you to participate in a discussion with Dr Majbritt Lyck-Bowen as she present's her recently completed work, Moving with Dignity: A Positive Peace Approach to Migration.

Bradford is recognised as a City of Sanctuary and was formally awarded Local Authority of Sanctuary status in 2021.

We are living in an increasingly polarised world, where negative narratives and stereotypes about migrants and migration often dominate. At such a time, it is important to pause and look for better alternatives. One of these alternatives is a positive peace approach to migration. This presentation will introduce some of the core concepts of this approach. It will also explore how they can be applied in European countries that migrants travel through and settle in and highlight some of the promising practices that already support this approach.

Through further discussion and a Q&A session we will move on to look at migration/art themes including how migration experience impacts on creative expression and the way that people  engage with art and we'll consider how art can help build empathy and a sense of belonging across cultures and our communities. There will be plenty of time for questions and to share experience from within our communities.

For your diary:

• Tuesday 15th July
• 10.00am to 11.30am (in-person: refreshments and networking available from 9.30am)
• Online or in-person
  

Online: You will automatically be provided with a Teams link on checkout.

In-person: Rooms B8/9, Lister Building, Bradford College, Great Horton Road, BD7 1AY

About:

Dr Majbritt Lyck-Bowen is an independent consultant with 9 years of researching migration and peacebuilding. She has a PhD in Conflict Resolution from the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford and is the author of Moving with Dignity - A Positive Peace Approach to Migration, published by the Quaker Council of European Affairs. 

Moving with Dignity: A Positive Peace Approach to Migration is a new handbook developed by the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) that proposes a fresh paradigm: one rooted in the concept of positive peace. The handbook highlights both theory and practice—offering a roadmap to more just, inclusive, and peaceful migration governance. It includes promising practices in countries of origin, transit and destination

The book is freely available here: Moving with Dignity

We hope that you are able to join us for this informative and engaging session.  Please click on the blue button, above right, to reserve your place.

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