We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and to the future. (Frederick Douglass)
Break the Isolation - Refugee Summer Camp, 2012
From 23 August - 02 September 2012 in Thueringen, Germany.
From Thueringen/Germany we are calling on refugee activists to join us to organize together, the first refugee summer camp from 23 August to 02 September 2012. These 10 days working camp of actions and solidarity will feature discussions and exchange of experiences on various aspects of refugee lives in Germany. Refugee activists from concrete struggles across the country against the continued colonial injustice and the war on migration spearheaded by the hawks of Fortress Europe will be attending.
We are continuing to build on our struggle for self-empowerment and solidarity in Germany and we will be highlighting the intersection of our local and national issues with events at the international level including the devastating intervention of the West in our home countries.
We hope to reiterate our belief in the autonomy of our struggle for humanity, care, solidarity and justice with basic human decency that has increasingly become a premium and a rarity in the so-called ‘developed countries’. We expect this basic camp understanding to strengthen our political struggles for self-determination and further our resistance against the all forms of refugee isolation in Germany.
We will engage all refugee communities in Germany to continue to expose the abuse of refugees in this country and the hypocrisy that is the norm here. We want to continue to show that the era of silence over injustice and greed is over with the power of international solidarity in our communities, and to challenge all well meaning individuals and groups to stand up for justice and humanity by showing solidarity with refugee struggles here in Germany.
We know that not only do they want to oppress us, they also want to tell our story, but as long as we have our voices, we will speak for ourselves; about our past, what we are experiencing now and what we make of the future.
Contact: Osaren Igbinoba
Phone: +49 (0) 176 24568988
The VOICE Refugee Forum Jena
Schillergäßchen 5, 07745 Jena,
E-Mail: thevoiceforum@gmx.de
http://thevoiceforum.org