Past Belonging Talks
Food, Migration, and Belonging: Sustainable Practices for Integrated Communities
The Oakland Bloom Kitchen: Nurturing Seeds of Memory and Resistance through Food and Culture
November 20, 2024 | Featuring Claudia Luz Suarez and Nicole Garcia, Oakland Bloom
From Memories to the Table: My Pontic Greek Family Journey
November 13, 2024 | Featuring Chef Panagiotis Karafoulidis, Founder of Gastro Routes in Thessaloniki, Greece
Culinary Sustainability as a Belonging and Resilience Practice for Syrian Refugees
October 9, 2024 | Featuring Susan Beth Rottmann, Zeynep Yılmaz Hava, and Nour Zanjer of the Food and Migration Research Team at Özyeğin University in Istanbul, Türkiye
Shared Paths: Co-Creating Workforce Integration and Belonging for Refugees and Communities
Share the Platform: Collaborative Strategies for Refugee Integration in Academia
May 9, 2024 | Featuring Alfred Babo and Anita Fábos, Co-Founders of Share the Platform
Liberating Language Skills: Critical Pedagogy for Refugee Empowerment in Employment
April 17, 2024 | Featuring Eliana Stanislawski, Newcomer Refugee ESOL Specialist
Pathways to Progress: Enhancing Employment Access and Economic Inclusion for Refugee and Immigrant Women
March 20, 2024 | Featuring Lourena Gboeah and Zuhal Salim, Upwardly Global
Other Past Talks:
Why Belonging Matters: Exploring Local Models of Integration
December 6, 2023 | Featuring Nichole Argo, Founder and Co-Director of the Needham Resilience Network and co-author of the Belonging Barometer Report
Compassion as Integration? Practitioners with Lived Experience
November 15, 2023 | Featuring Graeme Rodgers, Senior Researcher at the International Rescue Committee
The Messiness of Belonging: Experiencing my Multi-faceted Bosnian Refugee Identity
August 9, 2023 | Featuring Sandra Grudić, Doctoral Candidate in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University and Education Outreach Program Administrator at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
The Refugee Welcome Collective: Refugee Resettlement, Integration, and Community Engagement
April 12, 2023 | Featuring Brianne Casey, Resource and Learning Manager at the Refugee Welcome Collective
The deserving and the undeserving: Ukrainian migrants & Middle Eastern asylum seekers in Poland
March 1, 2023 | Featuring Elzbieta Gozdziak, Migration Scholar at Adam Mickiewicz University
Afghan Refugee Voices: What does belonging look like in host countries?
February 1, 2023 | Featuring Gaisu Yari, Project Director of Afghan Voices of Hope and Visiting Scholar with the Integration and Belonging Hub
Learning to Belong When No Place Feels Like Home: Experiences for LGBTQI Asylum Seekers and Refugees
November 16, 2022 | Featuring Craig Mortley, Forced Migration Practitioner and DEI Training Coordinator at the YWCA of Central Mass
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