On Friday, February 1, the solidarity days 'Here we just want to be human' began with a double act that took place at Luzzy.
They are organized by Círculo de Silencio and other NGOs such as the Refugium Project and the Friends of Ritsona Association, together with the Cartagena Think Program of the Department of Culture with the collaboration of the Department of Social Services of the City of Cartagena.
The first event was the inauguration of the exhibition 'Refugees: Data and stories for a contranarrative', in the Exhibition Hall of the Cultural Center, where you can visit until February 8.
The act was presented by the Councilor for Education of the City of Cartagena, Mercedes García, who was accompanied by Natalia Moraes, academic coordinator of the Refugium Project and professor of the Department of Sociology at the University of Murcia, Antonio Sicilia, of the Circle of Silence of Cartagena , and Joaquín Sánchez, from Amigos de Ritsona.
The Refugium Project (developed by the Department of Sociology of the University of Murcia and financed by the Erasmus + Program) and the Friends of Ritsona Association organize the exhibition that arises from the question: What do we know about the refuge ?, to which they invite respond with an exhibition built from works and stories that emerge from the background of the experience of refugees.
Photographs, drawings and comics made in different fields of Greece that, accompanied by rigorous data, allow demolish myths and false beliefs about forced migrations and build a counter-narrative focused on empathy, solidarity and the defense of human rights.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena