Activists and refugees joined hands to repair bicycles last Sunday in front of tent camp Heumensoord. This joint action aimed to tackle the mobility problem of refugees residing in Heumensoord. Because the camp is located 8 km away from the city center of Nijmegen and no other transportation is provided for the dwellers of Heumensoord, cycling… Continue reading Bicycle Repair Day at Heumensoord
On Saturday, a big crowd gathered in Amsterdam as a counter-demo to a Pegida demonstration. Fortunately, their demo was blocked pretty successfully and they could not move. Let’s keep on taking solidarity to the streets like this! Let’s show that discrimination & racism are not ok!
I’d be so glad to stay here after I get my permit, not here in the camp, but in Nijmegen We meet Manar, a young Syrian man in his twenties, in the restaurant of tent camp Heumensoord. His long black hair falls gently over his shoulders and a white smile appears under his mustache. Manar… Continue reading Sound engineer from Syria hopeful for a new beginning in the Netherlands
http://www.platformtegenvreemdelingenhaat.nl/archief/vluchtelingen-welkom-racisme-niet/ English Many people are presently fleeing terrible wars, poverty and oppression, however, Pegida is abusing this tragedy to sow hate and fear against entire communities. They are calling for a demonstration on February 6 in Amsterdam against the ‘Islamization of Europe’. This is taking place in the same month that we commemorate the February… Continue reading Demo: Refugees welcome- racists not welcome. In Amsterdam (Sat., 13:00)
Date: 28th January, 2016 Time: 18:30 hours Place: De Klinker, Van Broeckhuysenstraat 46, Nijmegen In this talk I wish to share my diary notes(based on my own struggles and 2 seminars I attended last year) on reflections of other activists and academics who are part of different social movements in various places – (be it… Continue reading This thursday: Academia and Activism -Cross-Border Emotionalities and Solidarities
What does justPeople mean to you? In today’s post, one of us justPeople-people tells the personal story of how it all began. The world is coming to us I am a human Geography student. I learn about the world around us: the beautiful things, the amazing things but also the ugly things. A lot of… Continue reading Tea, coffee and a smile
Bring your ideas and laptops and let’s get active! Cook and enjoy good food, have a drink, exchange ideas, work on projects, learn about what we are doing, meet interesting people, talk about local and global issues and get involved. Refugees welcome! 18:00 come and help cooking! 19:00 start time.
Regularly, we visit the refugee camp Heumensoord with some coffee and tea. We wouldn’t have met a lot of the people who now are “justPeople” without this meeting point. We are there because we care. If you don’t have a bike, it can easily take an hour and a half to walk into the city… Continue reading We are there because we care
On a foggy day like these, when you go outside and want to crawl back into your house instantly, I think of a day at the camp on the 18th of october. We went to set up our coffee and tea stand in Heumensoord. Do you remember? It was when we had those really stormy… Continue reading 3000 people, one camp, 8 people in one bunk bed room. Outside it’s rainy and cold. What would you do?
Hi there, we’ll be serving some homemade tea & coffee today again in front of camp Heumensoord. Come round if you wanna have some hot drink and a chat. This blog is also your blog and we happily introduce you into how you can use it if there’s something you want to say. See you!… Continue reading Coffee & tea stand today 5th of January 14:00 at the camp!
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