Euro-Mernet Film Club: “The Priest’s Children

Dear friends, we have the pleasure of inviting you to the next film screening. On Tuesday 5th December, we will be screening “The Priest’s Children”, a social drama/comedy, telling the story of a small village in Croatia. The film has a satirical approach to community and faith relations and the stereotypes. The language is Croatian,…

Film Club: “The Other Side of Hope”

Dear friends, we have the pleasure of inviting you to the next film screening. On Tuesday, 7th November, we will be screening “The Other Side of Hope”, a drama and social comedy about the life of Syrian refugees in Helsinki, Finland. Here are a few comments/reviews on this film: “A deeply humane film, as well…

Poetry: Euro-Mernet at Homage to Brighton event

On Saturday, 30th September 2017, the Homage to Brighton event brought together poets, musicians and poetry & music lovers for celebrating our multi-cultural city and that always shows support and solidarity with the local and global communities. The event was planned to coincide with the poetry events series across the world throughout week, globally coordinated…

Action Day: Countering Hate Speech against Muslims

Dear friends, today marks the World Peace Day. The No Hate Speech Movement (NHSM) campaign of the Council of Europe observes this global occasion by launching another action day today. This time the theme is Action Day countering Hate Speech against Muslims. You can find the list of suggested actions here: http://nohatespeechmovement.org/hate-speech-watch/actionday On the NHSM…

Human Rights Day 2016 – Euro-Mernet actions

Despite the worrying news on human rights violations across the world continue to dominate the daily news, it is days of action like this that unite people and strengthen the spirit in defending human rights. Human Rights Day, that marks the launch of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations on 10th…

Project partnership news: Takeaway Heritage

Euro-Mernet and its project partner Refugee Radio have recently delivered a series of briefing and training sessions on their latest collective project, “Takeaway Heritage.” Project volunteers attended the briefing and training sessions with a view to explore the oral history memory collection and interviewing techniques. The Takeaway Heritage project is funded by Heritage Lottery Fund…

Euro-Mernet supports “No Hate Speech Movement”

Participants from Euro-Mernet attended a two-day campaign coordination meeting of the Council of Europe’s “No Hate Speech Movement” (NHSM), which was originally launched in 2012 by its youth division. The meeting took place in Strasbourg, France, from 9 to 11 November 2015 and it was attended by over 60 participants from many of the 47…

Refugee Week 2015: Voices, tastes and tunes united

On Thursday 18th of June 2015, Euro-Mernet organised an evening event in Brighton (U.K.) to mark the Refugee Week. The event took place at the popular venue Community Base and it was supported by the Refugee Radio and the Community Base. The event was attended by the members of the diverse communities from across Brighton…