MelissaNetwork @MelissaNetwork
Melissa Network of Migrant Women in Greece Greece Joined January 2017-
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#InternationalDayoftheGirl brings us an international award! 'Under the Lemon Tree' produced by our participants (#MelissaNetwork, #GlobalGirlMedia and #iMEdD collaboration) won the Audience Award in #GirlsVoicesforChange Awards! Congratulations to our amazing girls!
'How dare you – you have stolen my dreams and my childhood' Watch Greta Thunberg's powerful speech to world leaders at the UN
End of an era today--the refugee squat where I and fellow volunteers have been organizing weekly children's activities since March 23, 2016, was evicted this morning. Thinking of all the children who will be marked "absent" at school this morning. (photo credit: John Psaropoulos)
Announcing the 2019 #HiltonPrize recipient is @metadrasi! Learn more about this incredible #nonprofit supporting the reception and integration of #refugees, migrants and unaccompanied children throughout #Greece: hiltonfdn.org/33HmZ8Z #WomenHumanitarians #humanitarian
"In the midst of rising xenophobia, Melissa is a testament and a kind of prayer to the spirit of a country that has long welcomed refugees and migrants." - @nytimes Women in the World womenintheworld.com/2016/06/06/a-g… #refugeewomen #migrantwomen #empoweredwomen
Grateful to Peter Mishler and LIthub for this interview: lithub.com/a-e-stallings-…
Radio ⚡📻 then and now. 1994: A children-led programme, in the then-Yugoslavia, addresses the impact of war. 2019: “Dandelion,” an online radio show created by refugee and migrant children in #Greece, tackles racism and xenophobia. @UNICEF_ECA
See-Saw Diplomacy Lets People Play Together Along U.S. Border Wall n.pr/2GCFzp1
"Where will I stake a home? (You have a tent for now) Or at least a small shack (Along with four other families) And here I will raise a family (Don’t let them take your daughter)" youtube.com/watch?v=iD90Ub…
“Archive of over 1,000 hours of interviews with Palestinians who lived through the Nakba” middleeastmonitor.com/20190613-pales… via @MiddleEastMnt #forcedmigration #oral_history #archive #refugees
Racism in Europe: Migrants and refugees speak out visualstories.dw.com/discrimination…
“You are not really going to hear. No one hears. You are not really going to care. No one cares. But I will tell you my story anyway.” Heart-rending but brilliant write-up of @RefugeeTales by @GatDetainees in @TheEconomist. #migrantvoices econ.st/30XDRpO
Migrant women fleeing violence find beauty and healing in embroidery americamagazine.org/faith/2019/07/…
Jump in the ocean bravely. - poem by K. #melissanetwork #refugeewomen #poetry #womensart
“Migrant women come to Greece from all over the world, bringing stories of suffering and separation but also ideas, skills, talents, and hopes for the future.” -Nadina Christopoulou, Melissa Network cofounder in @amnesty #refugeewomen #empoweredwomen #melissanetwork #migrants
"When a father begins a journey into feminism, believing in the worth of his daughters, he can change his whole family’s future." What a beautiful piece from @ZiauddinY. m-gat.es/2Xd1A83
Happy Bday ! ✨#FridaKahlo una seca por donde se le mire 👏🏻
Italian judge orders release of ship captain who rescued refugees theguardian.com/world/2019/jul…
Today, solidarity is on trial. #CarolaRackete will be questioned in court at 15:30, in Agrigento. Being dragged through the courts for saving lives is absurd and outrageous. We stand with #Carola and the #SeaWatch3 crew #IoStoConCarola
Today, solidarity is on trial. #CarolaRackete will be questioned in court at 15:30, in Agrigento. Being dragged through the courts for saving lives is absurd and outrageous. We stand with #Carola and the #SeaWatch3 crew #IoStoConCarola
From @ae_stallings "Women from Afghanistan, Iran, and Tajikistan made collages and poems in our poetry class at the Melissa Network on Tuesday. 'Our childhood is the shadow of the future,' is one of the lines here." (📸: J. Psaropoulos) #melissanetwork #refugeewomen #arttherapy
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Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
Greta Thunberg hits back at Australian News Corp columnist Andrew Bolt for 'deeply disturbing' column bit.ly/2ZAFPMw
1830 sampler sewn by a young woman servant, UK, Elizabeth Parker recounting the abuse she suffered, indicating the vulnerability of young working-class women employed in households far from their families, and the power of needlework as a form of women’s writing #womensart
Australian Aboriginal artist Loongkoonan started painting at 95, and first exhibited her work at age 105 #womensart
Handkerchief featuring embroidered signatures of Frances Parker & 65 fellow suffragettes who were held at Holloway Prison, 1912, many of the women prisoners were repeatedly tortured for their cause #womensart
The children we care for never miss an opportunity to get involved in sports. This time they watched the game between @paobcgr & @promitheasbc at the finals of Basketball League at the #OlympicStadium of Athens. They had fun and learned some new tricks. #nochildalone #sports
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18th Century Greek embroidery (artist unknown) #womensart
“Nothing is absolute, everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away. ”~~#FridaKahlo pic.x.com/us84nbqyg6
“You deserve a lover who takes away the lies and brings you hope, coffee, and poetry.”~~ #FridaKahlo
'I was born a bitch. I was born a painter' Frida Kahlo, born on this day. #womensart (photograph by N.Murray)
Shamsia Hassani is the first well-known female street artist in Afghanistan who aims to subvert the perspective of Muslim women #womensart
Embroidered seascape by Peruvian born textile artist Ana Teresa Barboza #womensart
isn't this wonderful.
When prolific US quilter Margaret Hubl passed away in July, 2018 at the age of 89. to honour her memory all of the quilts she had ever made were displayed at her funeral #womensart
Thinking of immigrants who think more highly of America than many Americans, who want to belong to it. (I will not share photos of dead children, though I understand why people do.)
We too try to speak up whenever possible or impossible. Let's act together in solidarity! x.com/msf_sea/status…
We must not tolerate policies that knowingly cause harm. And we must not let anyone fool us into thinking that seeking protection is a criminal act, or that helping those in need is wrong. It is time to speak up! #refugeeday #worldrefugeeday
"On this day, we do not celebrate. We are reminded that there is no place for us in this world." A moving, intimate reflection on #WorldRefugeeDay by a young Palestinian born a #refugee in the Gaza Strip bit.ly/2J0mkGn #refugeeDay
Did you know that it was an all-white male panel discussing refugee women's vulnerabilities in the European Parliament that inspired @MinaHalabjai from @WRRoute to empower women in advocacy skills⁉️ Listen in the podcast below ⬇️ @EUPanelWatch @bxlbinder open.spotify.com/episode/702T6P…
Joy Harjo has been named U.S. Poet Laureate, becoming the first Native American person to ever hold the title: "I want to bring the contribution of poetry of the tribal nations to the forefront."
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