Challenging Stereotypes - Refugee Week

A Human Library Event

When you think of refugees, do you see beyond stereotypes? Often, we imagine them only as victims or cultural clashes; but the fact is, most refugees are resilient, contribute to the community, and add to our cultural diversity.

Exciting news:

Azure Beach Public Library is hosting a Human Library Event for Refugee Week! Engage in insightful dialogue sessions as you "borrow" six human books of refugees, challenging stereotypes and understanding their journeys. Each book “borrow” session is 20 mins.

Let’s meet our human books:

• Aduc: Escaped Sudan's civil war, now a nurse and interpreter in Australia.

• Daniel: Ethiopian university teacher turned Australian permanent resident.

• Jean: Burundi to Australia via a Tanzanian refugee camp, TAFE student.

• Natalie Lobastov JP: Former Russian refugee, 2018 Australian of the Year nominee.

• Nazifa Ali: Afghanistan to Australia, bilingual community educator.

• Yuol Akoy Yuol: Fled Sudanese civil war, aspiring student at Charles Sturt University.

Save the date and join us for this unique and eye-opening experience!

Event Details 

Date: Saturday, 16 June 2024

Time:  2pm -5pm

Venue: Azure Beach Public Library, Library courtyard

Cost: Free but bookings are essential

Booking: Book via Eventbrite here 

Contact details:

Azure Beach Public Library

Telephone: (02) 9719 9179

Email: info@azurebeachlibrary.com.au

 

For more information please visit

 

Refugee Council of Australia

https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/

 

The Human Library Organisation

https://humanlibrary.org/

Created by LC

Refugee Week_A Human Library Event

"Window to the World"👀

- Refugee a Human Books at AB Library - 

We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming Refugee Human Books Event, hosted by Azure Beach Library in June.

Human Books Event:

The Human Books event is a unique and powerful form of communication where human books share their stories and engage in meaningful conversations with those eager to listen. Each human book brings their own distinctive experiences, knowledge, or perspectives, offering readers a chance to gain fresh insights. 

Refugee Human Books:

These Refugee Human Books event aims to foster understanding and break down biases by highlighting the stories of refugees. This event features human books who have experienced displacement, sharing their stories of refugee life, cultural backgrounds, and the challenges they've faced. You can borrow asylum seekers' human books and have conversations in real time.

Event details:

Date: Wednesday 21 June 2024

Time: 10.30 am to 12.30 pm

Location: AB Library Courtyard

Click here👈 to book

(Tickets - Registrations are welcome)

If you have a question, please contact us: 

event@azurebreachlibrary.com.au or (02)9999 8888

For further information; 

visit the Human Book Library or Refugee Council of Australia

By Jeannie CHO

Harmony week - A Human Library Event

Unjudge Multiculturalism - In Harmony!

Spend an evening with local ‘Human Books’ and share with them Australian multiculturalism.

Australia is one of the world’s most multicultural countries that today is considered a nation of migrants. Harmony Week is a celebration that recognizes diversity and bridge together Australian from all different backgrounds. It is about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone. Part of being a place that anticipates the community needs and interests, we believe it is time to celebrate Australian multiculturalism and the integration of migrants into our community. 

Save the date ! The library is hosting a Human Library event to be perform as part of the national Harmony Week Celebration.

 You are invited to “borrow” one of our five ‘human’ books for up to 20 minutes, to listen he/she experiences and stories, ask questions, and share your own experience if you wish. This one-on-one conversation event is an interactive way to share personal experiences with others fellow community members. Click here if you want to have more details about who are the books!

Read more about 👇

Human Library Organization: https://humanlibrary.org/
Harmony Week: https://www.harmony.gov.au/   

Refugee Stories - A Human Library Event

 REFUGEE STORIES - A HUMAN LIBRARY EVENT

When: Saturday 17th June at 10am until 4pm

Where: The forecourt of Azure Beach Library

Booking information:

Follow this link to the booking website www.example.com.au

A human library is an event or initiative where real people, referred to as "books," share their personal stories, experiences, and knowledge with others in a one-on-one or small group setting. It promotes dialogue, empathy, and understanding by breaking down stereotypes and fostering connections between diverse individuals.

This event aims to have people in the Azure Beach community "borrow" the surprise guest speakers and have people in the community ask these "books" appropriate questions about their experiences as refugees. This event will be held for World Refugee Day which is on the week of the 20th of June.

link to info about World Refugee Day

link to info about Human Libraries 

Contact information

Call Azure Beach Library at 02 9511 1114

or Come visit in person at 1 Sunshine Rd, Azure Beach, 2220

Reuben Fromant

Don't Judge a Book by its Cover - Finding Freedom

Refugee Week is celebrated around the country annually, providing the opportunity to acknowledge the success of refugees and humanitarian entrants in Australian society. This year’s theme is “Finding Freedom”.  In our June Human Library event we will have volunteers from the community that are refugees to participate and speak about their experiences. 

As Refugee Welcome Zone for refugees from Afghanistan, Iran, and Syria we will primarily have volunteers from these areas. They will talk about their reasons for leaving their homeland, whether political or religious beliefs, ethnicity, nationality, or membership of a particular social group, or because of war, natural disaster, or climate change. They will also explain the process of seeking asylum in Australia and how they came to be in Azure Beach. 

Some of them left behind family to seek a better life and ended up in refugee camps, others came with their whole families spent their life savings seeking freedom. Many arrived in Australia and still faced discrimination and were not accepted here. These talks will help to enlighten our community to the privilege we have of being born into this country, and how far people will go the find freedom. Come on in and "borrow" one of our "Human books" to find out someone else's story!

When: Thursday 22nd June 2023

Time: 4pm - 7pm

Where: Azure Beach Public Library, in the main library area

How to book: booking.com/abplrefugeeweekbooks

For more information on refugee week visit: https://www.refugeeweek.org.au/ 

To enquire or volunteer email us at: libraryevents@abc.gov.au

Lucy Sharkey

A World of Stories

We are surrounded by people of all walks of life and backgrounds.

In acknowledgement of Refugee Week - June 16th - June 22nd - and in partnership with The Human Library Organisation, Azure Beach Public Library is proud to present 'A World of Stories', our first human library event.

"Refugee Week is Australia’s annual activity to inform the public about refugees and celebrate positive contributions made by refugees to Australian society." - Refugee Council of Australia

📅Date:Thursday 20th June 2024, 1pm - 4.30pm
🏦Where: Azure Beach Public Library - Courtyard
🎫Book your session here

☎ Enquiries: Call us at (02) 1234 5678

The concept of a human library differs from other physical forms of library materials because the books in a human library are humans who can share their stories with users.

We will provide a safe space for ‘readers’ to speak and learn informally with a human ‘book’. Our ‘books’ are members of the local community and have experienced prejudice and discrimination during their lives because of their gender, appearance, culture, or religion.

You can ‘check out’ one of our volunteers for 20-25 minutes to talk and learn about their lives. Come have a conversation one-on-one with people from all over the world who have come to our country and community to seek a new life and the opportunities we are able to provide.

Light refreshments will be available.

For more information contact Kate Phillips, Library Technician at kate.phillips@azurebeachpubliclibrary.gov.au

Read a true story and begin to understand.

 

Read a true story and understand.

Photography by Fabio Bucciarelli

We invite you to join us at the Azure Beach Library for the extraordinary experience of our Human Library.

 In celebration of refugee week the Azure Beach Library will be having a Human Library event giving the community the chance to borrow one of our human books and have a face-to-face experience with a genuine refugee and gain a better understanding of their experience, bravery and struggles.

📌When:

Saturday 25th June 10am-2pm

📌Where:

Azure Beach Room in the Azure Beach Library

📌Who: Our Human Books include Craig Foster, Behrouz Boochani, Arad Nik and Najeeba Wazefadost 

📌Bookings can be made through Eventbrite.

https://www.refugeeweek.org.au/refugee-week-theme-2022

Belinda Fielding

We Are Australians

In recognistion of Refugee Week, Azure Beach Public Library is proud to be hosting a human library event. Azure Beach has undertaken a commitment to become a Refugee Welcome Zone for refugees from Afghanistan, Iran and Syria.

Come and borrow any of the "books" for a 1 on 1 conversation and learn about their life experiences. Discover what it's like living in Australia as a refugee.

When: 25 June 2022

Time: 11am to 1pm

Venue: Azure Beach Library Courtyard

Booking required

Email: RSVPhumanlibrary@azurebeachpubliclibrary.gov.au

or call us on (02) 9717 ####. 

Meet our books:

Ali

(Smile, taken by Ali Burçin Titizel: https://flic.kr/p/9xmFao)

Hossein

Helma

Sabira

What is a human library?

It's a movement that aims to address people's prejudices by helping them to talk to those they would not normally meet. It uses a library analogy of lending people rather than books. It started in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2000, and is now being adopted by libraries in Australia.

"Human Library at University of Essex" by University of Essex is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Human Library Australia

Mathias Barrera

Azure Beach - Human Library

The Human Library - You Are (Not) Alone

Date: 21/06/22 | 24/06/22

Times: 2:00PM - 3:30PM and 4:00PM - 5:30PM

Place: Azure Beach Library - Group Study Room

For futher information and bookings, contact 02 xxxx xxxx or ask in library.

Feeling lost? A stranger in a land where everything is different? 

We're here to help. To commemorate Refugee Week, Azure Beach Library is proud to announce its human library event featuring speakers from refugee backgrounds.

What is the human library?

The human library is an event where people from the community can borrow a person's time to ask and learn all about their experiences.

Ever wonder about what it's like to flee a war-torn country? or how to start over from nothing? or maybe what's the better sauce, tomato or BBQ?

At the human library, you can ask all these and more (well maybe not the last one).

Interested? Be sure to book, places fill up fast!

Want to know more?

Human Library

https://humanlibrary.org/

Refugee Week
https://www.refugeeweek.org.au/

T.Phung