Successful Refugee Week concludes with ‘These Walls Must Fall’
Four hundred gather for arts event at Friends House
Four hundred people gathered at Friends House, London, last week for a high-profile arts event after a lively and successful Refugee Week.
‘These Walls Must Fall’ on 23 June brought together poets and musicians including Poetic Pilgrimage, a British Muslim hip-hop duo; JJ Bola, a writer and poet; the Nawi Collective, a black women’s vocal collective; and Selina Nwulu, a poet laureate for London.
The evening concluded a colourful week of vigils and activities held throughout the UK. Leeds Friends took part in a ‘Walk of Solidarity’, organised by Garforth Refugee Support Group, on 22 June.
Robert Keeble, from Leeds Meeting, told the Friend: ‘The purpose of the walk was to experience the challenges many asylum seekers have faced – their often long and arduous journey to safety.’
