A Little Something: Here and there

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Here and there

The A Little Something crew has had a particularly busy spring. Starting on Saturday, we'll be participating in the World Threads II exhibit at TACtile Arts in Denver. Join us this Saturday, April 24, at 2:00 p.m., or stop by and see our display and sale items through May 28.

TACtile Textile Arts Center
Tamarac Square

7777 East Hampden Avenue Suite #114

Denver, Colorado 80231
Located inside the mall atrium, lower level

720.524.8886

info@tactilearts.org
http://www.tactilearts.org/gallery.html

World Threads, Preserving Fiber Traditions is an exhibit of traditional textiles, basketry and beadwork from developing countries in Africa, South and Central America, and Southeast Asia shared by local collectors. In addition to the exhibit, this show will include a sale of traditional crafts and textiles from around the world to benefit local humanitarian assistance organizations that support the creation and preservation of the fiber arts in developing countries.

Special Saturday presentations
May 1, 8, 15 & 22

The 12 participating organizations will present information about their projects in developing countries. Six locally based, humanitarian groups will have handcrafted fiber art from around the world for sale to support their work.

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What is a Refugee?

A refugee is a person who has had to flee his or her country of origin due to a well-founded fear of persecution due to war, race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, political opinion, or association with a particular group. The United Nations must formally identify a displacement situation and declare it is legitimate in order for the population involved to be given refugee status. Ideally, refugees would be able to return home after conflict passes, but in most cases, this day never materializes.

When the United Nations determines there is no reasonable expectation that repatriation is possible, refugees are resettled elsewhere. Currently, there are more than 32.8 million asylum seekers, refugees, and internally displaced persons of concern to the UNHCR (the UN's refugee agency). Of these 33 million, 50,000 refugees are resettled in the United States annually--more than in all other resettlement sites combined.

In addition to the USA, 15 other UN member nations accept refugees for resettlement, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Other countries may consider resettlement petitions on a case by case basis, normally because of family reunion or strong cultural links.

Escaping conflict is just the first step in starting over; refugees face immense challenges throughout the resettlement process as they attempt to negiotiate a new language, new culture, and often harsh economic realities. In the US, refugees are expected to achieve 100% self-sufficiency within 4-to-8 months after arrival in this country. Could you do it?

Learn more.

UNHCR: The United Nations' Refugee Website. Everything you ever wanted to know about refugees and their situation worldwide.
Rain in a Dry Land, a PBS/POV documentary film by Anne Makepeace
A short book offering insight into the cultural background of the Somali Bantu
The Somali Bantu profiled in-depth in the UNHCR magazine
Learn about Htee's loom Information about backstrap looms, including how they're made and where they're used
The Burmese Karen: Who they are--a BBC report
Everything about the Karen People: An Adobe Acrobat PDF file

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Here and there

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