Do you know who your neighbours are ?

Did you know that 7.8% of Pearl Cove's population are made up of residents that have fled from worn torn country's? 

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Did you also know that 7.8% of the population of Pearl Cove are made up of residents from war torn countries such as Syria and Iran?

 Both of these countries hold one of the largest populations of refugees. There are 6.6 million million refugees in Syria alone. Syria's refugee crisis remains the world's largest refugee displacement crisis of our time. Pearl Cove prides itself on their commitment to becoming a Refugee Welcome Zone for refugees from Iran and Syria. Pearl Cove Library will be celebrating Refugee Week (20th June-26 June) by holding the first ever Humans Library event featuring Syrian and Iranian Refugee residents from our own community. Lets drop the stigma with refugees and make them feel welcome into our community by listening to their stories and having meaningful conversations. Get to know your neighbours and join in the Refugee Week Humans Library event. 

https://tinyurl.com/3zp5x8ku

Don't know what a Humans Library event is?

Ever wanted to ask questions about what the life of a refugee is like but were to scared to ask or just haven't got the chance to ? With our humans library event you can do just that. A humans library event is where you as the 'reader' get to 'borrow' people as 'books' for a specific set of time and have a meaningful discussion in that time frame to ask all of your pressing questions. We have 4 interesting titles for readers to choose from and 20 minutes of borrowing time. 

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Please join us for Refugee Week at Pearl Cove Library and book in a spot at our Humans Library event and get to know your fellow refugee neighbours one on one. There's only 25 seats available! There's also a free lunch included! 

Event Details

                  💬When: June 20th, Sunday 2021

🕜Time: 11am-3:30pm

🏠Where: Pearl Room,

                               Pearl Cove Library 

                           20 Malvern Road

                            Pearl Cove, 2155 

🎫Bookings: Please click on the image below to book a spot. For further information or questions please contact our number (02) 4515 5301 or email us at pearlcovelibrary@hotmail.com

To find out more about Refugee Week, visit https://www.refugeeweek.org.au/

To find out more about Refugees in Australia visit, https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/

To find out more about Human Library's, visit https://www.humanlibraryaus.org/

                                         Anna Vakauta, BSBLIB503 Assessment 3, Friday Class.