At dawn, that July 8th, it was thundering somewhere in the woods loud enough to wake us. That is when I moved to my shelter, next to the freezer, where the thickest wall was. During those few days, we ran so many times towards that thick wall in the house, and while running we used […]
We are absolutely disgusted that a bag of pig entrails was left at the Srebrenica genocide memorial on Orthodox Christmas Eve followed by the singing of fascist songs. This stands in contrast with the true meaning of Christmas, being that of love and unity. This vile, Islamophobic behaviour is not an isolated event, but comes […]
The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) ICMP works with governments, civil society organizations, justice institutions, international organizations and others throughout the world to address the issue of people who have gone missing as a result of armed conflict, human rights abuses, disasters, organized crime and other causes. The only international organization exclusively dedicated to this issue, ICMP develops […]
Day 1: Conflict Memory & Education - a 10 day programme of conversations including @PaulJReilly @decenteredmedia @ksadique1 @pv11Panos @Combat_Films @VinceBevan @leicsparta @robtmcneil @srebrenicahasan #ConflictMemory https://t.co/BWFhHI32oF
#OTD in 1993, Srdjan Aleksić intervened when he saw fellow Serbian soldiers beating his Bosniak Muslim neighbour, Alen Glavović. Sadly, because he intervened the soldiers then turned on him, leaving him so badly beaten that he fell into a coma. His heroic act saved Alen’s life.
These words by the young poet Amanda Gorman at the #InaugurationDay are a good reminder to us all. It takes bravery to be the light in the darkest of days.
“For there is always light, If only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it.”