When
Friday, October 7, 2016
Schools & Students Check-In
9am to 11:30am
Adults, Families and Orgainzations check-in
5:15 pm - 6:30pm
Check-in will be located Lincoln Memorial Parking Lot.
Cost
Pre-Registration - $10
(Offer ends Thursday, October 8, 2015)
At the Door - $15
Payment Methods:
Online via Paypal and Credit Cards (follow register now link)
Checks payable to Global Human Project and mailed to 107 Crescent Ave. Louisville, KY 40206
Where
Big Four Bridge
Louisville Waterfront Park
601 River Rd
Louisville, KY 40202
Please note that check-in will be in the Lincoln Memorial Parking Lot.
For more information contact:
Jud Hendrix
Judhendrix@globalhumanproject.net
On Friday October 7, The Global Human Project will host the 2nd Annual “Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Migration Simulation,” a unique and dynamic learning experience providing a powerful glimpse into what many refugees and migrants endure when fleeing from their homes and living in a refugee camp. The two-hour experience cultivates global awareness and compassion through the practice of empathy and perspective-taking.
During the simulation, participants are divided into small family groups and given a new cultural identity, representing one of the region’s six main resettled refugee populations. These small groups then travel through the simulation where they will encounter the hardships that are common to refugees who live in camps.
The experience begins with participants fleeing their home country and encountering an obstacle course at their “national border." Those who successfully enter the new country will then proceed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees camp, where they will face the following challenges:
• registering their family as refugees
• getting a health examination
• obtaining and purifying water
• securing food at distribution area
• learning a new language
Each of these stations (which will be staffed by trained community volunteers) must be successfully navigated by participants, who might have to barter their few possessions, and/or evade security to avoid “jail” or being forced back to their home country.
The camp comes to a close with a resettlement interview. Because less than 1% of the 16.7 million refugees in the world are chosen for resettlement, almost every family will be informed that they are not eligible to be resettled in a third country and must return the camp. One family will be chosen to represent the 1% who will be resettled in a third country.
A debriefing, facilitated by trained staff from local refugee resettlement agencies, will conclude the Refugee Camp Simulation and allow participants the opportunity to reflect on their experience and share new insight.
Please note that the event is reserved from 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM for schools. The simulation will open again from 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM for adults, families and groups.
For more info contact, judhendrix@globalhumanproject.net
or Visit our Web Page GlobalHumanProject.Net
