Hola amigos de El Futuro 💡
Get ready for your weekly dose of seeds and sunbeams that I've discovered or re-visited over the last week. Enjoy this mix of treats, tools and thoughts - this week with a leaning towards refugee topics - it is Semana del Refugiado ¡después de todo!
1. What I'm gifting: Jaz O'Hara's new book 'Asylum Speakers: Stories of Migration from the Humans Behind the Headlines' - After working with Jaz on Season 6 of her podcast of the same name, I was thrilled to attend her book launch this Wednesday to celebrate this remarkable book, published by Penguin Random House. Buy one copy for yourself and buy another for your Primary School - this is a book that every classroom must have. Do so and we have the chance to raise a generation equipped with understanding and compassion for people on the move.
2. What I'm getting to my inbox: Mostrador de oportunidades y El florecimiento - These two weekly newsletters are a great place to keep tabs on jobs, grants, awards and scholarships related to social impact. I've been receiving both for many months now. You'll have to skim quickly through Mostrador de oportunidades para encontrar listados que sean realmente relevantes e interesantes para usted; El florecimiento es más denso y mucho más nutritivo.
3. What I'm sharing: Re-Rooted, Historias de refugiados que vuelven a empezar - Continuing the refugee theme, I'm very happy to be sharing this new exhibition from Comic Relief which we released this week at La Torre Oxo en Londres y en línea. The official blurb: "Bienvenido a esta celebración de la fuerza, el apoyo y el sentido del humor que hacen falta para rehacer tu vida en el Reino Unido. Es una colección de historias sobre siete viajes individuales. Sobre lo que costó llegar hasta aquí y el nuevo viaje que cada persona ha emprendido desde que llegó." Interested in cool digital tools for online story-telling? Check out https://shorthand.com/, used for Re-Rooted's digital edition.
4. What I'm reading: Solomon's coverage of the Pylos shipwreck in Greece - The world quickly turned its attention away from the tragedy off the coast of Pylos, with news organisations spending more news hours on the Titan submersible tragedy. True to form, however, Solomon's investigative reporting does an excellent job shining the spotlight on the responsibilities of the Greek authorities. Read also their accompanying article "Sólo 0,07% de los 819 millones del presupuesto fronterizo con Grecia se destinan a búsqueda y salvamento".
5. What I'm buying: Lush's Refugee Week Bath Bomb in collaboration with Refugee Action - Lush es una de mis empresas favoritas por muchas razones: sus lengüetas dentales, postura vegana, activismo animal, enfoque antisocial de los medios de comunicación y concesión de subvenciones. Now they've gone another step and partnered with the brilliant Refugee Action for a refugee week special. Get yourself to one of their high street shops to buy a fantastic solidarity bath bomb!
That's it for this week. Please let me know your thoughts and feedback - and send anything you think should be included in upcoming weeks my way.
