May Days are always something that really stands out to me as being quite lovely where we leave the building. We walk through the town centre. We have a picnic. We give out food. We talk to random passers-by about what May Day is and how to celebrate that, and just how to include the community a little bit more. Erik Rattus Being part of the Bradford Aid for Kosovo’ was a really good way to meet people from all different cultures and communities across Bradford, to go and speak to other groups about what was happening in there, to listen to other people’s personal stories, to get a real understanding of what life is like as an asylum seeker. Lucy Llewellen I will be doing my Staying Party, because I will not get deported because I stayed as a refugee for five years. So I’ll be here for another five years, which is good. I will be celebrating that in the end of November ... So I will make the food, and I will be talking about being in the system … and also, the right wing movement and stuff like that. I thought it would be a really good thing to talk about, you know, coming from a person with lived experience. And also, again, it’s very strange because I’m not like other people, like, you know, who lives in the hotel and things like that … So I thought me talking about it would be quite interesting. Penny Moe
PART TWO: A PLACE OF COMMUNITY
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