Community as a Superpower
Refugee Week - 16-22 June 2025
We are proud to announce that we have been awarded ‘University of Sanctuary’ status in recognition and celebration of our values and the work we do to exemplify a commitment to welcome people seeking sanctuary.
The Sanctuary Award means Kent joins a list of other prestigious Universities of Sanctuary – including our partners through the Eastern Arc research consortium whose upcoming conference will focus on themes related to migration and movement.
The performance of ‘Unbox Me!’ is brought to us by Projekt Europa, hosted by the School of Arts and Architecture and exploring the boxes we encounter in life, the ones we pack, gift, tick, try to fit in, break out of.
As part of our continued commitment to our Sanctuary work, Dr Rachel Gregory Fox, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow writes about her recent series of workshops for students from Kent Refugee Action Network (KRAN) which focused on storytelling.
Join us at the Canterbury Cathedral to celebrate the power of community to bring people together who have fled from disparate parts of the world as a result of war, oppression, abuse or climate change.
Visitors to the Cathedral are invited to take part in a family-friendly trail exploring the Cathedral’s history and heritage as a place of refuge and sanctuary, pilgrimage, welcome, and healing
Throughout the week, there will be an exhibition of name boards displaying and memorialising the names of those who have died in Calais or at sea in the past few years.
Hosted by The Social Justice Network Kent Refugees Programmes, join for a fusion meal that offers a global take on British cuisine.