APU Gallery

Do you find refugee issues difficult to understand?

Since 2018, "Create a World Without the Need for the Word 'Refugee'" has sponsored an annual refugee photo exhibition at APU. Our goal in holding this event is to create a place to think together with many people in the same space on an ongoing basis about refugee issues, which are complicated and difficult to understand. This year, due to the impact of the novel coronavirus, the exhibition will be held online, and we will add events on a larger scale to work with people from Japan and around the world to solve the refugee problem.

Create a world without the need for the word “refugee” Vol.3
-Carrying out our mission

This year's refugee photo exhibition, "Create a World Without the Need for the Word 'Refugee' Vol. 3 - Carrying Out Our Mission," is our third exhibit. Our vision for holding this event is that attendees will learn about life's ambitions from refugees who are striving to rush forward and create new lives for themselves through pure determination and from those who support them. In learning, attendees will discover a new self and a new era, and will build new paths towards solving refugee issues.

We are planning to hold the "Online Refugee Photo Exhibition" a total of six times on three themes. We are also planning to hold five "Guest Talks" by four individuals involved in various aspects of the refugee problem, and a "Children's Talk" for elementary school children to learn about the world. We hope to connect with those who are interested in refugee issues, and also with those who know nothing about the problem at all yet.

Photo Exhibition & Opinion Exchange Meeting

Part 1: “Refugee Issues in Japan and Myanmar, Inheriting the Aspirations of Sadako Ogata”
Part 2: “Refugee Issues in South Sudan and Syria, Inheriting the Aspirations of Chiune Sugihara and Others”
Part 3: “Refugee Issues in Venezuela and Afghanistan, Inheriting the Aspirations of Dr. Tetsu Nakamura”

Guest Talks (to be held in Japanese)

Guest Talks 1 and 2

Japan Association for Refugees (Certified NPO)

Guest Talk 3

WELgee (NPO)

Guest Talk 4

Entrepreneurship Support Program for Refugee Empowerment (Public Service Corporation)

Guest Talk 5

Following in Dr. Tetsuo Nakamura's Footsteps

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