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Refugee Week Radio 2008 ~ Schedule
Scroll down or click on the links below for daily programme information.

Monday 16th June  ~  Tuesday 17th June  ~  Wednesday 18th June  ~  Thursday 19th June  ~  Friday 20th June   
Saturday 21st June  ~  Sunday 22nd June
 
Highlights:
~ Interview:  Journalists Rachel Stevenson and Harriet Grant about their film 'The Resistance:  On The 
   Deportation Frontline'
 (GuardianFilms) (Click here to listen)
~ Rosemary Donga interviews Lindiwe Tsele about being a refugee in London in the 1960s (Click here to listen)
~ Mentoring: a refugee and her mentor talk about their experiences (Click here to listen)


Monday 16th June

6pm 

Opening programme: 
Welcome to Refugee Week Radio
Including an interview with Rachel Stevenson and Harriet Grant about their film The Resistance:  On The Deportation Frontline (GuardianFilms)
 

7pm 

Magazine programme from community organisations and refugee support organisations
 

7.30pm

Celebrating Sanctuary  
Reports and highlights from Celebrating Sanctuary at the South Bank in London, plus news of  arts and music events coming up around the country throughout the week
 

Tuesday 17th June

6pm RWRadio live!  
With Cathy Aitchison and Jacqueline Grant
 
7pm Community magazine programme, including:
- Festivals and celebrations in Southall from the Panjabi Centre
- Lewisham Refugee Network
With Jacqueline Grant
 

7.30pm

London Literature Lounge presents Writers' Junction
Hosted by Anjan Saha
Anjan Saha presents his usual eclectic bag of poetry, philosophy and music; this year featuring new Contemporary Writing from Shepherds Bush Writers' Junction. 
 

Wednesday 18th June

6pm

Luso London 
Aida Lomba and Vânia Mendes bring you the highlights of the week, views and news, community events, great music and much much more… 
 

7pm

Outerglobe/World Music 
DJ Debbie (Golt) presents fresh global music vibes on CD and interviews and talks to people in her area from different communities - especially Somali, Congolese and Kurdish - about arts matters and burning day to day issues. 
 

8pm

Arts and community programme  
Poetry, drama and readings, including:
- readings from some of London's new writers 
- Rosemary Donga interviews Lindiwe Tsele 
  

Thursday 19th June

6pm RWRadio live!  
With Navdeep Grewal and members of the PEARLS training course for women
Including
- interviews with members of the imMEDIAte learning partnership on training women in media
- a report on Somali books in Ealing Libraries  
 
7pm Magazine programme from community organisations and refugee support organisations including:
~ Denise Naldrett from Barnardo's Apex Project with unaccompanied young asylum seekers 
 
7.30pm Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith 
Including 
- music, reports and interviews from around the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith
- a recording of the play Riders To The Sea, by J M Synge
With Richard Ellis, Joanna Ing and Olly Jones
  

Friday 20th June ~ World Refugee Day

6pm

RWRadio live!
With Rosemary Laryea  
Including interviews with volunteers at the British Red Cross and at Spare Room 
 

7pm

 

Magazine programme and items from community organisations and refugee support organisations
 

7.30pm

The MASBRO CENTRE : "A MICROCOSM OF THE WORLD ALL UNDER ONE ROOF"
The Masbro Centre may be in a quiet side street in Hammersmith, but it's a hub of community and learning activity. Members and staff hail from all parts of the world with feisty opinions and great stories to tell. Join us! 
 

Saturday 21st June

4pm

Arabic Culture Show 
With Susan Fayyad 

 

5pm

Magazine programme and items from community organisations and refugee support organisations.  Including contributions from: 
~ the Employability Forum and from a refugee teacher
~ Awaz FM in Glasgow and Refugee Radio in Brighton
  

5.30pm

Arts programme
Music, literature and arts events from around the country, including:
~ poetry from Abdullahi Botan, Soohan Somali Arts, and Rob Inglis, Musical Flying Squad
~ Sundra Lawrence, Write Lines, and poets from Harrow schools
 

Sunday 22nd June

2pm

RWRadio live!
With Charles Ogunnowo 
Charles presents a few thoughts and opinions from the streets of Thornton Heath.
  

3pm

Camden Unlocked  
Magazine programme from Camden Community Radio  
Camden Unlocked looks at aspects of "Different Pasts, Shared Future" from the perspective of some of the "new British". Many Camden people are relatively recent arrivals themselves. This explores aspects of what they share with refugees.
 

4pm

Refugee Week Roundup - closing programme from Refugee Week Radio, with highlights from programmes and events which took place across the airwaves and around the country during Refugee Week 2008
With Rosemary Laryea.
 

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