REFUGE, JOURNEY, AND COMPASSION SALON ON NOVEMBER 21 FOLLOWING 8PM PERFORMANCE OF WHITE PEARL AT STUDIO THEATRE.

November 21, 2019

This Refuge, Journey, and Compassion Salon focuses on migrants and refugees who face being separated from their home cultures and being outsiders in new communities.  In particular, we will look at migrants both as sufferers of displacement as well as courageous individuals who take control of destiny in the face of substantial risks.   The conversation will seek to highlight opportunities to succor the estranged and shift the portrayals of those who migrate.  The discussion will focus on the definitions of national identity and how those interact with - and hopefully transcend - race, ethnicity, and - given the premise of the play White Pearl - skin color. This conversation will also be framed by the end of the so-called “White Australia” policy and the vibrant multicultural society of Australia today.