Helsinki & online: Social work for Palestine
Welcome to a social work discussion event for Palestine. In the event, we will hear presentations about social work as part of Palestinian resistance in Libanon and social work in the West Bank. After the presentations social work professionals will discuss how promoting the rights of Palestinians is related to social work, and what Finnish social welfare professionals can do for Palestine.
đź“… Friday 7.2. at 17:30-19:30
📍 Tekstin Talo, Permantosali (Lintulahdenkatu 3, Helsinki), accessibility information tekstintalo.fi/tilat
Presentations by
-Evelina Sironen, social work doctoral researcher
-Nour Shehada, social worker and leader of a Palestinian social work organization Extreme Poverty Combat Association, KARAM
Speakers in the panel
-Koko Hubara, VTM, doctoral researcher, founding member for Jews for Justice in Palestine org and Sumud board member
-Sandra Hagman, AMK lector and social worker (PhD., VTM)
-Sofia Zidan, Finnish-Palestinian social worker
-Evelina Sironen, social work doctoral researcher.
The host of the panel is Inka Söderström, social work university teacher
Event organizers: Konflikti – Political social work network, Global Social Work ngo, Sumud – The Finnish Palestine Network
In the event you can buy coffee and pastries, and the income is donated to the Palestinian social work organization KARAM (Extreme Poverty Combat Association).
Both presentations will be in English. Otherwise the event is in Finnish.
