Lindormsgatan 42
50644 Göteborg
Sweden
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River of Light is an NGO set up by 3 founding members in 2018 to provide an inclusive civic arts intervention which culminates on 20 February (UN's World Day of Social Justice), in a large scale event in the heart of Gothenburg city. The organization was created in the belief that creativity & working with artists can accelerate the process of integration especially amongst unaccompanied minors and their Swedish peers. There is a part-time coordinator & artists are employed on a project by project basis. The programme is supported by Göteborg Stad and VG Regionen & various trusts & foundations c 200, 000 sek per year/project. ROL works on artistic projects in partnership with institutions including the World Culture Museum , Gothenburg University, Röhsska Museum, community organisations Blå Stället, Frölunda Kulturhus, Support Group network & with formal and informal education providers, offering inclusive workshop experiences.
River of Light (ROL) is a non-profit association.
ROL is an independent, non-political and non religiously affiliated association and its mission is to provide opportunities for innovative, creative and social engagement. The vision is for an inclusive society where there is respect for difference and everyone lives equally and free from discrimination. The project was created in the belief that creativity and working with artists can accelerate the process of integration especially amongst unaccompanied minors and their Swedish peers.
It is home to a diversity of people and ideas, ROL reflects a spirit of inclusiveness, a global perspective, and the cultivation of integrity, compassion, civility and ethical behavior as foundational to living well together.
The main activities are workshop based (for example lantern -making) which serve as meeting points in the community for new arrivals and Swedish young people and families, and use art as a tool to break the boundaries of language, geography, cultural divisions and thereby bring people of all kinds of backgrounds together who would not normally meet. ROL works in partnership with arts institutions, in community settings and in informal and formal educational settings to introduce new and sustainable ways of working.
ROL also offers training days for students in higher education and teachers, and training and work opportunities for artists from a range of cultural backgrounds making them more visible to the arts and arts education sectors.
We believe we can contribute to the Network's aim of creating a culture of dialogue and exchange and have resources, skills and cultural capital to share with the other members in order to bring about much needed change. We have been working effectively in partnership with Rasha Shaaban and other colleagues at the World Culture Museum to make a positive impact in the city and region over the last couple of years and this more formal relationship would make our partnership more strategic and influential, especially now in response to Black Lives Matter. We could also contribute in practical ways by providing workshop experiences for members, by speaking at conferences or hosting networking events.
We recognise that there is a long way to go, and that we have a responsibility and desire to contribute to a larger network in order to bring about positive change more rapidly.
ROL shares the strategic vision and organisational values (empathy, inclusivity and creativity) of the foundation.
ALF will provide ROL with new regional contacts and opportunities which will add to our own growing network
ALF will give ROL a more global perspective and reach and the potential to work internationally.