Compassion is Refuge: Join Us Live World Refugee Day

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On this World Refugee Day, we are holding space for the 120+ million people—human beings with hearts and minds, just like me, just like you—who have been forcibly displaced from their homes, lives, dreams, and those they love.


This means 1 in every 67 people on Earth is now forcibly displaced.

One in every 67 souls—whose stories are not only ignored or erased, but increasingly distorted, criminalized, and turned against them. And far too often, we are taught to dehumanize. And once we do, brutality becomes easier to justify.

This month, which holds both Pride Month and Refugee Awareness Month, we are reminding all who will listen that people are forced to flee war, fascist regimes, criminalized identities, and the violence sanctioned not only by states, but by neighbors, systems, and silence.

Heartbreakingly, unbearably, we are watching hateful narratives grow louder across the globe.

Refugees are being criminalized.
Families are being separated.
Entire communities are being disappeared.
We are told to look away.
We will not.

At Footage, we have never stopped walking alongside those forced to flee, those surviving violence, and those pushed to the margins.

For over 15 years—whether we’ve had resources or not—we have woken up every day with one mission: to show up, to lift up, to build, to love. Because we have seen that compassion is not a soft response—it is a strategy. For justice. For survival. For repair. And compassion is also refuge. And refuge is not only a place. It is a right. 

Please join us today at 10:00 AM ET on Instagram Live @footageproject as we reflect on this moment, share stories from our global work, and speak to what compassion can still make possible.

What we have already co-created—with you—will never be undone.

With deepest gratitude and unwavering conviction,
we remain yours—on this World Refugee Day, and always.

— All of us at Footage

Location: New York, NY, USA

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