An interview with Amal

Amal in Alþingi!

Amal Tamimi

Landneminn member and alternate MP for the Social Democrats Amal Tamimi became the first foreign-born woman in the history of the Icelandic parliament today.
Sitting in for Lúðvík Geirsson, Amal came to Iceland some 16 years ago from Palestine, and has been an Icelandic citizen since 2002.
Speaking to Morgunblaðið, she said that her first arrival in Iceland had been very difficult, working everywhere from cleaning services to fish factories. However, Amal soon became active in immigration issues in Iceland, working for the immigrant help centre Alþjóðahúsið. She is one of the founding members of Women Of Multicultural Ethnicity Network, and is today the director of the Equality Centre in Hafnafjörður.
When asked for her feelings on being in parliament, she said, "There's excitement, there's fear, there's satisfaction, there's honour, there's all kinds of feelings."
Amal says her first order of duty will be to focus on the interests of minorities, among them immigrants, the disabled, and the gay community.

Grapevine.is

Multi-cultural society conference in Akranes

Dear friends!
The Red Cross in Akranes is holding a conference on the 4th and 5th of November 2011 titled The multi-cultural society – challenges and benefits!
On the 5th November, Akranes will be celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Festival of Nations – West Iceland, which is part of its annual cultural festival (Vökudagur) during the first week of November. The theme this year of Vökudagur is Multi-culturism. At the end of the conference guests will have the chance to participate in the festival.
The Festival of Nations is an annual event, last year we had more then 25 booths introducing different cultures, food and projects related to multi-culturism. There was also an impressive entertainment programme of international dancing and singing. More than 100 volunteers of foreign and Icelandic origin worked hard to organise it and over 1,500 visitors attended.
Our mission now is to connect to as many people as possible who are interested in and developing a multicultural society, who would like to take part in this free conference.
The agenda is not finalised, but our proposed agenda is: Day 1. would concentrate on the ideologies behind immigration policies and government immigration policy matters in general with keynote speakers from overseas and Iceland. The second day will focus on the local community and the challenges multi-cultural societies face and the benefits multiculturalism can bring to Iceland and other countries.
Anna Lára, Shyamali and Krystyna.
Akranes Red Cross Society.

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Day of Non Violence / Dagur án ofbeldis / Dzień bez przemocy

We encourage all to take part in the Human Peace Sign at Klambratún on Sunday 2nd October at 8 pm. Day of Non Violence

The 2nd of October is Mahatma Gandhi´s birthday. This day is the United Nation´s Day of Non Violence, dedicated to the struggle for an existence without violence. On this occasion Samhljómur menningar heima (Convergence of Cultures) in cooperation and many organizations will help to form a big Human Peace Sign on Klambratún (see the attached poster in Icelandic and English)

The motto of the day this year is: “Let´s learn to resist the violence within ourselves and around us”

The aim of this day is to emphasize the need to deal with violence at it´s roots and point out that violence is a basic problem in to-day´s world. Violence is not only physical appearing in wars and physical fighting – it also appears as economic violence, psychological, religious, sexual and racial violence. Open and sincere communication and the golden rule of treating others as we want them to treat us should help us to ovecome the violence and move us nearer to our aim of an existence  without violence.

All organizations and individuals are encouraged to make this day an occasion to support this struggle. Organizations are encouraged to work on this theme in accordance with their sphere of work and individuals are encouraged to reflect on the violence as it manifests within ourselves and in our personal life.

This event is totally self-sustained, the selling of torches covers the cost of organization and all work is on voluntary basis and tools and equipment is provided by supporting individuals and other supporters like Seglagerðin Ægir, Tæki.is og Mannréttindaskrifstofa Reykjavíkurborgar. Volunteers from the Reykjavík section of the Red Cross help in case of accidents in handling the fire.

Seeds, organization of volunteers, will offer hot chocolate and link it with a game of quotations of Gandhi. After the formal ceremony there will be various happenings, improvised and prepared. Buddists from the organization SGI Iceland will chant and members of Við erum Litháar, will do a symbolic act of “laying down of arms” and people are encouraged to bring war toys, guns and such that can be use for this demonstration.

Participants are free to advertise the event in the media if they have financial means or will to do so.

This is the 3rd year of the Human Peace Sign. It started as an event in “The World March for Peace and Non Violence” and it has now become a yearly event.

In the first year 2009 the main speaker was from Samhljómur menningarheima (Convergence of Cultures), last year the Indian Ambassador held the main speech and this time the main speaker - Harpa Stefánsdóttir - comes from Samtök Hernaðarandstæðinga (an organization against wars).

We encourage all to take part in this peaceful event,

For the preparation team,

Ragnar Sverrisson

The supporting participants of this event are:

AUS, ESN, FFWPU, Húmanistaflokkurinn, Ísland Panorama, Kvenfélagasamband Íslands, KSÍ, Litháísk-íslenska félagið, Við erum Litháar, Mannréttindaskrifstofa Reykjavíkurborgar, MFÍK, Salsafélag Íslands, Samhljómur menningarheima,  Samtök hernaðarandstæðinga, SEEDS, SGI á Íslandi, UN WOMEN, UNICEF, UPF, World Harmony Run, Society of new Icelanders, Seglagerðin Ægir, Tæki.is, Vinir Afríku.

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Við hvetjum alla til að taka þátt í Mannlegu friðarmerki á Klambratúni sunnudaginn 2. okt. kl. 20.00.

Dagur án ofbeldis

2. október er fæðingardagur Mahatma Gandhi og hafa Sameinuðu þjóðirnar tileinkað daginn baráttunni fyrir tilveru án ofbeldis. Af því tilefni standa Samhljómur menningarheima ásamt fjölmörgum samtökum á Íslandi fyrir Mannlegu friðarmerki á Klambratúni (sjá viðfest plakat á íslensku og ensku).

Yfirskrift dagsins í ár verður: „Lærum að sporna gegn ofbeldinu innra með okkur og í umhverfinu”.

Tilgangurinn með þessum baráttudegi er að leggja áherslu á nauðsyn þess að ráðast að rótum ofbeldisins, og benda á að ofbeldi er grundvallarvandamál okkar tíma. Það er ekki aðeins líkamlegt og birtist í stríði og líkamsárásum – það birtist einnig sem efnahagslegt ofbeldi, sálrænt, trúarlegt, kynferðislegt og kynþáttabundið ofbeldi. Opin og einlæg samskipti og hin gullna regla að koma fram við aðra eins og við viljum að aðrir komi fram við okkur ætti að hjálpa okkur að vinna bug á ofbeldinu og nálgast takmark okkar um tilveru án obeldis.

Allir - samtök og einstaklingar eru hvattir til að gera þennan dag að tilefni til þess að leggja þessari baráttu lið. Samtök eru hvött til að fjalla um málið í samræmi við starfssvið sitt og einstaklingar eru hvattir til að hugsa um ofbeldið eins og það birtist bæði í umhverfi okkar og hjá okkur sjálfum í persónulegu lífi og hvernig við getum spornað gegn því.

Verkefnið er algjörlega sjálfbært, sala kyndla stendur undir framkvæmdinni og öll vinna er unnin í sjálfboðavinnu og tæki og tól eru  látin í té af stuðningsaðilum sem eru m.a. Seglagerðin Ægir, Tæki.is og Mannréttindaskrifstofu Reykjavíkurborgar. Sjálfboðaliðar frá Reyjavíkurdeild Rauðakross Íslands sér hjálpa til meðal annars ef óhöpp verða í sambandi við eldinn.

Samtökin Seeds munu bjóða uppá heitt kakó og tengja m.a. leik með tilvitnunum í orð Gandhis. Að lokinni hinni formlegu athöfn munu verða ýmsar uppákomur sjálfsprottnar eða undirbúnar, t.d. munu búddistar úr félaginu SGI á Íslandi kyrja og félagar í samtökunum Við erum Litháar munu hafa táknræna athöfn um að "leggja niður vopnin" og er fólk hvatt til að koma með stíðsleikföng, byssur o.fl. sem hægt er að leggja niður.

Þátttakendum er frjálst að auglýsa daginn í fjölmiðlum ef þeir hafa fjárhag og/eða vilja til.

Þetta er 3. árið sem við stöndum fyrir þessum verkefni. Það byrjaði sem viðburður í verkefninu „Heimsganga í þágu friðar og tilveru án ofbeldis” og hefur þróast í að verða að árlegum viðburði.

Fyrsta árið var fulltrúi frá Samhljómi menningarheima aðal ræðumaður við Mannlegt friðarmerki, svo á síðast ári sendiherra Indlands og í ár verður aðal ræðumaður Harpa Stefánsdóttir frá Hernaðarandstæðingum.

Við hvetjum alla til að mæta og taka þátt í þessari friðarstund,

f.h. undirbúningshópsins,

Ragnar Sverrisson

Aðstandendur verkefnisins:

AUS, ESN, FFWPU, Húmanistaflokkurinn, Ísland Panorama, Kvenfélagasamband Íslands, KSÍ, Litháísk-íslenska félagið, Við erum Litháar, Mannréttindaskrifstofa Reykjavíkurborgar, MFÍK, Salsafélag Íslands, Samhljómur menningarheima,  Samtök hernaðarandstæðinga, SEEDS, SGI á íslandi, UN WOMEN, UNICEF, UPF, World Harmony Run, Society of new Icelanders, Seglagerðin Ægir, Tæki.is og Vinir Afríku.

Fjölmenningardagur Reykjavíkurborgar 14. maí 2011 - Multicultural Parade

Laugardaginn 14. maí verður haldinn hátíðlegur í 3ja sinn Fjölmenningdagur Reykjavíkurborgar.
Dagskráin hefst kl. 13.00 með fjölþjóðlegri göngu frá Hallgrímskirkju niður að Ráðhúsi Reykjavíkur.
Frá 13.30 - 16.00 verða ýmsar uppákomur í Ráðhúsinu, söngur, dans, "alls konar" skemmtilegheit fyrir bæði stóra sem smáa.
Í Iðnó verður markaður og lifandi tónlist. Á markaðinum verður til sýnis handverk og kynningar frá fjölmörgum þjóðum.
Þeir sem hafa áhuga á að vera með borð á markaði í Iðnó eða stíga á stokk í Ráðhúsi er bent á að hafa samband við Jónu á mannréttindaskrifstofu Reykjavíkur í síma 411 4153 eða með því að senda tölvupóst jona.vigdis.kristinsdottir@reykjavik.is
 
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On  Reykjavik´s Intercultural day Saturday 14th of May – there will be the yearly Multicultural Parade at 13.00 hrs.

We  will have a preparation meeting for the Parade  at Café Haiti, Geirsgötu by the old harbor on Thursday the 5th of May at 17.00hrs. The Poster is now ready so it would be great if as many as possible will come to this meeting to help with putting up the Poster.  We encourage all who want to help in general with the Multicultural Parade to come to this meeting which is open to all.

We aim this time to have the Multicultural Parade twice as big and colorful as last year!!

We urge all of you, individuals and organizations of immigrant Icelanders and also native Icelanders to start to prepare. Start to tell people around you, or in your organization. Start to prepare dances, songs, colorful national costumes, flags, banners, drums and all those things that have contributed so much joy and happy mood in the previous Parades.

OPEN MEETING at IÐNÓ/ results from LETS TALK! Multicultural conference

The Human Rights office of Reykjavík invites you to join them on March 16th as they will be sharing the results gathered from LETS TALK! - The City of Reykjavík's Multicultural Conference held last year November.

The conference in November was held to gather information to help improve services for immigrants in the city of Reykjavík.

The meeting will start at 17:00 and is open to all. Hope to see you there.

Map to the venue

Réttur þinn - your rights - Twoje prawa

Réttur þinn - Mikilvægar upplýsingar fyrir erlendar konur á Íslandi gefinn út á íslensku, ensku, pólsku, spænsku, thaílensku, rússnesku og arabísku.
Your Rights-Important Information for Foreign Women in Iceland. In Icelandic, English, Polish, Spanish, Thai, Russian and Arabic. A must read for ALL women.
Jafnréttisstofa ...- Jafnretti.is
www.jafnretti.is
Vefur Jafnréttisstofu

TÖLUM SAMAN - LET'S TALK - POROZMAWIAJMY!

TÖLUM SAMAN - fjölmenningarþing Reykjavíkurborgar
Borgarleikhúsinu laugardaginn 6. nóvember kl. 10-14.

...Ertu 18 ára eða eldri og af erlendum uppruna?
Áttu heima í Reykjavík?
Viltu hafa áhrif?

Við þurfum á þér og þínum hugmyndum að halda til að bæta þjónustu Reykjavíkurborgar við innflytjendur.

Markmiðið með þinginu er að bæta þjónustu Reykjavíkurborgar við innflytjendur. Við bjóðum innflytjendum að koma og hafa áhrif á hvernig bæta megi þjónustu Reykjavíkurborgar með því að taka þátt í hringborðsumræðum. Niðurstöður þingsins verða hafðar til hliðsjónar við umbætur þjónustunnar.

Vertu með – taktu strax daginn frá!

Við hlökkum til að sjá þig!
Reykjavíkurborg

-Vinsamlegast tilkynnið þátttöku á netfangið: mannrettindi@reykjavik.is

(Hugmyndin að lógóinu fyrir fjölmenningarþing Reykjavíkurborgar er byggð á listaverkinu "Tölum saman" sem konur í Söguhring kvenna skapaði í nóvember 2009 og sem er til sýnis í aðalsafni í Tryggvagötu 15).
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LETS TALK! - The City of Reykjavík's Multicultural discussion meeting
Reykjavík City Theatre (Borgarleikhús), Saturday, November 6th from 10am - 2 pm

Are you 18 years of age, or older and of foreign origin?
Do you live in Reykjavík?
Do you want to have a say?

We need you and your ideas in order to improve Reykjavík City's services for immigrants.

The meeting is part of Reykjavík City's efforts to improve its services for immigrants. Therefore, people of foreign origin are invited to take part in round-table discussions and thereby influence how this can be done. The results from the meeting will be taken into concideration as the city looks for ways to improve the services.

Take part - please save the date right now!

We are looking forward to seeing you!
The City of Reykjavik

- Please register by sending an email to: mannrettindi@reykjavik.is

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PAKALBĖKIM!- Reykjaviko miesto tarpkultūrinis susitikimas- diskusija
Reykjaviko miesto teatre (Borgarleikhús), lapkričio 6 d. šeštadienį, nuo 10.00 iki 14.00. val. Teatras atsidaro 9.15 val.
Tau 18 metų ir daugiau, ir tu esi atvykęs iš kitos šalies?
Tu gyveni Reykjavike?
Ir tu turi ką pasakyti?
Mums reikia tavęs ir tavo idėjų tam, kad pagerintume Reykjaviko miesto paslaugas imigrantams.
Sudalyvauk- išsisaugok datą tiesiog dabar.
Susitikimo tikslas- pagerinti Reykjaviko miesto paslaugas imigrantams. Todėl, mes prašome žmonių atvykusių gyventi į Reykjaviką iš kitų šalių, sudalyvauti apskrito stalo diskusijoje ir išsakyti savo nuomonę apie tai, kaip būtų galima pagerinti miesto paslaugas. Į susitikimo rezultatus bus atsižvelgta reformuojant paslaugas imigrantams.
Iki susitikimo!
Reykjaviko miestas

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เรามาคุยกันเถอะ – การประชุมเกี่ยวกับการรวมวัฒนธรรมนานาชาติในเทศบาลเรยเคียวิก
ณ โรงละคร Borgarleikhús วันเสาร์ที่ ๖ พฤศจิกายน จาก ๑๐ โมงเช้า ถึงบ่าย ๒ โมง
โรงละครนี้จะเปิดเวลา ๙ โมงเช้า ๑๕ นาที
คุณอายุถึง ๑๘ ปีไหม
คุณเป็นคนต่างชาติหรือไหม
คุณอาศัยอยู่ที่เรยเคียวิกไหม
คุณอยากจะแสดงความคิดเห็นของคุณไหม
เราขาดคุณและความคิดของคุณในการเพิ่มคุณภาพการบริการสำหรับชาวต่างชาติ
ร่วมมือกับเรา
จุดประสงค์ของประชุมนี้จะเป็นการเพิ่มและการปรับปรุงบริการสำหรับชาวต่างชาติในเมืองเรยเคียวิก
เพราะฉนั้นพวกเราจึงอยากให้คนต่างชาติทุกคนมาร่วมกับเราในการคุยกันเกี่ยวกับการปรับปรุงบริการในเมืองของเรา ผลและข้อสรุปของประชุมนี้จะพิจารณากันโดยเจ้าหน้าที่ของเมืองเรยเคียวิกที่จะตัดสินใจและเลือกเอาความคิดที่ดีทีสุดเพื่อพัฒนาบริการสำหรับชาวต่างชาติ
เราหวังที่จะได้เจอคุณ
เทศบาลเรยเคียวิก

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HABLEMOS! La junta de discusión sobre multiculturalidad de la ciudad de Reykjavík
Se llevará a cabo en el teatro Borgarleikhús el sábado seis de noviembre de 10am - 2 pm. El teatro abrirá a las 9:15

¿Tienes 18 años o más y eres de origen extranjero?
Vives en Reykjavik?
¿Quieres dar tu opinión?
Te necesitamos a ti y tus ideas para poder mejorar los servicios para inmigrantes de la ciudad de Reykjavik.
¡Participa y reserva el dia para nosotros desde ahora !
El objetivo de esta junta es mejorar la calidad de los servicios para inmigrantes en Reykjavik. Por eso le pedimos a todos los habitantes de la ciudad que sean de origen extranjero que vengan a participar con nosotros en una discusión en mesa redonda y que todos den su opinión en como mejorar los servicios para los extranjeros que viven en Reykjavik. Los resultados y conclusiones de la discusión serán tomados en cuenta para tomar decisiones municipales en el mejoramiento de los servicios para inmigrantes en Reykjavik.
¡Te esperamos!
La ciudad de Reykjavik

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POROZMAWIAJMY RAZEM- Wielonarodowe spotkanie dyskusyjne Miasta Reykjaviku odbędzie się w sobotę 6 listopada w Taetrze Miejskim (Borgarleikhús) o godz. 10.00-14.00. Teatr otwarty będzie od godz. 9.15
Masz 18 lat lub więcej i jesteś obcego pochodzenia?
Jesteś mieszkańcem Reykjaviku?
Chcesz mieć wpływ?
Potrzebujemy Twoich pomysłów w celu poprawy usług dla obcokrajowców w Reykjaviku.
Dołącz się do Nas – zarezerwuj ten dzień!
Celem spotkania jest ulepszenie usług dla obcokrajowców. Zachęcamy imigrantów do udziału w dyskusji. Chcemy usłyszeć sugestie imigrantów jak moglibyśmy poprawić usługi w Naszym mieście. Pomysły ze spotkania zostaną wykorzystane do ulepszenia usług świadczonych dla imigrantów mieszkających w Reykjaviku
-Bliższe informacje ukażą się wkrótce na Facebook pod Fjölmenningarþing Reykjavíkurborgar ( Wielokulturowe spotkanie dyskusyjne Miasta Reykjaviku)

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ДАВАЙТЕ ПОГОВОРИМ! – Городская мультинациональная конференция города Рейкьявика,
Здание Городского театра (Borgarleikhús), суббота 6 ноября с 10 до 14 часов. Здание театра будет открыто в 9.15 утра.

Вам 18 лет или больше и Вы иностранного происхождения?
Вы проживаете в Рейкьявике?
Вы хотите иметь влияние?

Нам нужны Вы и Ваши идеи по улучшению обслуживания иммигрантов в Рейкьявике.

Примите участие – запланируйте день прямо сейчас.
Целью конференции является улучшение обслуживания иммигрантов в городе Рейкьявике. Мы приглашаем жителей иностранного происхождения принять участие в работе конференции и оказать влияние на улучшение сферы услуг Рейкьвика, приняв участие в обсуждениях за круглым столом. Результаты конференции будут приняты во внимание при реформировании сервисных служб города.
Мы с нетерпением ждем встречи с Вами!
Город Рейкьявик.
Более подробная информация будет размещена на профиле Городской мультинациональной конференции (Fjölmenningarþing Reykjavikurborgar) на www.facebook.com по мере приближения события.
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HÃY CÙNG NÓI CHUYÊN
- Hội thảo đa văn hóa của thành phố Reykjavík
Nhà hát kịch thành phố thứ bảy ngày 6 tháng 11 lúc 10 đến 14 giờ
Bạn 18 tuổi hoặc lớn hơn và có gốc ngoại quốc?
Nhà bạn ở Reykjavík?
Bạn muốn tạo ra sự ảnh hưởng?
Chúng tôi cần bạn và những ý tưởng của bạn để cải thiện các dịch vụ dành cho người
nhập cư của thành phố Reykjavík
Hãy tham gia – Hãy dành riêng một ngày cho sự kiện này
Mục đích của hội thảo là cải thiện những dịch vụ dành cho người nhập cư của thành
phố Reykjavík. Chúng tôi xin mời những người có gốc ngoại quốc đến tham dự và
góp ý kiến vào việc làm thế nào để cải thiện các dịch vụ của thành phố Reykjavík bằng
cách tham gia thảo luận bàn tròn. Kết quả của hội thảo sẽ được dùng để căn cứ vào
trong quá trình sửa đổi các dịch vụ.
– íslenska – english – espanol – lietuvos – polska – Россию – Việt – ไทย.
Xin vui lòng đăng ký tham gia theo email: mannréttindi@reykjavik.is trước ngày 4 tháng 11
Rất mong được gặp bạn
Thành phố Reykjavík
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