On Friday we held our AGM. We had an amazing talk from Mark – the former director of Asylum Welcome on Immigration, asylum, and refugees: myths, misconceptions, and lived reality. You can watch his 30 mins insightful and informative talk on our youtube here: https://youtu.be/Fd3_WVNKS4s?si=wBpWKETstk_vPO-O
As our Co-CEO Emily said:
“The topic of immigration needs a serious rebalancing in public debate. Despite the misconceptions that we hear day in and day out, we have all benefited and are benefiting from migration and immigration, both in an economic sense and a social and cultural sense. In his talk (link above), Mark takes us through some of the myths about migration and also the necessity of replacing resentment with compassion.”
You can also watch our full AGM here, where Tom highlights what we’ve been up to over the last year: https://youtu.be/ZDc_T1PYQdE?si=5uG5jPQJHhcAUAZK
In Tom’s words:
“Emily and I genuinely believe that the current Community First Oxfordshire team is the strongest, most creative and committed that we can remember” “Our overarching focus is community development and placemaking and our core aim is to ensure that all of our workstreams, all of our activity, collectively contribute to supporting Oxfordshire’s people and places in all their diversity to work together and thrive.”