[Oct 5 (Sat) – RPG Game: Hunger Games Refugee Survival: Refugee Survival Workshop | BridgeIRS | SDGX-4 Disaster/Refugee Series | LACSPEC]
When war breaks out, as the head of your family, you must lead 15 family members to escape your homeland.
After crossing the border, you’ll face a series of challenges—how will you choose?
Will you move forward together, taking as many people as possible, or prioritize those closest to you so they can go further?
Following last semester’s SDGs series, “Sustainable Memo Before the Next Round of Crisis,” SPEC is honored to collaborate with BridgeIRS, an international refugee service organization dedicated to promoting human rights on the frontlines of refugee camps. BridgeIRS offers assistance in education, health, and economic support, helping to uphold human dignity in extreme conditions.
In this Refugee Survival Workshop, you’ll “experience” the harrowing realities of refugees escaping conflict. The RPG simulation includes scenes of constant hunger, disease, lack of education, government corruption, and homelessness. Every stage of the experience places participants in the difficult choices refugees must face, allowing you to feel the unpredictability of life during wartime.
Led by Dr. YC Chen, Project Manager at BridgeIRS, the RPG workshop will also feature guest speakers Dr. Bo-Yao Huang and Dr. Jing-Wen Lin from Cathay General Hospital’s Geriatrics Department. Both doctors participated in BridgeIRS’ overseas refugee service mission in the Middle East this year.
After the workshop, we will engage in an in-depth discussion on the struggles refugees endure and reflect on our roles as global citizens. How can we respond to the real-life situations faced by refugees today?
Diverse Connections and Experiential learning, we are Sustainable and Peer Education Center (SPEC) !
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Date and Time:
Saturday, October 5, 2024, 10:00-15:00
Location:
Yangming Campus, Zhixing Building, Room 503
Shuttle service will be provided from Guangfu Campus if more than 10 participants register
Registration Link:
https://forms.gle/cK3tYEMNQ5GSn3F8A
or click the link in @nycucpec’s linktree.
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※This event counts for 2 hours of Liberal Arts Practicum in Community Activity field, which will be recorded in your E-portfolio.
For more information on “Liberal Arts Credits,” please refer to: https://reurl.cc/eyng9R.
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Upcoming Series Events
This semester’s SPEC SDGs series theme is “Sustainable Memo Before the Next Round of Crisis.”
Unlike the usual focus on a single SDG, we will explore what an unsustainable future might look like. When society faces inequality, political instability, or environmental unsustainability, it leads to wars, human rights abuses, hunger, poverty, and pandemics—creating various types of “disasters/refugees” (from wars, climate, politics, etc.). By exploring these crises, we realize that SDG action is not only about the distant future, but about being as prepared as possible before these storms destroy everything.
[SDGX Disaster/Refugee Series Events]
4/24 (Wed) – Lecture: What to Do When War Breaks Out? A Quick Civil Defense Guide | Black Bear Academy
4/29 (Mon) – Lecture: Reconstructing Interrupted Daily Life: Field Notes on Disaster Sites and Their Aftermath | Apo
5/25 (Sat) – Training Camp: What to Do When War Breaks Out? One-Day Basic Camp | Black Bear Academy
10/4 (Sat) – RPG Game: Hunger Games Refugee Survival: Refugee Survival Workshop | BridgeIRS
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