KNOW YOUR PLACE
10 AUGUST 12:00-1:00PM
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Come and hear Golriz Ghahraman in conversation with Kelli Pike. Golriz fled her home in Iran aged nine and after a terrifying and uncertain journey, landed in Auckland with her parents where they were able to seek asylum and ultimately create a new life.
Her book Know Your Place is an open and intimate account about making a home in Aotearoa New Zealand, her work as a human rights lawyer, her United Nations missions, and how she became the first refugee to be elected to New Zealand Parliament.
Know Your Place is a story about breaking barriers, and the daily
challenges of prejudice that shape the lives of women and minorities. At its heart, it's about overcoming fear, about family, and about finding a place to belong.
Photo credit: Damon Keen
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This event is supported by Poppies Bookstore with books for sale and signing.
GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN
Politician and lawyer
Golriz Ghahraman made history as the first refugee to be sworn in as a member of New Zealand’s parliament in 2017. She studied human rights law at Oxford and has practiced as a lawyer in New Zealand and for United Nations tribunals in Africa, The Hague, and Cambodia.
KELLI PIKE
Community advocate and podcaster
Kelli hosts a Free FM radio show and podcast `Kelli from the Tron' to encourage active citizenship and share local music and events. She’s the founder of Politics in the Tron, a movement to get more Hamiltonians involved in local politics and her current advocacy is for the Living Wage movement and the STV for Hamilton campaign.
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