16/07/2026
Arundhati Roy reminds us:
"There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless.' There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard." Silence is a decision. So is looking away.
Some moments in history don't ask for our opinions. They ask for our witness.
Women and children stand at the center of every war's blast radius, the ones most exposed to violence, to exploitation, to the traffickers. They are not casualties of some distant conflict. They are the terms by which we should measure whether we are, in fact, a civilisation.
So perhaps the real question of our time is not only how we witness, but what happens the moment we start deciding, quietly, unconsciously, whose humanity is worth defending. That decision is being made every day, by governments, by algorithms, by our own averted eyes.
Supper Unyoked
19 August 6-9PM
Gathers around: What does it mean to belong? Together with Sally Irwin OAM, founder and CEO of The Freedom Hub, we will sit inside the realities of modern-day slavery, exploring the realities of modern-day slavery: the wars, displacement, and systems of power that produce it.
Limited seats at the table
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https://www.yokeculture.com/event-details/the-right-to-belong
Proceeds of the night going supporting The Freedom Hub