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The two afternoon tours will examine the 2019 Special Focus, "Border Crossing Narratives: Learning from the Refugee Experience." Group A - Visit to Community Migrant Group of Patras 14:00-15:00 Discussion with Community Migrant Group representatives, teachers, and students on refugee settlement issues and routes: The Community Migrant Group was established in October 2007 in Patras to support refugee and immigrant rights due to the inhuman living conditions of refugees in the local area and the efforts to evict them using repressive methods. 15:00-16:00 Diversity Panel with Greek academics to discuss refugee education: Panel Host: Nikos Papageorgiou, KINISI/STEKI Voluntary Committee, Greece Moderators: Dr. Mary Kalantzis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States; Dr. Julia-Athena Spinthouthakis, University of Patras, Greece Panelists: Dr. George Nikolaou, University of Patras, Greece; Dr. Roula Tsokalidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Group B - Visit to Oropaidio Art Center 14:00-15:30 Creative Workshop on refugee border stories, run by Andriana Tavatzi, Art Director of Oropaidio: In this workshop, delegates will view an artistic enactment of refugee routes based on refugee narratives performed by refugees themselves. 15:30-16:00 Discussion and debriefing