#stilltogether #beyondbrexit

In March this year, my little family of three packed our belongings and moved from Brexit London to Brussels. We said goodbye to the life we built in the UK, the place we knew as home for 22, 17 and 5 years respectively. We moved looking for hope.
 
This is a story that started a few years before, with the refugee crisis in Europe, which shook my undying faith in solidarity and humanity. Across the EU, it provided the perfect backdrop to a rise in nationalism and nativism. The images of thousands upon thousands of desperate people, with the contents of their lives in bin bags and tiny children in tow made Europeans want to pull up the drawbridges.
 
We were living in England then and of course Brexit came. Suspicion and division made themselves at home in the UK. Then the reign falsehood and bile began across the pond in the US. It felt like the world as we knew it was unravelling.
 
When 2019 came, I stopped waiting for change to come from elsewhere. We packed our bags, came to Brussels and Flare came to life.
 
Flare is a hope project. It brings people together in a world in crisis. #still together #beyondbrexit   is one small example. We need your support though. Please donate so that we can continue to make conversations possible amid the noise and turmoil around us. Our shared humanity, more than ever, must rise to the surface.

This is our second Brussels Get Together, hot on the heels of our brilliant day of music, film and togetherness in June .

Please help us cover the costs of this event by donating €5, €20 or €500 - whatever you can afford. And join us on the 19th of November 2019 at 7:00 PM at The Black Sheep in Brussels.

UK friends, whichever way the winds of Brexit blow, our love for you continues, as does our journey together. Let's all come together for an evening with our shared humanity at the forefront:

- stand-up comedy from Tiche Comedy , Charlie Stevens  and Mr Beige
- live music from Scott Hamilton, with art by Fanny Badaf, check them out at www.animalsinmotion.ca 
- ideas for a People's Brexit Agreement
- art contributions
- special guests
- open floor debate

#brusselsgettogether #stilltogether #beyondbrexit

Thank you!

With love and friendship,

Andreea from Flare