Changing Migration Narratives with Stories of Food, Kindness and Humanity

A review of the #StandUp4Migrants campaign, which has been running in Malaysia, Australia and India, including various tools and other resources that could be useful elsewhere. By blending traditional advocacy outreach with practical community engagement and bridge-building, focusing on “bringing migrants and locals together around shared values and interests to find common ground,” the campaign was able to foster the conditions for mindset-shift, orienting people towards an appreciation of common humanity. “What comes up constantly in hope-based workshops with migration activists is the need to talk about the things that make us all human: universal experiences like food, music and culture and the beautiful transformation that happens to open societies.”