The dialogue gathered refugees, volunteers and residents from Dugave, Zagreb neighbourhood in which the Asylum seekers shelter Porin is settled. The moderators were Josipa Lulić (CPS member, Boal’s theatre joker) and Tvrtko Barun (Jesuit Refugee Service). They opened space for questions and fears of community members and Police representatives. Initiatives, institutions, organizations active in Porin and refugees informed and answered citizen’s questions and concerns.
Related to International Peace Day (21st September) CPS/Peace Studies organized a public lecture aimed to open a public dialogue about the consequences of violent interventions and wars and emphasize the interrelation of wars, social and economic instabilities and migrations. Erica Chenoweth emphasized arguments for nonviolent social changes as movements and interventions open to the involvement of many different people, which don’t put physical obstacles (like police and military interventions). The 20th program of the non-formal educational program Peace Studies (2017–18) was launched at this event.