We must ensure wellbeing and safety, and address risks faced by stateless activists. Many stateless activists cannot openly engage in work to address statelessness because of safety concerns. Ensuring safety and addressing the risks they face is key to strengthening solidarity and creating a more effective, resilient and sustainable field. We must also promote wellbeing and address the isolation that is often felt in the field. Artistic and cultural expressions are vital tools for building solidarity. The many facets of the Think of Others arts and culture programme, created spaces to build solidarity through encountering the experiences and feelings of other human beings, as fellow humans. Poetry, theatre, photography, film, art and installations are all invaluable vehicles through which we can build empathy and solidarity, and as a field, we can challenge ourselves to use these methods more effectively. Expressions of solidarity between affected communities are powerful and profound, as exemplified at the conference by the solidarity extended by Rohingya to Palestinians. More needs to be done to cultivate such solidarity by strengthening connections between groups and raising awareness of the challenges they face. Spaces such as the Global Movement Against Statelessness, for communities from all over the world to express their solidarity with each other can strengthen the overall solidarity of the statelessness field. We need to build solidarity with others and we need their solidarity. The statelessness field is small and under-resourced, even though the statelessness challenge is significant. Further, the statelessness field can feel isolated, even though the statelessness issue intersects with so many other global challenges. As a field and movement, we need to extend our solidarity to those pursuing justice and rights on intersecting issues. We also need the solidarity of funders, UN agencies and other key allies. “ Solidarity is to be willing to be vulnerable without being in a position of defensiveness. Coming from a place of humility and willingness to listen. Knowing that I don’t know everything, but I know something.” Hafsar Tameesuddin “ The three themes of the conference definitely align with the vision and the mission of the Global Alliance to End Statelessness, which is forging a united collective coalition to work towards ending statelessness and upholding the rights of stateless people… We need collaborative action to achieve progress. Only by centring stateless individuals and change makers, can we actually have progress and achieve eradication of statelessness.” Marin Roman

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