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Hello Creshendo Family,
People sometimes ask how a young organization like Creshendo takes on such big challenges.
I think about it the other way around. Some of the strongest ideas come from people closest to the problem, if we make room to listen.
This month, I want to introduce you to Murshid Alam. Murshid fled Myanmar as a teenager and now leads the Rohingya Youth Union from Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. His story is difficult in places, but what stayed with me most is what he built from it, and what becomes possible when people have the space to lead.
I’ll let him tell you the rest. |
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FROM THE ASHES OF ARAKAN: HOW EXILE BECAME MY CLASSROOM |
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By: Murshid Alam |
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Murshid Alam was not supposed to be a voice for his community. He was supposed to be home.
On the morning of August 25, 2017, he watched everything burn. He was a teenager who fled with no documents, no plan, and no certainty about what would come next. A bullet passed within two inches of his ear. He carries the mark of it still.
What happened next is not a story about survival. It is a story about what people build when the world gives them nothing to work with. |
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About The Author:
Murshid Alam is the Founder and Executive Director of the Rohingya Youth Union (RYU) and Director of the Roots of Arakan project, based in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. He is a UN Youth Advocate, Next Generation Foresights Practitioner (NGFP) Felow, Aurora Humanitarian Research Grantee, and an Aspire Leaders Program alumnus. |
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Your learners show up with different backgrounds, languages, ages, and life experiences. You try to keep everyone engaged while making learning accessible and meaningful for each person in the room. And somewhere in the back of your mind, you keep wondering whether you should adapt every lesson to individual learning styles — and how that's even possible.
This session is built for that moment. |
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This practical session is designed for educators, facilitators, trainers, case managers, volunteers, and community leaders supporting immigrant, refugee, and newcomer communities who want to create more effective, inclusive, and trauma-informed learning environments.
This is not a theory class. It is about moving beyond assumptions, designing for real learners, and knowing how to create conditions where everyone in the room can actually grow. |
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Our webinars are free. Keeping them that way takes consistent support. Close to a hundred people have already tuned in across our sessions. We want to reach more. |
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To make that possible, we are inviting our community to consider becoming monthly supporters. A recurring gift, even a modest one, gives us the stability to plan ahead, secure speakers, and show up consistently for the communities that need it most.
100% of your contribution goes directly to the program. Setting it up takes less than a minute. |
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WELCOME STEPHANIE |
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Please join us in welcoming Stephanie Clough as our Director of Research and Learning.
As a monitoring, evaluation, and learning specialist, she will help us ask better questions, learn alongside the communities we serve, and make sure co-creation is something we measure, not just something we talk about. |
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