<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>With social skateboarding projects popping up in all corners of the globe, more and more initiatives are beginning to work with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>— reaping </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>the mental health benefits and social cohesion that skateboarding programs can bring. Ruby Mateja (Free Movement Skateboarding, Skateistan) and Shiba Amiri (Skateistan / Stockholm Skate Nation) facilitated a workshop to discuss the intersectional barriers that might affect displaced people from attending skateboarding programs and brainstorm practical solutions to tackle these issues.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Continuing the day’s theme of inclusion, we wrapped up the second day with a workshop on Skate Lesson Design, where we asked the ROLL Models to design a lesson plan responding to various scenarios focused on the inclusion of marginalized groups. A common thread throughout these sessions on inclusion was the importance of asking consent when it comes to offering support to people from marginalized communities. For example, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><em><span>offering</span></em></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> to help someone in a wheelchair if they would like a push to get to the top of a ramp, rather than assuming that you are welcome to do so.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
