Georgetown Hosts Little Amal, International Symbol for Refugees in March to Capitol Hill

Processing down Pennsylvania Avenue was an unfamiliar sight: a 12-foot puppet escorted by scores of Georgetown community members marching through the heart of Washington, DC.
In an event co-hosted by Georgetown’s Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics and the Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues, participants marched one mile from Freedom Plaza to the U.S. Capitol, where they were met by Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-New York) and Debbie Dingell (D-Michigan) (SFS’75). Meanwhile, hundreds of onlookers gazed from sidewalks and rolled-down windows at Little Amal, a puppet made to represent a 10-year-old Syrian refugee searching for her home.
Little Amal has become a symbol for human rights and the global refugee crisis, a reminder of the plight refugees endure as they flee from their homes. Since July 2021, more than a million people have seen the larger-than-life puppet march over 6,000 miles across nearly a hundred cities in 15 countries. From September through November, Little Amal is trekking across the United States. DC is one of her first stops, and Georgetown community members were heavily involved to make her trek come to life.
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