Recovery of Academic Life at CU ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** On this page you will find continuously updated information concerning the restoration of Charles University after the tragedy of 21 December 2023 at the Faculty of Arts of Charles Please note most of the external links and articles are only available in Czech. Recovery of Academic Life at the Faculty of Arts The website of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University provides regularly updated inform teaching, studying, psychosocial support, security, memorial sites, etc. More information can be found here. [ URL "https://www.ff.cuni.cz/home/faculty/recovery-ac Safety at the university The Central Crisis Staff of Charles University has been working on improving safety strate measures. Find more information in English here. [ URL "https://www.ff.cuni.cz/home/faculty/recovery Psychological and spiritual support Professional psychological and spiritual help and support in connection with the tragic ev Faculty of Arts for students and employees was provided from the first hours and days afte Professional help was offered by the relevant units of the IRS, the Charles University cou individual faculty departments and spiritual guidance was also offered by the Centre for M Care. Already in the first week after the tragedy, more than 190 psychologists and interventioni at the Faculty of Arts. In the first eight weeks after the tragedy alone, more than 4,000 some form of help, and more than 6,500 psychological and crisis interventions were treated From the first hours after the tragedy until the end of January 2024, the Charles Universi Support Chat for students and employees was also operational, where anyone could contact a A dedicated email address was also available for students and employees to contact. Key in also available in sign language. Charles University was also immediately supported by the professional community. Crisis as offered by a number of organisations such as the National Institute of Mental Health, the Cross, the White Circle of Safety, the Czech Institute for Psychotraumatology and EMDR, th Mediation Service, and organisations such as Remedium, InIustitia, Dlouhá cesta and Vigvam The student initiatives that emerged after the December events were also a great help. The association, founded by psychology students, has been providing short support meetings for months to share feelings, provide basic psychological help and pass on useful resources an The members of the society have been actively providing support right in the corridors of Arts. The students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport also set up a charity in me movement, which raised funds through sport activities specifically for the functioning association. Students also engaged in volunteer activities directly at their faculties or through the C Volunteer Centre. In the first days, the Volunteer Centre of Charles University asked for through a simple form. Dozens of individuals willing to help volunteered immediately. Thei in preparing the EMDR groups (navigation, room setup, etc.), which started in the followin still ongoing. The UK Volunteer Centre also facilitated the help of volunteers for activit for example, the Student Council of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana. All forms of psychological and social support and counseling available in English can be f website, in the section "Psychosocial councelling". [ URL "https://www.ff.cuni.cz/home/fac academic-life/"] Information safety Charles University actively and regularly informed students and employees about current ev available sources of assistance. It immediately launched a website with complete and up-to information, set up a Crisis Staff line the very next day after the tragedy, and set up an toll-free information line for students, employees and the public to offer their help. It the provision of standard communication channels (Charles University Information Line, Cha Information Email) and provided psychological chat support. Key information continued to b through regular newsletters sent by the University to Czech and international students and actively communicated on the University's social media. Events to support coping with the tragedy, where information was shared and therefore need communicated, played a major role, such as community events for international students sta over the Christmas holidays (and not only for them), "Month for Faculty" events, lectures, open groups. The University also provided spaces for meeting opportunities only without a Communication with the injured and survivors was also an important and special information was undertaken by the management of Charles University. Financial support from the CU Endowment Fund The CU Endowment Fund has so far collected 86 million Czech crowns to help those affected the Faculty of Arts of Charles University (as of 27 May 2024). The Board of Trustees of th Fund has approved an allocation of 37 million for the families of the survivors until that 27 May 2024, 18 million had been transferred to the surviving families. For the remaining specification of terms and conditions and the conclusion of contracts with the families ar is expected that the approval of the next grant will be made to the surviving families in 2.25 million has been distributed among the injured under the first rapid financial suppor second phase of financial support is provided according to the individual needs of the inj Financial assistance has been provided to all 14 families of the shooting victims and a to families of the injured at this time, but the university is actively communicating with al Cooperation continues. How to cope with the tragedy? Experiences from abroad Representatives of Charles University and Charles University Faculty of Arts gained experi with the aftermath of the tragedy during a meeting with representatives of the Norwegian C Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies [ URL "https://www.nkvts.no/english/"] in April. The was represented by Synne ?ien Stensland and Grete Anita Dyb. Remembrance site We will never forget... Fourteen lives were tragically cut short on December 21, 2023, in the mass shooting at the of Charles University. Such a senseless and brutal act is incomprehensible and shocked bot and the country to the core. We will never forget. We want to remember the students and te were and their closest family members kindly shared some of their most cherished memories. Profiles of the victims of the shooting at the Faculty of Arts of CU (only in Czech) [ URL cuni.cz/UK-13653.html"] Quiet Place A Quiet Place has been established on the 4th floor of the main building of the Faculty of University. This temporary site of remembrance provides a quiet space for all those who wi those who died in this tragic event. More information can be found here. [ URL "https://www.ff.cuni.cz/home/faculty/recovery-ac Memorial site on Jan Palach Square Half a year after the tragic event at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, a tempora site dedicated to the victims of the December attack will be raised at Jan Palach Square. will be a three-metre high stone object. "We do not want to commemorate the act that hit u ago, we are remembering those we lost then. Their passing affected our faculty, our collea University and other institutions, and a large part of the public. We want to offer them a place where we can pay tribute to the victims," says Eva Lehečková, Dean of the Faculty of University. With this public place of remembrance, FF UK is responding to a fundamental ne being expressed by the families of the victims and others affected. More information can be found here (only in Czech) [ URL "https://www.ff.cuni.cz/2024/06/n palacha-v-praze-vznika-pietni-misto-pripominajici-obeti-utoku-na-filozoficke-fakulte/"] Other memorial sites and processing of memorial items Please note most of the external links and articles are only available in Czech. • Memorial flame | On January 4 2024, a memorial flame was lit on Jan Palach Square, and r the whole month of Janurary. • Artistic processing of memorial objects | On the morning of January 5, the removal of ca objects left behind from the existing memorial sites began. The material will be stored plan is to use it to create a memorial object. This plan will be consulted by CU with th community and the concept will be developed as part of the Month for Faculty activities. Memorial events • Charles University and the Faculty of Arts of Charles University thanked for the cohesio |On 23 May, in the Great Hall of the Carolinum, thanks were given to all the people from University who are trying to improve the atmosphere in the university community after th Read more in the article here. [ URL "https://cuni.cz/UK-6311.html?news=22301&locale=cz" • Thanking volunteers for the restoration of the Faculty of Arts | On the evening of May 2 you ceremony was held in the premises of the Hybernská Campus for the volunteers who wer the restoration of the Faculty of Arts after the tragic event last year. More in the art "https://ukpoint.cuni.cz/IPSC-9.html?news=22088&locale=cz"] • German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier paid tribute to the victims of the shooting at of Arts of Charles University | More in the article here. [ URL "https://cuni.cz/UK-6311 news=21999&locale=cz"] • Thanks to the Charles University Foundation we are not alone | Thanks to the donors and of the Charles University Foundation. More in the article here. [ URL "https://cuni.cz/U news=21604&locale=cz"] • Zuzana Čaputová paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the December shooting | The stopped by the Charles University Faculty of Arts on 18 March. More in the article here. cuni.cz/UK-6311.html?news=21546&locale=cz"] • President Macron paid tribute to the victims of the shooting at the Faculty of Arts of C University | A bouquet with the French tricolour was placed in front of the main buildin of Arts of Charles University by Emmanuel Macron. During his visit to Prague on Tuesday, the French President paid tribute to the victims of the tragedy that took place at the F December. More in the article here. [ URL "https://cuni.cz/UK-6311.html?news=21414&local • On 14 February 2024, accompanied by the Rector Milena Králíčková, two prominent politici Metsolaová, President of the European Parliament, and Markéta Pekarová Adamová, Speaker of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, headed to the Faculty of Arts of th University to pay their respects by laying flowers at the Jan Palach memorial plaque. Mo article here. [ URL "https://cuni.cz/UK-6311.html?news=21204&locale=cz"] • President Petr Pavel visited the facilities of the students of the Faculty of Arts of CU of the Month for the Faculty event, President Petr Pavel visited with students present a Square on Monday 29 January 2024. More in the article here. [ URL "https://cuni.cz/UK-63 news=21040&locale=cz"] • Month for Faculty | As the main building of the Faculty of Arts was closed for the whole a meeting place for the whole university community and the public was created. The retur life and the reestablishment of Jan Palach Square as a safe space is a necessary part of of coming to terms with a tragic event that changed the life of the entire community in The Month for Faculty [ URL "https://mesicprofakultu.ff.cuni.cz/"]  included various eve event was a memorial procession and embrace of the main Faculty of Arts building on Janu • „Opening“ of the Faculty of Arts on January 21, 2024 | As part of the Month for the Facu a commemoration of the first month since the tragic events of 21 December 2023 will take information [ URL "https://www.ff.cuni.cz/2024/01/pootevreni-fakulty-21-1-2024/"] • The symbolic transfer of light | Month for the Faculty began on January 4 2024 as a spon of students and student associations, not only from the Faculty of Arts of Charles Unive initiative was launched on January 4 with a memorial procession from the Carolinum memor Palach Square, where participants symbolically embraced the building. • The Ecumenical Council of Churches dedicated a New Year's ecumenical service to the memo victims of the attack at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University and their loved ones. held on Monday evening, January 1, 2024, at the Huss Church of the Czechoslovak Church i • On Saturday, December 23, 2023, at 11 a.m., many people attended a requiem for the victi shooting at St. Vitus cathedral at Prague Castle. The event was organised by the Prague and Prague Castle.The rector of Charles University, Milena Králíčková, also gave a speec of the victims of the shooting. Download the full text of the speech here. [ URL "https: UKEN-1917-version1-address_of_the_rector_in_cathedral_2022_2312.pdf"] • On Saturday, December 23, 2023, at 3 p.m., an ecumenical prayer took place in the church in the Wall (Martinská 8, Prague) and a moment of silence was held for the victims of th the Faculty of Arts of Charles University. • Friday, December 22, 2023, at 7.30 p.m., saw an ecumenical service led by Msgr. prof. To the victims of the shooting at the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University take place the Holy Salvator (Křížovnická 4) in Prague. • A memorial service for the victims of the shooting at the Faculty of Arts of Charles Uni was held at Charles University on Friday morning, December 22, in front of the main entr Carolinum building. The university administration, headed by Rector Milena Králíčková, w representatives of the Czech Rectors' Conference The Academic Community is Hurt, But Not Broken The Academic Community is Hurt, But Not Broken lecture was held on March 5, 2024, in the B for all members of the academic community. Together, the speakers and the audience explore supporting and coping with the December event at the Faculty of Arts. Recording of the lecture 5. 3. 2024 (only in Czech) [ URL "https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=nvzhIHRmeSw&t=51s"] Student activities Peerko | Student psychological help Peerko, a group of psychology students from Charles University, was founded in response to events of 21 December 2023. It targets its help primarily at fellow students, lecturers an university staff, but also at everyone affected by the event. Mutual help, support, buildi creating a welcoming atmosphere are the cornerstones for getting the Faculty of Arts up an and returning to as normal a life as possible. More information can be found here. [ URL "https://www.ff.cuni.cz/home/faculty/recovery-ac Volunteering Volunteers have played and continue to play a major role in the renewal of the Faculty of University. To find out more about volunteering at the University and how to get involved, Volunteering Centre website. Volunteering Centre at CU [ URL "https://volunteeringcentre.cuni.cz/DOENG-1.html"]