Tragedy at the Faculty of Arts, CU, on December 21, 2023 ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * “We are hurt, but not broken. The academic community enters the new year with its head h Charles University Rector Milena Králíčková said on January 4, 2024 - two weeks after the tragedy unfolded at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University. *========================================================================================= *========================================================================================= * Important contacts *========================================================================================= ? UK Point Information Line | +420 800 100 790 • The crisis line of the Central Crisis Staff will be replaced by the UK Point Information January 5, 2024. The +420 800 100 790 number will be available to support callers on wee a.m. to 5 p.m. Outside these hours, messages can be left. This line can also be used for the personal effects drop-off, which will take place at UK Point from January 4, 2024.Mo can be found on this page. [ URL "UKEN-1918.html "] ? Information e-mail of FA, CU | info(zavinac)ff.cuni.cz [ MAIL "info(zavinac)ff.cuni.cz"] • As of January 5 2024 FA is launching an information e-mail address info(zavinac)ff.cuni. info(zavinac)ff.cuni.cz"] for questions and suggestions from students and employees. ? CU Security Department's hotline | + 420 771 275 564 is available on weekdays from 9 a.m ? Czech Police Crisis Line | +420 974 823 158 *========================================================================================= * News | Information of CU and FA CU management for employees and students *========================================================================================= Information from the management of Charles University and the Faculty of Arts of Charles U the current situation following the tragic events of December 21 2023 can be found on this "https://cuni.cz/UKEN-1918.html"] *========================================================================================= * Where to seek help or support *========================================================================================= ? We are aware that this extreme situation has severely affected not only the entire acade of Charles University but the broader public and also shocked many people abroad. Therefor University is now offering all of its students and staff an extended spectrum of support i of psychological assistance [ URL "https://centrumcarolina.cuni.cz/CCENG-33.html"]  at its centres and outside of Charles University. [ URL "https://centrumcarolina.cuni.cz/CCENG-62 • Recommendations for supporting mental health after a tragic event (pdf) [ URL "UKEN-1917 recommendations_mental_health_tragic_event_update_0501.pdf"] *========================================================================================= * Statements of Charles University on the shooting at the Faculty of Arts of Charles Unive *========================================================================================= The original, continuously updated and more recent statements of the university management events at the Faculty of Arts on December 21 2023 can be found on this page. [ URL "https: UKEN-1913.html"] *========================================================================================= * Support victims of the tragedy at Faculty of Arts *========================================================================================= The Charles University Endowment Fund [ URL "https://nf.cuni.cz/NFNEN-14.html"]  has launc to support the families of the victims and also faculty, staff, and students affected by t the Faculty of Arts. Charles University greatly appreciates the support that victims recei foreign institutions, companies, and individuals through the Endowment Fund. I want to contribute [ URL "https://nf.cuni.cz/NFNEN-14.html"] The memorial sites ? Memorial fire | On January 4 2024, a memorial fire was lit on Jan Palach Square, which w for a whole month of Janurary. ? Artistic processing of memorial objects | On the morning of January 5, the removal of ca left behind from the existing memorial sites began. The material will be stored at CU and use it to create a memorial object. This plan will be consulted by CU with the academic co concept will be developed as part of the Month for Faculty activities. ? Photoreport from the Memorial site for the victims at the Faculty of Arts I. [ URL "http fotobanka.cuni.cz/Album/d1f0c7f7-113e-4587-9d8e-139d0861237c"] ? Photoreport from the Memorial site for the victims at the Faculty of Arts II. [ URL "htt fotobanka.cuni.cz/Album/8621e6ec-27b9-4608-94d0-85f9bd0b25a6"] ? Photoreport from the Memorial site for the victims at the Carolinum [ URL "https://fotob Album/91abd30c-3fb6-479c-bae1-a3a099b21fab"] Memorial events ? MONTH FOR FACULTY | As the main building of the Faculty of Arts was closed for the whole meeting place for the whole university community and the public was created. The return of and the reestablishment of Jan Palach Square as a safe space is a necessary part of the pr to terms with a tragic event that changed the life of the entire community in a brief mome for Faculty [ URL "https://mesicprofakultu.ff.cuni.cz/"] included various events. The firs memorial procession and embrace of the main FA building on January 4, 2024. ? OTHER EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE • „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 info [ URL "https://www.ff.cuni.cz/2024/01/pootevreni-fakulty-21-1-2024/"] • The symbolic move of light | Month for the Faculty began on January 4 2024 as a spontane 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 Karolina memori 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 "UKEN-1 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 Karolina building. The university administration, headed by Rector Milena Králíčková, wa representatives of the Czech Rectors' Conference. Photoreport from the memorial ser "https://fotobanka.cuni.cz/Album/c61595ab-1e03-4d21-a82e-dfee537fac69"]