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April 20, 2018: Panel Discussion at Atlanta Studies Symposium
| April 20, 2018, 3:30-5:00 PM: Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from an Atlanta High School discussion panel at the Atlanta Studies Symposium at the Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. |
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May 9, 2018: Soft Book Launch at DeKalb International Student Center
May 9, 2018: Soft book launch for Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from an Atlanta High School at DeKalb International Student Center. |
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May 9, 2018: Soft Book Launch at Cross Keys High School
May 9, 2018: Soft book launch for Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from an Atlanta High School at Cross Keys High School. |
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May 12, 2018: Soft Book Launch at Clarkston High School
May 12, 2018: Soft book launch for Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from an Atlanta High School at Clarkston High School's International Student Festival. |
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May 13, 2018: Official Book Launch at Alliance Theatre
| May 13, 2018, 3:30-4:45 PM: Official Book Launch event for Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from an Atlanta High School, in the Rich Auditorium in the Alliance Theatre at the Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30309. |
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June 18, 2018: Book Reading and Discussion at Center for Civil and Human Rights
| June 18, 2018, 6:00-9:00 PM: Voices of Refugees event at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta. At this event,
in honor of World Refugee Day, four student authors from Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from an Atlanta High School - originally from Myanmar, Nepal, Rwanda and Afghanistan - read their personal essays, followed by an interview with Rev. Jesse Jackson and a panel discussion with local area refugee service providers. 1000 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd. Atlanta, Georgia. |
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August 30, 2018: Book Reading and Discussion at Museum of History and Holocaust Education
| August 30, 2018, 6:00 PM: Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from an Atlanta High School book reading and panel discussion at Grand Opening Reception of Refuge or Refusal: Turning Points in U.S. Immigration History exhibit at the Museum of History and Holocaust Education at Kennesaw State University. |
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September 1, 2018: Book Reading at AJC Decatur Book Festival
| September 1, 2018, 1:00 PM: Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from an Atlanta High School student authors will be featured on the Teen Stage during the AJC Decatur Book Festival. |
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September 28-29, 2018: Presentation and Book Reading at 2018 Georgia TESOL Conference
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Two presentations at 2018 Georgia TESOL Conference in Atlanta, Georgia:
September 28, 2018: Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from an Atlanta High School - The Power of Storytelling (Creating, Curating, and Sharing Student Narrative Projects). Educators will discuss the creation of Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from an Atlanta High School, a collection of digital and published narratives by young immigrants which brought
high school and college students, DeKalb County educators, Kennesaw State University
faculty members, and nonprofit administrators together for a community-engaged advocacy
project focused on the power of storytelling.
September 29, 2018: Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from an Atlanta High School - Readings and Panel Discussion by DeKalb County High School Students. This session will feature student authors reading excerpts from their narratives found in the published collection of stories and a panel discussion about the impact of the project. A question and answer session will follow the readings with students and educators involved with the project.
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October 2, 2018: Presentation at Engaged Scholarship Consortium 2018 Meeting
| October 2, 2018: Presentation at the Engaged Scholarhip Consortium 2018 Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. "Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from Atlanta High School Students - Pedagogical, Advocacy, and Research Structures for Engaged Work." Three academic scholars, a founder of a nonprofit organization serving the United States refugee community, and a student researcher will discuss structural components of partnerships in community writing and research developed through the publication of an edited collection of refugee narratives. The five-person panel will focus on best practices in project design and assessment. |
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October 24, 2018: Presentation and Discussion at Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference
| October 24, 2018: Presentation and discussion of Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from an Atlanta High School project and process at the biennial Race, Ethnicity, and Place IX Conference: Engaged Scholarship: Fostering Civil and Human Rights. The presentation will be held at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center in Austin, Texas. |
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November 17, 2018: Book Reading at DeKalb County Public Libraries
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November 17, 2018: Two Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from an Atlanta High School book readings will be held at the Decatur branch and Brookhaven branch of the DeKalb County Public Library.
12:00-1:30 PM: Decatur Library
3:30-5:00 PM: Brookhaven Library
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March 11, 2019: Community Engagement in Action: Green Card Youth Voices Atlanta
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March 11, 2019: Community Engagement in Action: Green Card Youth Voices Atlanta. On Monday, March 11, 2019, at 5:00 PM, in Sturgis Library room 101, join us for
"Community Engagement in Action: Green Card Youth Voices Atlanta" featuring special
guest Dr. Tea Rozman Clark (Executive Director of Green Card Voices) and a discussion
with young immigrant authors, KSU student editors, and KSU faculty members: Dr. Lara
Smith-Sitton (English), Dr. Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez (Social Work and Human Services),
and Dr. Paul N. McDaniel (Geography and Anthropology).
Check photos and more photos from this event.
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