Screening of documentary film The Home Road followed by discussion with director Tonya Shevenell. >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<
At DACA's six year mark, more than 814,000 young people had benefited from the program and, as a result, had taken giant steps towards the American mainstream. Things changed under the Trump administration when U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced an end to what had become a very successful policy on September 5th, 2017. What […]
The Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) and Communities Against Hate are hosting a set of two dinners bringing together old and New Mainers for facilitated conversation around race, religion and prejudice. Second dinner will take place on October 2nd. Limited capacity. To participate please contact: Host: CANMP & Communities Against Hate Contact: Steve Wessler […]
The Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) and Communities Against Hate are hosting a set of two dinners bringing together old and New Mainers for facilitated conversation around race, religion and prejudice. Second dinner will take place on October 3rd. Limited capacity. To participate please contact: Host: CANMP & Communities Against Hate Contact: Steve Wessler […]
Alia Malek is a journalist and former civil rights lawyer. She is the author of “A Country Called Amreeka: US History Re-Told Through Arab American Lives,” “The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria,” and editor of “Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post 9/11 Injustices.” In April, 2011, she moved to Damascus, Syria and […]
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Panel features former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, James Nealon. The World Affairs Council of Maine in collaboration with the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center and Mainers for Accountable Leadership will host a panel discussion on the recent increase in asylum seekers migrating from the Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) to the United States. We will discuss the myriad […]
Screening of Welcome to Shelbyville by Kim A. Snyder. This powerful documentary takes an in-depth look at Shelbyville, a small Tennessee town in the heart of the Bible Belt, as it grapples with discrimination in the face of changing demographics. On the eve of the 2008 presidential election, Shelbyville’s longtime residents are challenged with how best to […]
Screening of The Search for General Tso by Ian Chenney. As much an immigration history as a culinary one, this entertaining and informative documentary uses the ubiquitous Americanized Chinese dish, General Tso’s chicken, as a lens onto a larger story of migration, adaptation and innovation in American popular culture. Early on, the film poses the question, […]
