Hundreds of participants in recent New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV) online events have learned about the challenges facing immigrants and refugees and the contributions they make to the United States. We can not raise the voices and share the experiences of...
A storytelling workshop for immigrant educators was presented to nearly 400 online participants as part of the Public Education Institute's Educator Webinars. The session included Adam Strom from Re-Imagining Migration on the learning arc and storytelling, educator...
Center the immigrant voice in your curriculum and classroom Join 14 experts and hundreds of educators for six hours of free professional development on Wednesday, July 8 and Thursday, July 9 in the eighth annual Immigrant Student Success: Strategies and...
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Online event) Alabama Interfaith Refugee Partnership presents: New Immigrant and Refugee Visions Tuesday, July 14th, 7pm-8:30pm EST In celebration of World Refugee Day, ALIRP is pleased to sponsor a virtual Screen&Discuss of Campaign for a New...
Global Friends Coalition screened and discussed three NIRV films this past Saturday, June 20 in honor of World Refugee Day. Over 40 people came together over Zoom and Facebook to watch Worlds Apart at Home by Abdirahman Abdi, Navigating Hope by Sayed Najib...
Over 60 people attended the World Refugee Day Film Festival hosted by the Peace Corps Community for Refugees on Saturday, June 20, 2020! Below you can find the full recording of the event as well as selected excerpts and comments from the audience. We watched...
Community Supported Film (CSFilm) amplifies local voices in under- and mis-represented communities so that they can effectively communicate their lived realities through documentary filmmaking.
We believe that if people learn about the world’s challenges from the local perspective they will be better able to demand the right actions from their governments and to support effective humanitarian responses.
Michael Sheridan, Director of CSFilm, on the impact of local perspectives
Excerpt from Haitian filmmaker Bichara Villarson’s Owned and Occupied, part of the Owning Our Future: Haitian Perspectives in Film film collection.
Excerpt from Afghan filmmaker Aqeela’s The Road Above, part of The Fruit of Our Labor: Afghan Perspectives in Film film collection.
These films are made to stimulate dialogue. Here is an excerpt from a New Immigrant and Refugee Visions Screen&Discuss event.
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