Understanding Exile: Essential Youth Connections with the LIGHT Education Initiative
May 20 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
“City of Asylum writer-in-residence Rania Mamoun and Residency Manager Catherine Skolnicki join the LIGHT Education Initiative in a crucial discussion on how to inspire, prepare, and empower the next generation of humanitarians. The Leadership through Innovation in Genocide and Human rights Teaching (LIGHT) Education Initiative works with schools to help young people understand the importance of freedom of expression and the role exile plays in the lives of writers and artists who bravely speak truth to power…”
More info: https://cityofasylum.org/programs/
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