Crafting and Sharing Your Immigration Experience
Description
This workshop is an opportunity for community members to learn how to craft stories of their immigration experience through narrative and digital mapping tools. The workshop will encourage participants to share these stories with family members as a celebration of the contributions of immigrants and refugees in the Harrisonburg, Virginia area. High school students of the Scholars Latino Initiative will help facilitate the storytelling experience and share some their own storymapping projects.
Wednesday, February 12th 5:30-7:00 p.m., Lucy F. Simms Continuing Education Center, 620 Simms Avenue
Involvement
Involves Staff, Involves Participants External to JMU
Scope
Harrisonburg/Local/VA
Date
February 12, 2020
Frequency
One Time Only
Existing Center/Institute/Program
no
Type of Partner
Government
Primary Focus of Program
Community and Economic development; Cultural Institutions and Programs; Arts and Culture
Community Partner Name
Virginia Humanities
Begin Date
2-12-2020
Areas of Engagement
Civic Engagement, Community Engagement
Format
Program, Event
On/Off campus
Off campus
