April 2022 Speaker: Rachel Oswald, Pulitzer Center Journalist
Year: 2022
International Book Club: Rethinking the Relationship Between Universities and Urban Communities
April 2024 Book: Davarian Baldwin Book Club In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities Speaker: Davarian Baldwin
International Book Club: Taiwanese Student Migrants and Cold War Activism with Wendy Cheng
February 2024 Book: Island X: Taiwanese Student Migrants, Campus Spies, and Cold War Activism Speaker: Wendy Cheng
Supporting Refugee and Immigrant Youth in K-12 Classrooms
November 2024 Book: In Search of Safety: Voices of Refugees Speaker: Nada Elmikashfi
Navigating Childhood and Conflict in ‘The Cat at the Wall’
December 2024 Book: The Cat at the Wall Speaker: Deborah Ellis
Palestinian Filmmakers
July 2021 Film: The Living of the Pigeons (2015) Speaker: Baha’ AbuShanab July 2021 Film: Roshmia (2014) Speaker: Salim Abu Jabal
When Stars are Scattered: Somali Refugee Communities in Kenya
December 2020 Book: When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed Speaker: Safiya Jama Resources: Teacher’s Guide
Invisible Communities and the Places We Ignore: A Writing Workshop
January 2021 Book: A People’s History of Heaven by Mathangi Subramanian Speaker: Mathangi Subramanian Resources: Lesson plans and interviews Discussion Questions
Teaching about the Middle East and North Africa – Rethinking Approaches
February 2021 Book: Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh Speaker: Dr. Maria Hantzopoulos Resources: Chapter by Chapter Educators’ Guide Author Website Reader’s Guide
Stories from The Gambia with Alder Baldeh and Sister City Chair Kujabi
March 2021 Book: One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of The Gambia by Miranda Paul Speakers: Samba Baldeh, Wisconsin State Assembly Member Jerreh Kujabi, Madison-Kanifing Sister City Committee Chair Resources: Teacher Resources Author Interviews and …