Building Bridges
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Through first-person accounts and positive images, these exhibits seek to challenge and change damaging myths and stereotypes.
Building Bridges includes photographs and interviews with immigrants and refugees in the U.S.The exhibit challenges damaging myths and stereotypes, seeking to prevent the hatred and dehumanization of immigrant and refugees. Family Diversity Projects creates museum-quality traveling exhibits, including "Building Bridges," composed of photographs and interviews with families and individuals around s
11/29/2022
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04/01/2020
“Immigrants don’t come here to take people’s jobs,” she said. “Many want to live in a less dangerous place … where everyone has an opportunity to live safely.”
- Peggy Gillespie
https://www.amherstbulletin.com/Building-Bridges-Photo-exhibit-profiles-immigrants-and-asylum-seekers-13428216
Building Bridges: Photo exhibit profiles immigrants and asylum seekers Last fall, with several photo and text exhibits about diversity behind them, Peggy Gillespie and Gigi Kaeser were considering what they might work on next. They’d done some initial work on a project that would profile people who had come to the United...
03/31/2020
All women includes immigrant women and this organization is recognizing that. Check out this campaign that is putting a spotlight on "...women and communities that are often left out of national conversations on equal pay—Transgender, formerly incarcerated, and immigrant women."
https://www.advocate.com/women/2020/3/24/lesbian-fighting-all-women-earn-what-they-deserve
http://iwprequalpayday.org/
The Le***an Fighting for All Women to Earn What They Deserve C. Nicole Mason, president and CEO of Institute for Women’s Policy Research, talks about the pay gap for LGBTQ women, women of color, and more.
03/30/2020
"We all were immigrants at one point other than the Native Americans. And we have only made this country better. Now we have to figure out how we can build bridges instead of building walls."
Eduardo Samaniego - Mexico
Learn more about these amazing people and their stories through FamilyDiv.Org
03/29/2020
"As a black, gay Muslim, I am scared
living in the USA. That’s like the worst “cocktail” here in
America right now, but I can’t run away from my fears."
Yahya Jingo - Uganda
Learn more at https://familydiv.org/exhibits/building-bridges/
03/28/2020
Check out this amazing podcast with Sheetal Sheth, an actress, voice-over artist, producer and more. She is a child of who speaks with Immigrantly about her experiences coming up and performing in various films like I Can't Think Straight and The World Unseen. She makes some great points on representation and touches on the importance of non-Western names.
Ep-70 "What Do Your Mom And Dad Call You?" | Immigrantly Sheetal Sheth is an acclaimed actress known for her provocative performances in a wide range of memorable roles on film and television. She has starred in over 20 feature films and many TV shows and has earned a loyal, international following.
03/23/2020
Hello everyone! We at FDP hope you're maintaining during this confusing time of self-quarantine and isolation. Hopefully, you're holed up with those you love. Here's an informational video to help make the situation clearer. Make sure to wash your hands!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtN-goy9VOY
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
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