Date: 11/01/2011
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Ted Mann Concert Hall
Cost: Free
Description:
Free and open to the public, this presentation by soccer coach Luma Mufleh will provide insight on the challenges facing young immigrants and adults who work with young people to achieve triumphs on and off the field.
Please join the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) freshmen in reading Outcasts United, by Warren St. John. In the book, St. John expands a story that began as a 2007 New York Times article about the Fugees, a soccer program for boys from families of refugees from war-torn nations who were resettled in Clarkston, Georgia.
Luma Mufleh, the Fugee's coach, came to the U.S. from Jordan to attend Smith College and stayed in the U.S. despite her family's expectations. The book follows the challenges the coach and these young people face (which include confronting prejudice, finding funding and a field on which to practice, and living with memories of tragedy in their home countries).
The Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning and CEHD are building a year of education and events around the shared question: Can one person make a difference? As part of its nationally known First Year Experience program, the department is using Outcasts United to provide students opportunities to engage in thoughtful dialogue around central issues related to youth, sports, education, and the challenges and rewards of engaging diversity.
See this recent story about Luma on CBS Sunday Morning.
More information: https://events.umn.edu/CEHD-Reads-Luma-Mufleh-Lecture-014564.htm
Holli Hoffman
IB MYP Coordinator
Southwest High School
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