Saturday, April 8, 2017

Immigration Stories Exhibition at Southwest


Southwest High School is hosting the exhibit of Immigration Stories from Wellstone High  School.  The exhibit is open to the public during regular school hours or evening hours 5-9 pm Monday through Thursday.  The Exhibition is on the second floor.
In September of 2015, Green Card Voices recorded 30 stories of immigrants from Wellstone International High School. These courageous youth coming from 13 countries sat with GCV team in the studio for several days and shared stories of family, school, change,
and dreams. After recording their stories, it became obvious to all that these powerful narratives needed to be shared with a wider audience. With the Wellstone teachers, Green Card Voices decided to create a book as a vehicle to generate awareness and take the stories outside the all immigrant classroom. The book was published in May, 2016.

Green Card Youth Voices UPDATE!

We are excited to announce that “Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a Minneapolis High School” has been awarded the GOLD MEDAL AWARD for Best Multicultural Non Fiction Chapter Book in the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. The Moonbeam Awards were founded as a way to open up book awards in children’s publishing to all types of publishers and genres and to bring attention to the under-sung children’s books and their creators. Each category has gold, silver, and bronze level awards.


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