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The Kansas African Studies Center will host a community gathering highlighting the value of meaningful conversation about immigration through the sharing of stories. Recent demographic changes in the Midwest present challenges and opportunities for all residents, and stories enable us to deepen our understanding of migrant experiences. The forum includes presentations by three speakers, followed by a moderated public discussion. Chris Abani is an acclaimed Nigerian novelist and poet and a Board of Trustees Professor at Northwestern University. Professor Marta Caminero-Santangelo (University of Kansas) is a scholar-activist concerned with Latino/a migrant experiences and human rights. Cultural geographer and distinguished professor Garth Myers (Trinity College, CT) has forged connections with activists and African communities in the Midwest. Teleconferencing technology will connect an audience in Garden City, Kansas with the forum in Kansas City and enable dialogue between the two communities, both of which are hubs of recent resettlement for Africans in the Midwest. The forum is part of a larger project that will facilitate the sharing of migration stories about Africans within Midwestern communities. The project is funded through a new program of the National Endowment for the Humanities called “Humanities in the Public Square.” For more information visit http://migrationstories.ku.edu
