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The Refugee Is My Friend

Culminating Event for Projects Serving the Inland Refugee Community


Culver Center of the Arts

March 8, 2020


Reading / Screening

Sunday, March 8, 2020, 2pm

Free Admission!

The Refugee Is My Friend

Culminating Event for Projects Serving the Inland Refugee Community

Artwork from Draw the Day Away

The Stranger is My Friend Anthology Preview Reading

Film Screening: Fighting for Family


Artwork from Draw the Day Away: A Push for Healing Through Art and Therapy.

The Stranger is My Friend is a collection of art and poetry by Afghan refugees developed with Glocally Connected. Anthology pre-orders accepted during event. Fighting for Family tells the story of a family separated by deportation and incarceration, and their fight for reunification.


Free and open to the public, light refreshments will be served.



Support from the California Arts Council; Inlandia Institute; glocally connected; the Critical Refugee Studies Collective

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