 Friday June 19, 2020 | Louisville KY.
COVID19 Updates and News
+ World Refugee Day Celebration by Catholic Charities and Kentucky Refugee Ministries.
Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM) and Catholic Charities Migration and Refugee Services will be honoring World Refugee Day 2020 via a virtual event - World Refugee Day Live - this Saturday, June 20, from 5-8PM. This dynamic event will involve both live and prerecorded content, including various speakers, a cooking demonstration, a live panel discussion with representatives from Black Lives Matter and Bridge Kids International, and musical and visual arts performances from KRM and other local artists.
The event is designed so that you can join in for a portion or the entirety of the event. Join via a live stream on KRM’s Facebook page.
You can also learn more about World Refugee Day Live on KRM's website.
+ SummerWorks registration has officially reopened.
The SummerWorks Tech Academy pays Louisville youth 16-21 to learn valuable technology skills. Participants can earn up to $1,200 this summer by earning digital badges in a wide range of skills and topics, including digital music production, software programming, business applications, and much more.
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+ Louisville ESL programs offer virtual classes amid COVID-19 pandemic.
For some immigrants and refugees in the United States, English as a second language, or ESL, class can be their first opportunity to speak the new language.
It's often the first step towards life in America and a foundation for employment, education and integration into the community.
And within the ESL classroom, “friendships are formed through minimal conversations in English”, said Katie Mills, an ESL coordinator for Kentucky Refugee Ministries. Students from all over the world are often eager to talk about their culture and learn about the traditions of their fellow classmates.
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+ Louisville high school students create alphabet book to teach about diversity and compassion.
Earlier this year, before the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the world and before protests demanding justice and police reform erupted in cities across the United States, a dozen students at Marion C. Moore High School created a children’s book about compassion.
“Maybe, it can be a vaccine to ignorance and hate, starting with the youngest generation,” said Matt Kaufmann, the Moore High School teacher who mentored the group.
“United by the Alphabet” follows characters — one who wears a hijab, one who is transgender and one who is black — through the city of Louisville and several of its nonprofits, including La Casita Center, Americana World Community Center and Roots 101, the African American history museum with plans to open downtown.
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