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Media contacts:
Carolyn Marinan, Communications, 612-348-5969
Valeria Maroto,
Hennepin County Hispanic Latino Committee, 612-543-0435
Lorena Ochoa, Hennepin
County Hispanic Latino Committee, 612-596-1796
Tea Rozman
Clark, Green Card Voices, 612-889-7635
www.greencardvoices.com
http://www.greencardvoices.com/programs/exhibits/
Green Card Voices will have two
exhibits on display in the Hennepin
Gallery from now until October 29.
The photo
exhibit of “Immigrants Telling Their Life Stories” uses digital
storytelling to share personal narratives of America’s immigrants, fostering
tolerance and establishing a better understanding between the immigrant and
non-immigrant populations, as part of its mission to share immigrant stories
with as many people possible.
The exhibit features 20 Twin
Cities’ immigrants and includes their portraits, their 200-word bio, a quote
and a QR code. Viewers can scan
the QR code with an iPhone or an iPad and watch the first-person video story.
Green Card Youth Voices Exhibit will be displayed during September, and the
Green Card Adults Voices Exhibit will be displayed during October. The Green Card Youth Exhibit is based on the award winning book "Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a Minneapolis High School," which is based on stories of students originally from 13 countries attending an all-immigrant public high school, Wellstone International, in Minneapolis.
Green Card Voices, a nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis, Minn., produced the exhibit.
The Hennepin Gallery is free and
open to the public Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Hennepin
County Government Center, A-level, 300 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis.
The exhibit is sponsored by Hennepin
County Project Diversity Hispanic Latino Committee.
The Hennepin Gallery is a project of Hennepin County Communications.
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