Prayer Vigil

Time Tuesday, February 1 · 7:00pm - 8:00pm


Location New Garden Friends Meeting (near Guilford College)
801 New Garden Road
Greensboro, NC

More Info A bill that would prevent undocumented youth from having access to community colleges and public universities was introduced in the State Legislature on January 27th. We must come together and demand that education remains accessible to all.

Join us at New Garden Friends Meeting to come together in prayer so that representatives at the state level do the right thing by not enacting bills that jeopardize access to higher education for all students.

We will then march to Guilford College to publicly demonstrate our belief in education and to close out the prayer vigil.

This event is sponsored by:
American Friends Service Committee, Adelante Education Coalition, Latin American Coalition, and FaithAction International House.

For more information, contact:
Lori Khamala (336)491-0039
Wooten Gough (336)306-3252
Eric Jonas (336)379-0037

MEDIA ADVISORY: Vigils set for Feb 1 in support of access to education

MEDIA ADVISORY: Vigils in support of access to education spring up around the state
This Tuesday, the Adelante Education Coalition and supporters will hold vigils in Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte, Greenville and Asheville
Who: Community members who support access to education
What: State-wide vigils in defense of Education
Where: Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte, Greenville, Asheville
When: Afternoon and Evening, Feb. 1, 2011

RALEIGH (Feb. 1, 2011) – On Tuesday, Feb. 1, the Adelante Education Coalition and supporters will join together to hold vigils across North Carolina in defense of access to higher education for all.

The key to creating jobs, stimulating the economy and reducing the state deficit is to invest in educating all people of North Carolina. Exclusion and re-segregation would cost North Carolina dearly now, at a time when it can least afford to do so.

The Adelante Education Coalition will join with supporters and community members on the anniversary of the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins by NC A&T students to stand together for education for all. Vigils will be happening across the state, at the following locations:
* Raleigh, 7 p.m. in front of the NC General Assembly, Jones St.
Contact Bart Evans (919) 660-0704 or Nayely Perez-Huerta (919) 433-6055
* Greensboro, 7 p.m. at New Garden Friends Meeting, 801 New Garden Rd. (at Friendly Ave.)
Contact Eric Jonas (336) 379-0037, Lori Khamala (336) 491-0039 or Wooten Gough (336) 306-3252
* Charlotte, 6pm at Marshall Park MLK statue
Contact Lacey Williams (704) 879-1298
* Greenville, 6pm at New Covenant Community Church, 1212 North Greene St.
Contact Juvencio Rocha Peralta (252) 258-9967 or Dani Martinez-Moore (919) 533-9203
* Asheville, 4pm at the Vance Memorial at Pack Square, Downtown
Contact Diego Lopéz (828) 460-8112 or Molly Hemstreet (828) 230-8937
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Bart Evans (919) 660-0704, Nayely Perez-Huerta (919) 433-6055

Storyology: Digital Storytelling by Immigrants and Refugees

Whose stories are represented in films today? And who is telling those stories? Storytelling is possibly the world’s oldest art form, and today’s primary modern storytelling medium is film and video, yet the stories presented in most TV shows and movies are rarely the accounts of everyday people who happen to be immigrants, and the powerful stories they have to share. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)’s NC Immigrant Rights Program has as one of its main goals to lift up the voices of immigrants to the broader public. Through Storyology: Digital Storytelling by Immigrants and Refugees, AFSC empowered immigrants and refugees by imparting new digital literacy skills, lifted up immigrant stories to share with and educate the public, and also built a community of many cultures within the class. At the end of the class, each student produced a truly impressive work of art, in the form of a 2-4 minute digital story, with the student narrating her/his journey, with background music, and images chosen (and sometimes photographed) by the students themselves.

After months of preparation, in October 2010 the American Friends Service Committee Area Office of the Carolinas brought together a very diverse group of immigrant students, partner-volunteers, resource people and other helpers to produce a class on digital storytelling in Charlotte, North Carolina. The class, designed by AFSC-NC staff and an AFSC Youth Arts Fellow, occurred over two weekends and one additional evening at the Latin American Coalition in Charlotte, North Carolina. The class included writing and audio and video editing workshops, and also emphasized community building features like sharing of cultural objects and immigration journey maps.

You can watch the rest of the movies here