“Somayeh Kashi, an art teacher at Rundlett Middle School, worked on her photo project, “Diversity in the 603” with a group of Concord High School students this past summer. The students walked around during Concord’s Market Days festival in June and took photos of more than 100 people. The portraits are now posted in storefronts along Main Street, and are plastered on walls of a few buildings.”
“The project was inspired by “Inside Out” a photo project involving black and white portraits posted in cities around the world by a French artist. More than 260,000 people have participated in 129 countries.” – Leah Willingham, Concord Monitor
“INSIDE OUT gives everyone the opportunity to share their portrait and make a statement for what they stand for. It is a global platform for people to share their untold stories and transform messages of personal identity into works of public art.” – http://www.insideoutproject.net
Suitcase Stories in Nashua, NH September 29 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm $20
“Suitcase Stories® is a signature program of the International Institute of New England. It raises the profile of refugees and immigrants while strengthening community through the art of storytelling.” – www.iine.org
The Youth Awards honors and funds “Latino high school seniors who excel in the classroom and community and for their excellence in various categories including: Business & Entrepreneurship, Community Service, Education, Healthcare & Science, Media & Entertainment, and Technology & Engineering.”
Twenty-eight-year-old Geetha Menni has made Concord her home since she moved from India to New Hampshire nine months ago. She found a comfortable place to live with her husband and secured a job at Lincoln Financial.
Menni said she has big dreams of pursuing a master’s degree in the United States – but she says there is still one big obstacle standing in her way of achieving that goal.
“I am depending on my husband for everything, for rides to my job. I can’t even get to the supermarket without help,” she said, sitting at a desk in front of a whiteboard in an air-conditioned classroom on Knight Street in Concord, where her driving school class was about to start. Her hands were folded over a New Hampshire driver’s manual.
“It’s very much important for me to learn driving, otherwise, I could not survive, have a life here,” she said.
The New American Driving School, at Second Start headquarters in Concord, has been operating for about a year to help new arrivals transition to living and getting around in the U.S. Concord has taken in more refugees per capita than any other New Hampshire city, according to state records.
About this event In the wake of the recent shootings in Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton, we continue to ask the questions of “Why?” and “What can be done to prevent this?”
During this webinar, Mary McCord, Legal Director at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) and Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, will talk about the rise in extremism and what proactive steps can be taken at local, state and national levels to not only counter extremism but also to provide respect and healing.
About the presenter Mary McCord – Legal Director, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) and Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center
At ICAP, McCord leads a team that brings constitutional impact litigation at all levels of the federal and state courts across a wide variety of areas including First Amendment rights, immigration, criminal justice reform, and combating the rise of private paramilitaries.
McCord was the Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the U.S. Department of Justice from 2016 to 2017 and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division from 2014 to 2016.
Previously, McCord was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for nearly 20 years at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
McCord graduated from Georgetown University Law School and served as a law clerk for Judge Thomas Hogan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
