Just Films - Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America

Tuesday, October 27, 2020
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Good Docs streaming link below. Panel discussion via zoom

Cost: Free Streaming Link Below. Zoom link will be given to registrants prior to event

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UNSETTLED is a feature-length documentary revealing the untold stories of LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers who have fled intense persecution from their home countries and who are resettling in the U.S. The film follows four new arrivals, each of whom have escaped potential peril in their native countries for being different. They’ve landed in the purported “gay mecca” of San Francisco, yet even there, building a new life in an adopted nation is a precarious undertaking. As new leadership in America continues to restrict immigrants and drastically cut the flow of refugees and asylum seekers, UNSETTLED sheds light on a group about which few people know. What are the costs persecuted immigrants pay for seeking refuge? And how are everyday Americans stepping forward to help those most in need?

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Panelists:

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Cara Wimberley (they/them/theirs) is a Service Coordinator with the Immigrant Services and Connections Program at Literacy Pittsburgh. They previously taught ESL as a Compass AmeriCorps member at Literacy Pittsburgh. They studied psychology, linguistics, and Middle Eastern studies at the University of Mary Washington. They co-chair the LGBTQ+ subcommittee of the Immigrants & Internationals Advisory Council at the Allegheny County Department of Human Services. They are also a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community.

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Allegra B. Elson (she/her/hers) is an English Language Learning ( ELL) Instructor for Classroom and Employer Services at Literacy Pittsburgh. She has a TESOL Certificate from Teachers College, Columbia University and a Master’s degree in Italian Language and Literature from the University of Pittsburgh. She is the co-chair of the Immigrants & Internationals Advisory Council at the Allegheny County Department of Human Services along with co-chairing its LGBTQ+ subcommittee. She is also a proud member the LGBTQ+ community.

Panelist added:
Benjamin Gutschow is the Community Organizer for Social and Civic Engagement at Casa San Jose where he organizes programs, events, and collaborations, working towards a more just society. He is a youth-activist, high school student, and Latinx immigrant who uses his education and experience to address the intersectionality of issues like environmental racism, discrimination, immigration, and racial/ethnic/language-based oppression."

Moderator added:
At the Women's Law Project, Amal Bass provides legal representation and engages in public policy advocacy in a variety of areas, including pregnancy/caretaking discrimination and accommodation, Title IX athletic equity and sexual harassment, and employment rights. From 2016-17, she was convener of the Pennsylvania Campaign for Women’s Health. She was among Billy Penn’s “Who’s Next: Law" in 2017, and she was co-chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Women’s Rights Committee in 2018 and 2019. Amal received her BA from Yale College and her JD from Harvard Law School.

Registration

Fee : Free Streaming Link Below. Zoom link will be given to registrants prior to event

Registration has closed. Please contact Melody Harris at m.harris@chatham.edu for additional information.

Location

Good Docs streaming link below. Panel discussion via zoom


Contact Information

Melody Harris
4123651578
m.harris@chatham.edu