[Peace-discuss] AWARE cosponsor a play giving voice to Iraqi refugees? "No Place Called Home", Kim Schultz, Fri Oct 14th

[Stuart Levy]

More about this play: Angela Williams writes...

> "No Place Called Home" is a one-woman play written and performed by Kim Schultz.
> Schultz was part of a delegation of 8 American who visited Iraqi refugee
> camps in 2009.   The delegation entered into conversations with hundreds of
> Iraqi refugees in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, at community centers and in
> their homes. Upon their return, the artists began creating a series of
> artistic pieces designed to humanize the crisis and give voice to the
> millions of refugees whose plight has yet to enter broad public consciousness.

> You can see more about the play here:
    http://www.omarwashisname.blogspot.com/
> There will also be a discussion following the show.


On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 06:13:29PM -0500, Stuart Levy wrote:
> Should AWARE co-sponsor this play, presented by CSAMES?
> 
> 	No Place Called Home
>   a play giving voice to Iraqi refugees
>    written and performed by Kim Schultz
> 	Friday, Oct 14, 7pm
>       UofI music building auditorium
> 
> 
> For AWARE to co-sponsor, all they ask is that we help publicize the event.
> I don't know anything about Ms. Schultz, but the subject seems very important
> and too-little discussed.  In short, this looks good to me.  Any opinions?
> 
> 
> There is a draft flyer, though they ask that we *not* broadcast/post that yet,
> since it includes the current list of co-sponsors which is liable to change
> (including adding AWARE if we say Yes).
> 
> 
> Here's the text of the flyer-to-be:
> 
> NO PLACE CALLED HOME 
> A play giving voice to Iraqi refugees  
> 
> 
> Kim Schultz is the playwright and actress of No Place Called Home,
> a one- woman play based on the vignettes of Iraqi refugees living
> in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.  In 2009, Schultz was part of a
> delegation of American artists who visited Iraqi refugee camps. The
> delegation met with hundreds of refugees at community centers and
> in their homes. Upon their return, the artists began creating a
> series of artistic pieces designed to humanize the crisis and give
> voice to the millions of refugees whose plight has yet to enter
> broad public consciousness.  No Place Called Home is a result of
> this effort.
> 
> WHEN Friday, Oct. 14, 7:00 pm 
> WHERE Music Building Auditorium, 
>      1114 W. Nevada St., Urbana 
> 
> This event is free and open to the public. 
>  
> Written and performed by Kim Schultz with music by Amikaeyla Gaston.                
> Directed by Sarah Cameron Sunde                
> Commissioned by Intersections International 
> 
> CO-SPONSORED BY Religion, School of Music, Cline Center for Democracy, Sociology, History, School of Literatures, 
> Cultures and Linguistics; Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, Program in Jewish Culture and Society, Theatre, 
> Political Science, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory 
> University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 
> 
> 
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