[Peace] Panel on Immigration in Rantoul this Thursday

[Kit Condill]

Hello all,

Just a heads up on a good event coming up this Thursday, March 24th, 
from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Rantoul Public Library (106 West Flessner) 
in Rantoul.  The program (perhaps-unfortunately titled "'I Am An 
American':  Immigrants to the United States Speak About Their 
Experiences") will feature immigrants from the Democratic Republic of 
Congo, Vietnam, and Mexico (with an outside chance that we will be 
joined by Dr. Mujahid Al-Fayadh, Imam of the Central Illinois Mosque 
and Islamic Center in Urbana).

The panelists will speak about the conditions in their home country 
that led them to immigrate, what they had to go through to get to the 
United States, and what they experienced after they arrived.  The 
program has been held twice previously, in Effingham and in Onarga, and 
has been surprisingly powerful--full of laughter in Effingham, and full 
of tears in Onarga.  The panelists' presentations will be followed by a 
question-and-answer session.

This free event is being offered as part of a federal LSTA grant to 
Lincoln Trail Libraries System, entitled "Diversity and Cultural 
Competency in Rural Libraries," intended to improve and/or establish 
library services to diverse populations, especially in the rural areas 
of the nine counties that make up the system.

Please write me with any questions --  kcondi at lincolntrail.info -- hope 
to see you there!

Thanks,

Kit Condill

Kit Condill
Diversity Consultant
Lincoln Trail Libraries System
1704 West Interstate Drive
Champaign, Illinois  61822

217 352 0047 x209
fax 217 352 7153
kcondi at lincolntrail.info
www.ltls.org