American Refuge: True Stories of the Refugee Experience
CURIOUS MINDS BOOK AND JOURNAL CIRCLECost:
$ 20.00 per personDuration:
2hAbout this experience
Monday, 9:00 – 11:00 am
November 16
CURIOUS MINDS BOOK AND JOURNAL CIRCLE
A unique gathering of curious minds to discuss scientific literature found in research-based journals or books. Participants will review designated readings beforehand and discuss over coffee.
American Refuge: True Stories of the Refugee Experience
By Diya Abdo
Diya Abdo, a professor at Guilford College and a second-generation Palestinian refugee, will share about her work with refugees resettling in Greensboro through her program Every Campus A Refuge -- an initiative that mobilizes colleges and universities to host refugee families on campus grounds and support them in their resettlement and integration. Her book American Refuge is a creative nonfiction that tells the stories of forcibly displaced people from Myanmar, Burundi, Uganda, Syria, Iraq, and Palestine. We travel with them as they grow up in countries they love, are forced to flee due to violence and war, cross borders to live a life on the periphery in refugee camps, and end up being among the lucky 1% of refugees who ever resettle to a country that gives them a pathway to citizenship. American Refuge was selected by North Carolina Humanities as a 2024 North Carolina Reads Book and is a powerful story of North Carolina's welcoming communities, its resilient newcomers, and the remarkable capacity of higher education institutions to be good neighbors.
Refund Policy
To receive a refund, a written request must be received 3 business days before the first class. A $25 processing fee will be deducted from the refund. Cancellation requests received less than 3 business days before the first class but before the second meeting will receive a 50% refund. ALL written requests should be emailed to emeritus@spartanstrategiesinc.org or mailed to the address below.
Spartan Strategies, Inc.
Attn: Emeritus Society
5900 Summit Avenue, #201
Browns Summit, NC 27214
Your Host
Diya Abdo is the Lincoln Financial Professor of English at Guilford College and the Founder and Director of Every Campus A Refuge. A second-generation Palestinian refugee born and raised in Amman, Jordan, Dr. Abdo is an educator, a writer, a community organizer, and a refugee advocate. She lives in Greensboro with her family and four cats.