BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:31112@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230605T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230605T200000 DTSTAMP:20230523T195233Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/voice-for-refuge-book-reading/ SUMMARY:Voice for Refuge Book Reading DESCRIPTION:Minneapolis\, MN\nJoin us for a reading with storyteller and gl obal leader Zaynab Abdi in celebration of Voice for Refuge\, about a Somal i girl raised in Yemen by her grandmother finds refuge and opportunity wit h her mother in America. Told in English and Arabic\, the story is beautif ully illustrated as black ink drawings. She will be joined in conversation with Dana Mortenson\, co-founder and CEO of of World Savvy\, a national e ducation nonprofit working to educate and engage youth as responsible glob al citizens.\n\n“Abdi’s remarkable journey from Somalia to Yemen to Eg ypt and to the United State is essential\n\nreading for anyone interested in the human face of multiple displacements. [...]”\n\n— Daniel Naujok s\, Director\, Columbia University and Author of “Migration\, Citizenshi p\, and\n\nDevelopment”\, NY\n\n \;\n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n\nZaynab Abdi chronicles her journey from Somalia to Yemen and ultimately the United St ates\, where she shares a stage with Malala and becomes a voice for refuge . Her graphic memoir is told in both English and Arabic.\n\nZaynab was bor n in Somalia and raised by her grandmother in Yemen\, where they experienc ed a simple but beautiful life before unrest came to the country. Follow Z aynab as she flees to Egypt with her sister. Feel the love she is greeted with in America when she joins her mother and two sisters she has never me t. Watch her grow as an advocate as she takes on the leadership opportunit ies within high school and university. Upon meeting Malala Yousafzai\, and speaking at the United Nations\, she becomes a voice for refuge.\n\n"In A merica I found MY REFUGE\, and my education. Now I use MY VOICE and speak out in order to promote more justice in the world." - Zaynab Abdi\n\nThe s tunning black ink drawings come from the pen of Egyptian born artist Ashra f El-Attar. Voice for Refuge will be a powerful addition to classrooms and school libraries\, expanding their collections to include the voice of Bl ack\, Muslim\, Middle Eastern immigrant girls and women.\n\nABOUT THE AUTH OR\n\nZaynab Abdi is a storyteller and emerging global leader. From her co ntribution to Green Card Voices\, Minneapolis to a chapter in Malala’s W e are Displaced\, her story of perseverance and the pursuit of opportuniti es for others has inspired all who have encountered\n\nher words. Zaynab h as shared her experiences and insights about girls education as a Malala\n \nFund delegate addressing the United Nations General Assembly. She contin ues to work with the\n\nUnited Nations Development Program as a Strategy a nd Futures Fellow\, with Reviving\n\nSisterhood\, a Muslim story telling\, leadership development and civic engagement organization\,\n\nand with Gr een Card Voices as an Immigrant and Refugee Youth Ambassador.\n\n \;\n \nABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER\n\nDana Mortenson is the Co-founder and C hief Executive Officer of World Savvy\, a national education nonprofit wor king to educate and engage youth as responsible global citizens. World Sav vy supports change agents in K-12 education to create more inclusive\, ada ptive schools that ensure all young people can develop the skills and disp ositions needed to thrive in a more diverse\, interconnected world. World Savvy programs provide support at three critical levels to deeply integrat e global competence into teaching\, learning and culture: student engageme nt\, teacher capacity\, and school and district leadership support. Since 2002 she has led the organization through significant national expansion\, reaching more 800\,000 students and nearly 7\,000 teachers across 45 US s tates and 32 countries\, from offices based in Minneapolis\, San Francisco \, and New York.\n\nDana is an Ashoka Fellow and was named one of The New Leaders Council’s 40 under 40 Progressive American Leaders\, and Women W e Admire’s Top 50 Women Leaders of Minnesota for 2022. She was also a wi nner of the Tides Foundation’s Jane Bagley Lehman award for excellence i n public advocacy in 2014. She is a frequent speaker on global education a nd social entrepreneurship at high-profile convenings nationally and inter nationally\, and World Savvy’s work has been featured on PBS\, The New Y ork Times\, Edutopia\, and a range of local and national media outlets cov ering education and innovation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/05/Screen-Shot-2023-05-23-at-3.45.54-PM.png CATEGORIES:Live Reading LOCATION:Magers & Quinn Booksellers\, 3038 Hennepin Avenue \, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55408\, United States GEO:44.947125;-93.298676 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=3038 Hennepin Avenue \, Min neapolis\, MN\, 55408\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Magers & Quinn Booksellers:geo:44.947125,-93.298676 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR