Posted on June 20, 2023
Organized by the UN, World Refugee Day "celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution" on June 20th of each year.
Posted on May 25, 2023
“I came to see you, doctor, because sometimes my soul leaves my body and reappears in the body of a baseball player in a tight situation.”
Posted on May 15, 2023
You're invited to two virtual events with award-winning author and "artivist" Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, co-hosted by WWB Campus and the Brooklyn Public Library!
Posted on May 09, 2023
You probably already know that May is AAPI Heritage Month, but in several parts of the country, including New York and Boston, it is also officially Haitian Heritage Month! To join the celebration, meet Haitian author and community-builder Évelyne Trouillot and get started on her story of worlds colliding in Port-au-Prince with multimedia context, teaching ideas, and a video interview.
Posted on May 01, 2023
Pop quiz: What does the Chinese idiom "Nine cows and one strand of hair" mean? If you don't yet know, you're not alone—non-English cultures can sometimes get short shrift in U.S. schools, but that is slowly beginning to change.