Exhibit Tells the Stories of Unaccompanied Children in Maryland and Virginia, April 23
April 11, 2018
Contact: Office of Government and Public Affairs
Phone: 410.837.5739
The University of Baltimore's College of Public Affairs will host an exhibit titled, "Lived Experiences: Unaccompanied Children in Maryland and Virginia," on Monday, April 23 from 6-8 p.m. in the lobby of the H. Mebane Turner Learning Commons, 1415 Maryland Ave. The event is free and open to the public.
The exhibit will bring to life research conducted by College of Public Affairs faculty members Mariglynn Edlins and Jennica Larrison in partnership with Lutheran Immigration Services (LIRS) to explore the experiences of children living in Maryland and Virginia who migrated alone from Central America to the United States. Though the stories are fictionalized to protect the subjects, the exhibit will reflect actual experiences of unaccompanied migrant children and their thoughts on their lives in their home countries, why they left home, their journey across the U.S.-Mexico border and their lives now in the United States. In addition, the exhibit will provide opportunities for participants to trace the steps of various young people's journeys both over the border and through U.S. immigration policy.
"During a time when our highest levels of government are tweeting disparaging claims about immigration, we feel it is important to understand, both quantitatively and emotionally, who the young people who are migrating alone to the U.S. are," said Prof. Larrison. "This reception offers an opportunity to understand better who these youth are and the process they traverse."
The event marks the release of a joint research report between UB and LIRS, which was funded by the UB Foundation Fund for Excellence grant and the College of Public Affairs.
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