The Children of Immigration Series is a collaborative series of events by the Sociology Department and the ALANA Center that began in 2014. We strive to bring together and foster a community of students, staff, and faculty who identify as immigrants (first generation) or children of immigrants (second generation) through various discussions, dialogues, and projects.

Our Voices: Children of Immigration Narratives is an audio-visual media project that aims to share the complex, rich stories and lived experiences of the members of our community. We hope our voices will complicate, challenge, and broaden the narratives and perspectives that exist within the larger Vassar College community.

FILMING RECORDING AT THE COLLABORATORY (OUTSIDE COLLEGE CENTER CIRCLE)

11/17 12-5PM

11/18 12-5PM

11/20 1-5PM*

11/21 12-5PM

*Reception and showing at the ALANA Center on 11/20 from 12-1pm

We eagerly invite students to participate in this project. We are seeking participants who would like to be filmed or audio recorded as they share narratives, poems, anecdotes, and/or reflections about their experiences as “children of immigration.”We welcome anecdotes and reflections that are joyful and hilarious, melancholy and bittersweet, heartwarming and thought-provoking. Suggested themes will be provided in advance for guidance. There will be two days of filming/audio recording collecting narratives, walk-ins are welcome. If you are not available during the filming times but would like to participate, please contact us!

Hanna Jeong (hajoeng@vassar.edu)

Professor Eredira Rueda (errueda@vassar.edu)