Educator Workshop: Readers of the World—Promoting Youth Multilingualism

Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA

Karin Hansson and Daniel Gustafsson from the Swedish Center for Translators invite Pittsburgh-based educators, librarians, teaching artists, and other partners to learn about Sweden's Readers of the World! project as well as share their own experiences of working with multilingual young people in Pittsburgh.

Jacqueline Hamer Flakes – “Mama Fannie: Growing Up the Daughter of Civil Rights Icon Fannie Lou Hamer,” in Conversation with First Lady Michelle Gainey

Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA

In celebration of the Pittsburgh premiere of "FANNIE: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer" at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center from January 13–16, 2023, author Jacqueline Hamer Flakes stops by City of Asylum to share her latest book, "Mama Fannie: Growing Up the Daughter of Civil Rights Icon Fannie Lou Hamer."

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