City of Asylum
Giving Voice.
Story Club Pittsburgh organizes & hosts Story Slam, a monthly nonfiction storytelling series at City of Asylum. May's theme is Lost & Found.
City of Asylum writer-in-residence Rania Mamoun and Residency Manager Catherine Skolnicki join the LIGHT Education Initiative in a crucial discussion on how to inspire, prepare, and empower the next generation of humanitarians.
Mai Khôi & Khaled Harara discuss how they use their creative practices to advocate for human rights and creative freedom of expression
Award-winning Irish novelist, Colum McCann discusses his nonprofit work and upcoming empathy-building novel 'Twist."
To officially kick off the Bridges – City of Asylum 2025 Creative Summit, we’ll welcome guests from across the globe to Alphabet City for a morning of performances, readings, and special presentations from guest speakers from Pittsburgh and all over the world.
Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Larry Siems, and Adriana Ramirez discuss creativity, resistance, the ongoing dark legacy of the prison camp in Guantánamo, and our never-finished, collective journey to freedom.
Author Colum McCann discusses forgiveness and understanding with Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan, as well as their lives since the release of Colum's "Apeirogon" and the current climate in Israel and Palestine.
This half-day program features workshops and panel discussions with leaders of a number of important foundations and corporations from the U.S. and Europe doing life-changing philanthropic work
City of Asylum welcomes Sarah Rose and Larry Siems to discuss the important, front-line work of arts organizations to defend freedom of expression.
Five City of Asylum and ICORN residents highlight their respective and collective journeys and resilience.
Diane Samuels and Rania Mamoun will discuss their collaborative work, in conversation with Sylvia Rhor Samaniego.
Take an optional tour of the Malta Foundation’s extraordinary private collection of international artwork.
Acclaimed American architect and urbanist Teddy Cruz and French writer, documentarian, and cultural activist, Philippe Olle Laprune discuss their groundbreaking work on the US/Mexico Border.
