Please mark your calendars for an exciting EVENING OF STORYTELLING
WITH GIRLFORWARD GIRLS AND WENDY PEARLMAN, AUTHOR OF _We Crossed A
Bridge and it Trembled, Voices From Syria_. WENDY IS AN ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SPECIALIZING
IN MIDDLE EAST POLITICS.
WENDY WILL READ FROM HER BOOK, followed by a panel discussion about
the power of STORYTELLING WITH GIRLFORWARD GIRLS MODERATED BY A STAFF
MEMBER. We’ll wrap up with refreshments and sweet SYRIAN
TREATS.Hosted by: Heather Ferguson, Wendy Fox, Molly Keelan, Anne
Marie McMichael, Uzoamaka Nzelibe, Dr. Julie Snow, Katherine Kaufka
Walts, Julie Ward, Val Weiss, Blair Wellensiek, and Rebecca Wheeler
From our hosts and all of us at GirlForward, thank you!
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ABOUT THE BOOK:
Based on hundreds of interviews across the Middle East and
Europe, _We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria
[https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062654618/we-crossed-a-bridge-and-it-trembled] _(HarperCollins,
2017) offers a collection of intimate testimonials and poetic
fragments from a cross-section of Syrians whose lives have been
transformed by revolution, war, and exile.
PANELISTS:
ELIZA - current student at Evanston Township High School | Home
country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
TASNIM - current student at Sullivan High School | Home country: SYRIA
MODERATOR: Ashley Marine, Director of Programs at GirlForward
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