The College of Education is teaming up with Welcoming America and the Georgia chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education (GA NAME) to screen “Welcome to Shelbyville,” a film about a small Southern town that grapples with a rising immigrant population.
The film tells the story of Shelbyville, Tenn., and how its residents face “rapid demographic change and issues of immigrant integration” during the 2008 presidential election, according to the film’s website.
The event, entitled Changing Landscapes: Immigration and Education, will begin at 5 p.m. today in the Georgia State University Speakers Auditorium (44 Courtland St., Atlanta) with a reception, and the film will begin at 6:15 p.m.
Following the screening, COE Clinical Assistant Professor Alyssa Hadley Dunn will moderate a panel discussion on the film. The panelists include Erica Dotson, Clayton State University assistant professor; Rachel Steinhardt, Welcoming America lead consultant; Carole Hahn, Emory University Candler Professor of Educational Studies; and Vera Stenhouse, president of GA NAME and project director for GSU’s Community Opportunities that Motivate People and Enhance Learning and Service (COMPELS) Grant, among others.
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