Northeastern Illinois University to Host Changing Worlds Oral History and Photography Exhibit

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Chicago, Illinois, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) April 4, 2011 -- Northeastern Illinois University to Host Changing Worlds Oral History and Photography Exhibit

Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) will host the Changing Worlds Oral History and Photography Exhibit as part of the Experience the World in Albany Park: Globalization in Our Back Yard conference. The traveling exhibit describes the journeys of immigrants to Albany Park from all over the world. Family stories, along with photographs, artwork and maps, are told by students, their parents and grandparents, and are translated into12 different languages. The complete exhibit is permanently housed at Hibbard Elementary School in Chicago.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Susan Stall at (773) 442-4777.

Saturday, April 9 – Saturday, April 16

Student Union – first and second floors
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 N. St. Louis Ave. in Chicago
(Use campus entrance located at 3701 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.)

Changing Worlds began in 1996 at Hibbard Elementary School, a Chicago Public School located in the diverse Albany Park neighborhood. Driven by a vision to build bridges across cultures through story, founder Kay Berkson partnered with the school’s staff and parents to create an oral history and photography exhibit. In 1999, a traveling version of the exhibit was created to share these family stories with other communities, giving a face to those too often seen through the filters of stereotypes.
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