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Introducing the Welcome Read Text with Kebedech Tekleab

On Monday, Sep 30, 2024 from 11:15 AM to 12:00 PM

Location: Science Building, Room-112


This Lecture is for Students


Kebedech Tekleab will introduce the Welcome Read text, While the Earth Sleeps We Travel: Stories, Poetry, and Art from Young Refugees Around the World, as part of the program's kick-off lecture series. She will share her own experience as a refugee from Ethopia.

Kebedech Tekleab is a published poet, painter, sculptor, and installation artist. She teaches in the Art & Design department at Queensborough Community College.


This event is sponsored by the Kuperberg Holocaust Center, which has provided funding for the English Department's Welcome Read event series.

Contact Name: Ilse Schrynemakers

Contact Email: [email protected]

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