NASP Welcoming Week Panel: The USA is My Home
Stay tuned for our event on Monday, September 13th at 7 PM EDT for Week of Welcome. Join our NASP graduates in a discussion on public speaking and ways of welcoming newcomers and the launch of our speaker referral website.
Register on our Eventbrite to join the Zoom call and ask our panelist questions: https://naspwelcomeweek.eventbrite.com
Our current panelists are students from Cohorts 1 and 2 of the New American Speaker's Program including Kumari Regmi, Tshishiku Henry, Modupe Aina, Deyar Nasiri, , and Hanan Rasheed.
The event is free but please feel free to support WeaveTales @ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/weavetales1 and by following our social media @weavetales.
State of Florida Inclusion Expo
Let’s make Florida more inclusive towards immigrants! “How?” you ask? Join our State of Florida Inclusion Expo on Friday, June 25th and Saturday, June 26th from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM to find out from a panel of experts. Make sure to register for the State of Florida Inclusion Expo at https://secure.everyaction.com/t5qxhKqoyEa8lfCnBDe5dw2
NASP Cohort 2 Storytelling Night 2/ Celebration
Join WeaveTales’s New American Speaker’s Program students on Thursday, June 17th, 2021, on Facebook Live or Zoom for a night of storytelling and speeches. Our students will be sharing some of their work from the course and their experiences as a refugee and immigrant with the audience. Through the New American Speaker’s course, students are developing public speaking and writing skills to best share and showcase their stories of migration or as a newcomer to the U.S. Each of our students will be allotted 5 minutes to share their work and practice their public speaking in a safe environment. Our goal is to share their stories for advocacy and educational purposes. We hope to see you there! Register now through Eventbrite to reserve your spot.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/154051826159
With guest appearances by Mayssoun Azzam and Andres Useches who will be sharing a never-released song!
This event is brought to you by Reyes Legal, Refugee Congress, Mubarak Law, Global Bhutanese Hindu Organization, Global Jax, and Mary Coleman
FREE (Donations accepted) @ https://secure.actblue.com/donate/weavetales1
Beautiful graphic done by local student Grace.
To learn more contact us at: contact@weavetales.org
NASP Cohort 2 Storytelling Night
Join WeaveTales’s New American Speaker’s Program students on Thursday, April 22, 2021, on Facebook Live or Zoom for a night of storytelling and speeches. Our students will be sharing some of their work from the course and their experiences as a refugee and immigrant with the audience. Through the New American Speaker’s course, students are developing public speaking and writing skills to best share and showcase their stories of migration or as a newcomer to the U.S. Each of our students will be allotted 5 minutes to share their work and practice their public speaking in a safe environment. Our goal is to share their stories for advocacy and educational purposes. We hope to see you there! Register now through Eventbrite to reserve your spot.
Join us on Zoom by registering through Eventbrite. Reserve your spot today at naspnight.eventbrite.com
This event is brought to you by Reyes Legal, Refugee Congress, Mubarak Law, Global Bhutanese Hindu Organization, Global Jax, and Mary Coleman
Coffee & Culture: Traditional Chinese and Indian Tea Ceremony
Join us for a special afternoon in honor of the start of International Women's Day!
Wen Raiti, from China, and owner of House of Leaf & Bean will be preparing and
serving traditional Chinese Tea.
Saji George, originally from Indian, will be creating and serving her own chai recipe and talking about the healing properties of different types of teas.
Journey to Jacksonville - Immigrant Stories of Triumph Over Adversity
Jacksonville residents and guests are invited to reconnect and learn about their refugee and immigrant neighbors through the Journey to Jacksonville exhibit, organized by WeaveTales and the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville. The exhibit will bring refugee and immigrant stories to life in a COVID-safe environment.
Exhibit Opening- In order to keep everyone safe, we ask you to select approximate arrival time.
Times: Registration required for events Journey to Jacksonville on Feb 6, Coffee & Culture event on Feb. 21, and a Traditional Tea Ceremony on Mar. 7.
**Masks and social distancing required**
New American Speaker's Program Storytelling Night
Join WeaveTales’s New American Speaker’s Program students on Thursday, December 10, 2020 on Facebook Live for a night of storytelling and speeches. Our students will be sharing some of their work from the course and their experiences as a refugee and immigrant with the audience. Through the New American Speaker’s course, students are developing public speaking and writing skills to best share and showcase their stories of migration or as a newcomer to the U.S. Each of our students will be allotted 5 minutes to share their work and practice their public speaking in a safe environment. Our goal is to share their stories for advocacy and educational purposes. We hope to see you there! Register now through Eventbrite to reserve your spot.
This event is brought to you by Emgage, MASA Fund, ReyesLegal, and USAHello.
You can register for the event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/117698546521
New American Speaker's Program Storytelling Night
Join WeaveTales’s New American Speaker’s Program students on Thursday, October 22, 2020, on Facebook Live for a night of storytelling and speeches. Our students will be sharing some of their work from the course and their experiences as a refugee and immigrant with the audience. Through the New American Speaker’s course, students are developing public speaking and writing skills to best share and showcase their stories of migration or as a newcomer to the U.S. Each of our students will be allotted 5 minutes to share their work and practice their public speaking in a safe environment. Our goal is to share their stories for advocacy and educational purposes. We hope to see you there! Register now through Eventbrite to reserve your spot.
This event is brought to you by Emgage, MASA Fund, ReyesLegal, GlobalJax, and USAHello.
You can register for the event at: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../new-american-speakers...
Hearty Tables: Newcomer Storytelling Through Cooking
Food is universal but the culture of preparing is unique to each community. In celebration of World Refugee Day 2020, WeaveTales has partnered with the Museum of Science & History in Jacksonville (MOSH) and We Are All America to hold a 6-week video series that brings together storytelling and cooking. Starting on May 30, each week, an immigrant chef will share stories about families, the journey to America, and how cooking has inspired them as they build a new life in a new country.
This program will be a great opportunity for the community to learn about the presence and stories of immigrants and refugees in America. The goal of this program is to embrace diversity by encouraging a deeper understanding of cultural differences through food and storytelling.
Each chef will be sharing their recipe and ingredients days before the show to help some of the viewers tune in to use it as a cooking class. WeaveTales will be taking questions from the audience asking them to the chefs as they prepare the food during the show to make it interactive.
An RSVP is required. Once registered you will receive information on accessing the show prior to the event.
To stay updated about the event and the featured chefs, please follow us on our social media @WeaveTales or sign up for email updates on our website.
If you want to join as a featured chef, please fill out our online application by May 15, 2020: https://forms.gle/PmNLqPrQ9NAtnv8k7
Jacksonville International Women's Day
In light of the International Women's Day, we are celebrating the strength and resilience of women in Jacksonville from around the world. Our panel of speakers coming from diverse backgrounds will share their experiences of being a woman, resident, mother, and an American or a newcomer in the city over complimentary coffee and tea and some Arabic sweets. We are also encouraging our attendees to bring their business cards and flyers to promote their work as women.
Refugee Day At The Capitol
Florida Immigrant Coalition & We Are All America are proud to host the 2nd annual Refugee Lobbying Day at the Florida State Capitol on February 4th, from 9:00AM to 3:00PM. The purpose of our lobbying day is to:
1. To educate legislators on Refugee Resettlement & the impact of recent policy changes.
2. To elevate and empower the voices of the refugee community.
3. To gain legislative support & celebrate refugees contribution in Florida.
Journey to a New Home
The "Journey to a New Home" is an arts project that will empower Arab artists by allowing them to tell their own stories through various art forms. Arab artists take pride in their cultural roots and encourage each other to achieve self-reliance through storytelling. This project is designed to promote these values among the public through various artistic expressions created by Arab artists in Jacksonville, Florida.