Please join us this Sunday for a film screening at COSI

Join Community Refugee and Immigration Services, the Somali Documentary Project, the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, and your neighbors for a special screening followed by a community discussion

We'll be watching Hawo's Dinner Party: The New Face of Southern Hospitality

Date: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

Time: 3:00-5:30 pm

Location: COSI, 333 W. Broad Street, Columbus OH

(Please park in the lots on Belle Street on the West side of COSI. Parking is $5, cash only)

You can view the event flyer with more details here.

Please send RSVPs to: hawosdinnerparty@gmail.comAbout Hawo’s Dinner Party: Drawing on some of the most vivid scenes of welcoming and transformation from Welcome to Shelbyville, the 2010 documentary directed and produced by Kim A. Snyder and executive produced by BeCause Foundation in association with Active Voice. It follows the trajectory of Hawo Siyad, a refugee and former nurse from Somalia, who has come to work at the near-by Tyson Foods chicken processing plant. Dressed in colorful hijab even on the assembly line, Hawo is determined to learn English and to connect with her neighbors. But as news of “home grown terrorism” appears in the national media and as Hawo tries to reach out, we get an intimate glimpse into the honest – and often uncomfortable – confrontations that emerge. “Hawo’s Dinner Party” shows what happens when newcomers and “welcoming ambassadors” communicate and work together to transform their community, even under the most challenging times.About Shelbyville Multimedia: Developed by Active Voice, Shelbyville Multimedia is a platform to promote community-building and harmony between native-born Americans, immigrants and refugees nationwide. Inviting people around the country get to know each other, embrace our differences and roll up our sleeves to build stronger communities, it includes various components –including “Hawo’s Dinner Party” to help you continue the work of building community.