Lana Barkawi is executive and artistic director of Mizna, a multidisciplinary Arab arts organization based in St. Paul with a mission to be a space for Arab and Arab American film, literature, and art.
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Sarah Brenes is the Director of the Refugee and Immigrant Program at the Advocates for Human Rights. Brenes served on the community advisory committee for the exhibition When Home Won’t Let You Stay.
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Alfreda Daniels is the co-founder of Black Immigrant Collective. Daniels served on the community advisory committee for the exhibition When Home Won’t Let You Stay.
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Essma Imady is a filmmaker, sculptor, and installation artist. Imady grew up in Damascus, Syria, and came to the United States in 2011. She received her MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2016.
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Erika Lee teaches American history at the University of Minnesota, where she is a Regents Professor, a Distinguished McKnight University Professor, and the Rudolph J. Vecoli Chair in Immigration History. Lee is also the Director of the Immigration History Research Center. Lee served on the community advisory committee for the exhibition.
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Ifrah Mansour is a multimedia and performance artist in the Twin Cities whose play “How to Have Fun in a Civil War” explores the experience of the Somali Civil War from the viewpoint of a 7-year-old girl.
Xavier Tavera is a photographer and filmmaker whose work deals with Latinx identity and race.
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