Building Bridges

Building Bridges Through first-person accounts and positive images, these exhibits seek to challenge and change damaging myths and stereotypes.

Building Bridges includes photographs and interviews with immigrants and refugees in the U.S.The exhibit challenges damaging myths and stereotypes, seeking to prevent the hatred and dehumanization of immigrant and refugees. Family Diversity Projects creates museum-quality traveling exhibits, including "Building Bridges," composed of photographs and interviews with families and individuals around s

ocial justice and diversity themes. By encouraging people of all ages - beginning in early childhood - to affirm and appreciate diversity, this traveling rental exhibit contributes to the process of dismantling the destructive power of prejudice and intolerance, thereby making the world a safer place for all families. The photo-text rental exhibits consist of ready-to-hang framed photographs and text.

This Giving Tuesday consider donating to Family Diversity Projects!
11/29/2022

This Giving Tuesday consider donating to Family Diversity Projects!

“Immigrants don’t come here to take people’s jobs,” she said. “Many want to live in a less dangerous place … where every...
04/01/2020

“Immigrants don’t come here to take people’s jobs,” she said. “Many want to live in a less dangerous place … where everyone has an opportunity to live safely.”

- Peggy Gillespie
https://www.amherstbulletin.com/Building-Bridges-Photo-exhibit-profiles-immigrants-and-asylum-seekers-13428216

Last fall, with several photo and text exhibits about diversity behind them, Peggy Gillespie and Gigi Kaeser were considering what they might work on next. They’d done some initial work on a project that would profile people who had come to the United...

All women includes immigrant women and this organization is recognizing that. Check out this campaign that is putting a ...
03/31/2020

All women includes immigrant women and this organization is recognizing that. Check out this campaign that is putting a spotlight on "...women and communities that are often left out of national conversations on equal pay—Transgender, formerly incarcerated, and immigrant women."



https://www.advocate.com/women/2020/3/24/lesbian-fighting-all-women-earn-what-they-deserve

http://iwprequalpayday.org/

C. Nicole Mason, president and CEO of Institute for Women’s Policy Research, talks about the pay gap for LGBTQ women, women of color, and more.

"We all were immigrants at one point other than the Native Americans. And we have only made this country better. Now we ...
03/30/2020

"We all were immigrants at one point other than the Native Americans. And we have only made this country better. Now we have to figure out how we can build bridges instead of building walls."

Eduardo Samaniego - Mexico


Learn more about these amazing people and their stories through FamilyDiv.Org

"As a black, gay Muslim, I am scaredliving in the USA. That’s like the worst “cocktail” here inAmerica right now, but I ...
03/29/2020

"As a black, gay Muslim, I am scared
living in the USA. That’s like the worst “cocktail” here in
America right now, but I can’t run away from my fears."

Yahya Jingo - Uganda


Learn more at https://familydiv.org/exhibits/building-bridges/

Check out this amazing podcast with Sheetal Sheth, an actress, voice-over artist, producer and more. She is a child of ...
03/28/2020

Check out this amazing podcast with Sheetal Sheth, an actress, voice-over artist, producer and more. She is a child of who speaks with Immigrantly about her experiences coming up and performing in various films like I Can't Think Straight and The World Unseen. She makes some great points on representation and touches on the importance of non-Western names.

Sheetal Sheth is an acclaimed actress known for her provocative performances in a wide range of memorable roles on film and television. She has starred in over 20 feature films and many TV shows and has earned a loyal, international following.

Hello everyone! We at FDP hope you're maintaining during this confusing time of self-quarantine and isolation. Hopefully...
03/23/2020

Hello everyone! We at FDP hope you're maintaining during this confusing time of self-quarantine and isolation. Hopefully, you're holed up with those you love. Here's an informational video to help make the situation clearer. Make sure to wash your hands!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtN-goy9VOY
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

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