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St Mary & St Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church is holding its fifth Egyptian Festival in Conshohocken. The church makes its home in the former SS. Cosmas and Damian Catholic Church.

On March 31st, celebrate the 200th anniversary of the return of the first free Black Americans to what is now known as Liberia!

Togo - Entrepreneurship and Youth Employment Informal member gathering planned alongside confirmed in-person International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), the U.S. Department of State's premier professional exchange program.

A family program of stories and songs with the master storyteller, Charlotte Blake Alston. Charlotte selects from her wide repertoire of stories and songs that feature animals from the African and African American oral traditions such as “Anansi”, “Starfish”, “How Raccoon Got His Dinner”, “Billy Goats’ Gruff” and “Little Red Hen.”  

Every year, military airstrikes in conflict zones like Iraq, Syria, and Libya result in thousands of civilian deaths and displacement. To shed light on the impact that civilians face in these conflict zones, the Council is hosting a discussion with the Director of Airwars, a non-profit transparency organization working to track, assess, and archive military actions and related civilian harm claims in conflict zones.

Join professor Brigitte Fielder as she examines symbolism of antislavery imagery.

Paul Laurence Dunbar knows “why the caged bird sings” in part because of such connections between the enslavement of black people and the captivity of animals that were so prominent in nineteenth-century culture. Because birds, in particular, were viewed as symbols of freedom, arguments that they should not be caged abounded in discourses on pet-keeping.

Join us on Wednesday, March 3rd at Solas 2021 as we celebrate the important work that YOU have helped make possible!

This year will be the first virtual Solas Awards and while it will be different from past events, we are excited to be able to welcome everyone to join us in experiencing The Welcoming Center. During Solas 2021, you will have the opportunity to virtually network with others in The Welcoming Center community, learn more about the impact your support has on immigrants in Philadelphia, and watch a live conversation with our 2021 Solas Award honoree, Dr. José Ramón Fernández-Peña hosted by our friend and former colleague, Amanda Bergson-Shilcock.

Join FPRI Trustee Ambassador Charles A. Ray and author Ambassador John Campbell for a discussion of Campbell’s new book, Nigeria and the Nation-State: Rethinking Diplomacy with the Postcolonial World.