The Empathy Project is a story of the 89.3 million people forced to migrate from their homes to seek refuge from conflict\, starvation\, violence\, persecution\, and climate disaste rs. It is also a story about the global community and our response to peop le in exile. \; This performance project allows us to contribute to th e migration crisis by sharing the stories of real people whose lives have been destroyed\, forcing them to flee for their survival and seeking refug e from those of us fortunate to have a home\, attend school\, grow and sho p for food\, develop our professional skills\, own a business and make a c ontribution to our communities. \; \;
\nThe Yiddish Book Ce nter&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Stories of Exile&rdquo\; Reading Groups for Public L ibraries is a reading and discussion program to engage teens and adults in thinking about experiences of displacement\, migration\, and diaspora. In this program\, librarians organize reading groups to discuss three books of Yiddish literature in translation\, and one book related to the experie nce of a community served by their library.
\nLive-stream this event on the Hoover Library \;YouTube \;and Facebook pages.
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