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Voices Across Borders
About the event
What happens when a story crosses a border? It changes. It travels. It survives. Voices Across Borders is a multidisciplinary evening bringing together film, storytelling, poetry, and community participation around migration, identity, belonging, resilience, and cultural memory.
Emi Laará: Little Stories to Dream
A storytelling and film experience for children and families rooted in Afro-Cuban and Yoruba traditions, inspired by the book by Hebert Poll Gutierrez and Gladys Felicia Gutierrez Rodríguez.
Featuring:Dr. Ademola Adesola — poet and Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Literatures in the Department of English, Languages, and Cultures at Mount Royal University. He will present his poetry collection Dancing with My Tongue, published by Fairchild Media Publishing in 2026.
Voices Unbound— Open MicBring a poem, story, memory, or reflection and share your voice with the community.
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