A Community Cultural Coffeehouse, scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 9, will explore what it is like to grow up in the South as a member of the Muslim community.
Muslim students from UNC Charlotte and Queens University of Charlotte will talk about the challenges, achievements and dreams of immigrants living in today’s Charlotte. Then, they will invite the audience to ask questions, make comments and share their own experiences.
The program will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Caldwell Memorial Presbyterian Church, 1609 E. 5th St., Charlotte. Cookies and coffee will be served. This event is open to the public without charge, but registration is required here. Complimentary parking available at the church. Additional parking will be at the corner of Park Drive and East 5th Street.
This is the second of two Cultural Coffeehouses. The first looked at experiences of Latino “dreamer” immigrants, a term used to refer to young people who are brought here as children by their undocumented parents.
UNC Charlotte’s Center for the Study of the New South and Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, in partnership with the Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice at Queens University of Charlotte, are cosponsoring these Cultural Coffeehouses. They are part of the 2016-17 series of events offered by the Center for the Study of the New South that examine what “Growing Up Southern” means in today’s multicultural South.