Quarterly Monday Luncheon Meetings
Lucchetti Home 1520 Forest Drive, Glenview, IL, United StatesGuest speaker, Hannah Werner, ESL Coordinator for the Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago, will be speaking about the ESL Training at the Association. She will speak from 12:15 - 1:15 […]
Racine-Kenosha English Festival
Carthage College 2001 Alford Park Drive, Kenosha, WI, United StatesAhlam Mahmood will speak at two festival sessions telling the story of her incredible journey from Baghdad to Damascus to Chicago as told in the multi-award-winning book A Disappearance in […]
BPB’s First “Virtual” Quarterly Luncheon Meeting
VirtualJims Porter, Communication and Advocacy Manager for RefugeeOne and member of the Golden Door Coalition, will provide a brief background of the refugee crisis, particularly during COVID-19. He will introduce […]
World Refugee Day 2020
IL, United StatesWorld Refugee Day Chicago honors the lives of refugees in our communities by giving a platform for their stories and raising awareness for the 70+ million refugees worldwide. Since 2005, […]
Quarterly “Luncheon” Meeting: Immigration and Refugee Policy
VirtualTopic: Immigration and Refugee Policy Guest speaker, Galya Ben-Arieh, J.D. ,Ph.D., is a professor in the Political Science Department at Northwestern University and an international expert in refugee and […]
Quarterly Luncheon Meeting: “Day One” with Director Lori Miller
VirtualBuilding Peaceful Bridges (BPB) is excited to welcome Lori Miller at our December 7th Virtual Quarterly Luncheon, (Noon CST). Lori will speak about Day One, a documentary that she produced […]
2020 Annual Event – RESCHEDULED!
VirtualJoin us for our 2020 Annual Educational Event! Learn about our programs and people How we mentor and support refugee families How we educate Americans on refugee stories Get to […]
Book Club – After the Last Border
VirtualBuilding Peaceful Bridges (BPB) is excited to welcome Dr. Jessica Goudeau at our first book club meeting on Wednesday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. CST. Dr. Goudeau will lead our […]
Quarterly Learning Luncheon with Congressman Brad Schneider
VirtualBuilding Peaceful Bridges (BPB) is excited to welcome Congressman Brad Schneider at our Learning Luncheon on Monday, March 22nd at 12:00 p.m. CST in a discussion of proposed reforms of […]
Reading Refuge Book Club – A Disappearance in Damascus
VirtualBuilding Peaceful Bridges (BPB) is excited to welcome Deborah Campbell and Ahlam Mahmood at our second ‘Reading Refuge’ Book Club meeting on Wednesday, April 28 from 7 to 8 pm […]