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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><strong>You are invited to speak out on your hopes and dreams after coming to Philadelphia</strong></h1>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">The panel discussion will take place in Taller's Education Building, 2557 N. 5th St</h4>
Siguiendo el tema de la exposición del Taller Puertorriqueño, <em><a title="Current exhibition" href="http://tallerpr.org/event/despues-de-la-frontera-after-the-border/">Después de la Frontera</a></em>, <strong>este panel invita a las voces de la comunidad a compartir sus experiencias sobre la inmigración hacia los Estados Unidos</strong>. Con la artista Michelle Angela Ortiz, Blanca Pacheco del <a href="http://sanctuaryphiladelphia.org/">Nuevo Movimiento Santuario</a>, Olvia Vázquez, líder de jóvenes en <a href="http://vamosjuntos.org/">Juntos</a> y la curadora de  la exhibicíon Tania García. La presentacíon de el video<em> El Motor De Mi Vida, </em>precederá la discusión.

<em>Taking its cue from Taller Puertorriqueño’s exhibition, </em><a href="http://tallerpr.org/event/despues-de-la-frontera-after-the-border/">Después de la Frontera</a><em>, the panel invites community voices to share their immigration experiences coming to the United States and living in Philadelphia. With the artist Michelle Angela Ortiz, Blanca Pacheco of the <a href="http://sanctuaryphiladelphia.org">New Sanctuary Movement</a>, Olvia Vazquez, a youth leader at <a href="http://vamosjuntos.org">Juntos</a> and curator Tanya Garcia. / Conversación inspirada por la exhibición Después de la Frontera.    A screening of  <a href="http://www.melissabskolnick.com">Melissa Beatriz Skolnick</a>'s and<a href="http://groundworkfilm.com/about/"> Milena Velis</a>, </em>El Motor De Mi Vida / The Engine of My Life<em> will precede the discussion.</em>

<em>Después de la Frontera / After the Border </em>is a  <a href="http://www.creativealliance.org/" data-cke-saved-href="http://www.creativealliance.org/">Creative Alliance</a> exhibition that is curated by Tanya Garcia and is the culmination of her year-long fellowship supported by the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation.

<strong>*Roughly 1 in 11 Pennsylvanians are Latino or Asian.</strong>
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 	<li> The Latino share of Pennsylvania’s population grew from 2.0% in 1990, to 3.2% in 2000, to 6.3% (or 808,147 people) in 2013. The Asian share of the population grew from 1.1% in 1990, to 1.8% in 2000, to 3% (or 384,783 people) in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.</li>
 	<li>Latinos comprised 3.2% (or 184,000) of Pennsylvania voters in the 2012 elections, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.</li>
 	<li>In Pennsylvania, 86.9% of children with immigrant parents were U.S. citizens in 2009, according to data from the Urban Institute.</li>
 	<li>In 2009, 87.6% of children in Asian families inPennsylvania were U.S.citizens, as were 95.2% of children in Latino families.</li>
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*Information from a 2015 <a href="http://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org">American Immigration Council</a> report.  Read the full report <a href="http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/docs/new_americans_in_pennsylvania_2015.pdf">here</a>.
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This panel is done in collaboration with <a href="http://www.providencecentershcj.org">Providence Center</a>, <a href="http://www.cabrini.edu/Academics/The-Wolfington-Center">Wolfington Center, Cabrini College</a>, <a href="http://www.creativealliance.org">Creative Alliance</a> and  La Salle University Art Museum

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