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How Do We See Ourselves in Each Other?
May 2, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Free
Friday, May 2, 2025
5:30pm – 8:30pm EST
Asheville Art Museum
2 S Pack Square,
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
Co-presented by Stanford Institute for Advancing Just Societies, Zócalo Public Square, and Asheville Art Museum
Moderated by Tomás Jiménez, Founding Faculty Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Advancing Just Societies
As people move to and around the U.S., they transform communities, perhaps nowhere as strikingly as in fast-growing North Carolina. As the long-established Native, Black, and white citizens of the state welcome Latino and Asian newcomers into this “new Southern immigrant gateway,” once-separated groups are building new futures together—and understanding themselves anew through the eyes of their neighbors.
5:30 PM Check-in and Art Viewing
6:00 PM Artist Talk
6:30 PM Panel Conversation
7:30 PM Reception
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