Journeys Home: Immigration & Activism with Mary Apollo
Tue, Jul 21
|Facebook Live
Launched in May 2020, this virtual series (14 episodes) featured refugee musicians and activists. With in-person venues closed, the series offered a platform for them to perform and fundraise as they navigated uncertain times. Online viewers tuned in to watch live events from their homes in support.
Time & Location
Jul 21, 2020, 7:00 PM
Facebook Live
About the Event
Join us on 1 Journey Festival's Live and listen to Mary Apollo's experience as a journalist, advocate, and the ally for African-descent youth in the diaspora. She reports in English, Arabic and French and was selected as one of the most influential 100 advocates by the International Human Rights Fund - Trust 2019. Mary was born in South Sudan and first came to the US as part of a State Department program for young professionals four years ago.
Mary will be raising money for recording equipment. She runs a weekly current affairs show called Four Directions to discuss political and human rights issues around the globe. Check out her work here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3I6mzd_ONTanw8ikcUHAFw
Please donate on GoFundMe: gf.me/u/yakcv7
Link to view: https://fb.watch/c_VvxWVaJg/