Get Engaged Alumni Speaker Series: "Collaboration and Creativity in Crises"
Thursday, June 27, 2024
Online Event
9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT/GMT-4
9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT/GMT-4
The second workshop in the Global Engagement Student Fellows' Get Engaged Alumni Speaker Series is hosted by Lexi Parra and is titled "Collaboration and Creativity in Crises."
Lexi Parra, a 2016 Get Engaged Alum, is a Venezuelan-American photographer and educator based in Caracas and New York. Her personal work focuses on youth culture, migration, the personal effects of inequality and violence, and themes of resilience. She has worked with international publications like The New York Times, NPR, The Washington Post, and others.
Parra is the community manager at Women Photograph and the founder of Project MiRA, a photo education initiative that fosters visual literacy and empowerment among young women in the barrios of Caracas. She holds a degree in Photography and Human Rights from Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Time: 9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT/GMT-4
Location: Online Event