Dr. Ágata Szczeszak-Brewer, co-founder of Immigrant Allies and Professor of English at Wabash College, will speak at the next Lunch with the League event. Lunch with the League will take place at noon Friday at Fusion 54 and is titled, “Let’s Foster Belonging.” Immigrant Allies, www.huemoco.org/immigrant-allies, co-founded by Kerri Warner and Brewer, is a sub-committee of Humans United for Equality. It was formed to build a bridge and foster understanding between community citizens and the community’s immigrants.
Brewer was instrumental in applying for two grants which were awarded to support the work of this valuable organization: the first grant was to start bringing new members of the community (immigrants) together with more settled members to talk about shared concerns; the second is to help immigrants with transportation.
Brewer will speak about the grant called Foster Belonging, which will provide $7,000 to start developing an affordable ride-share program in Crawfordsville. The grant offers a unique opportunity to bring immigrant and non-immigrant populations together to solve a common problem. Her talk will focus on the immigrant population in town, volunteering needs and the details of the Foster Belonging grant.
