CALIFORNIA

SWANA – LA, in collaboration with community and student organizations, would like to invite you all to:

DISPLACED NARRATIVES – IRAQ AND SYRIA

“The Last Plight”
Q&A with Suzan Younan (Associate Producer)
Hear about the experiences of Assyrians and Yazidis displaced at the hands of ISIS

“Growing Home”
Q&A with Faisal Attrache (Director)
Hear about the experiences of Syrians displaced as a result of the civil war and their daily struggles

Special Guest, Savina Dawood
From Erbil, Iraq
Community organizer

Join Southwest Asian/North Afrikan voices for an evening of film, discussion, and community!
Light refreshments will be provided.

$5 Suggested Donation. Link to reserve your seat will be provided shortly.

All funds raised will be donated to benefit Iraq’s internally displaced people.

*When* Saturday, May 16th, at 6:30pm
*Where* UCLA Broad Art Center 2160E
*What* Amazing SWANA community and student organizations coming together to address the tragedy of displacement currently being experienced by people in Iraq and Syria.

Special thanks to our co-sponsor, the Transfer Student Alliance at UCLA.

About SWANA-LA:

Our mission is to advocate for our [Southwest Asian & North Afrikan – SWANA] communities on both a local and global scale. We are a group of community members and students committed to promoting progressive, conscious, political, and cultural ideals through educational events, action-oriented campaigns, and healing spaces. We are in solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Our collective is geared towards those of SWANA background.