Current Projects and Activities
Museum of Now
May 14th 2025
During finals week, our lab invited passing students to share their thoughts and feelings of the Now with acrylic marker and black paper.
Open your Heart: Film Screening and Panel Discussion with Dr. Mindy Fried
April 8th 2025
With the generous support of producer and sociologist Dr. Mindy Fried, VOICE Lab hosted a screening of Open Your Heart—a powerful film by Dr Fried's Hoopla Productions and ZUMIX that highlights the stories and creative expressions of immigrant youth in Boston.
Fireside Chats
Caribbean Women's Navigation of Social Structures as U.S. Immigrants
March 20th, 2025
In this UNCSW presentation, we share the stories of Caribbean immigrant women who reveal their experiences navigating the social structures in the United States. We explore how their multiple roles and intersectional identities influence their experiences with and navigation of US institutions, highlighting the challenges and triumphs. Focus areas include navigation of educational, linguistic, and economic structures. In doing this, we will illuminate the uneven outcomes of the Beijing Declaration.
Agency and Representation: Supporting Immigrant Students in Literacy Spaces
March 7th, 2025
The VOICE Research Lab welcomes you to the second event in our Immigrant Identity and Literacy Series! In our fireside chat, we were joined by K-12 educators to learn how they support their immigrant students in their literacy learning spaces.
First Fireside Chat
Febuary 11th, 2025
Love Sent Across Seas, Exhibit Opening, Penn Museum, Philadelphia
Love Sent Across Seas is a pop-up exhibition curated by Miranda Alexander and Alissa Jordan. The exhibition centered on the barrel as an object of connection between the Caribbean and the US. A barrel is used to transport items from the US to other countries. Many Caribbean immigrants and refugees carefully and thoughtfully pack their barrels for their love ones. The first screening of the documentary "Island Roots, Farrin' Dreams: Caribbean Immigrant Narratives' of the Journey" was held at this exhibition.