Opening Event: Press Conference and Music

Friday, September 15
10:30am & 12:00pm

City Hall & Thomas Paine Plaza

The opening of ‘An Immigrant Alphabet’ installation on September 15th coincides with the start of Welcoming Week, a series of events celebrating new Philadelphians, organized by the City’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (OIA).

Date: September 15, 2017

Time: 10:30 – 11:30 AM

Location: City Hall – 2nd Floor Conversation Room

• Miriam Enriquez – Director of Office of Immigrant Affairs
• Patrick Morgan – Philadelphia Director for Knight Foundation
• Honorable James Kenney – Mayor of City of Philadelphia
• Hazami Sayed – Executive Director of Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture
• Wendy Ewald – Artist
• Doha Salah and Joseph Fuentes – NEHS Students

Time: 12:00- 1:00 pm
Location: Thomas Paine Plaza – outside Municipal Services Building

A participatory Music Demonstration led by Arab and African-American percussionists Hafez Kotain and Kwasi Daryl Burgee

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