Young Detroiters Talk about Race, Growing up in Detroit... 02/11 (Saturday)

SPEAK FOR YOURSELF!
YOUNG DETROITERS TALK ABOUT RACE AND PEACE
MOSAIC YOUTH THEATRE OF DETROIT
Saturday, February 11, 3:00 p.m.Michigan Union
Kuenzel RoomUniversity of Michigan

What would happen if young people from different racial, ethnic, andreligious backgrounds came together to increase dialogue in asegregatedmetropolitan area? In this new interactive performance, Mosaic ensemblemembers depict teenagers of diverse ancestries, and confront thestereotypes they face growing up in metropolitan Detroit. This chargedperformance offers hope that our future might be more enlightened.Speak For Yourself! was commissioned by Youth Dialogues on Race andEthnicity in Metropolitan Detroit, a collaboration of the NationalCenterfor Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan and theSkillmanFoundation.

For more information, please contact Naomi at nmilstei@umich.edu or734-709-0898.