Richmond, Va. (September 28, 2017) – Reynolds Community
College will host immigration lawyer Naureen Hyder at an “Around the World
Through Books” discussion on Thursday, September 28, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the
Lipman Auditorium of the Massey Library and Technology Center on the Parham
Road Campus, located at 1651 E. Parham Road in Richmond. This event is free and
open to the public. Canned goods for the Central Virginia Food Bank are
requested.
The book discussion will feature “In the Country We Love: My
Family Divided,” by actress and author Diane Guerrero and Michelle Burford. Before
acting in “Orange is the New Black” and “Jane the Virgin,” young American-born
Guerrero experienced the trauma of her undocumented parents deportation to
Colombia.
The program is a free community event sponsored by
Reynolds’s Multicultural Enrichment Council for the purpose of encouraging
cultural diversity throughout the Reynolds campuses and communities. For more
information about this event please contact Lisa Bishop (lbishop@reynolds.edu)
or visit www.reynolds.edu.
Serving over 20,000
students annually, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College is the youngest and
third largest of 23 community colleges in Virginia. The College operates three
campuses serving residents in the City of Richmond and the counties of Henrico,
Hanover, Goochland, Powhatan and Louisa.
