In addition to CoFiA and the Leonia Public Library, several other groups have signed on as co-sponsors of the May 17, 2018 screening of the Luis Argueta film, ABRAZOS. Current co-sponsors include the Bergen County Immigration Strategy Group, the New Jersey Alliance for Immigration Justice, Leonia Action Alliance, Union Guatemaltecos de Morristown, and Grupo Cajola.
All sponsors are welcome to bring information about their organization to the screening, and to join in the conversation following the film. The film tells of the transformational journey of a group of U.S. Citizen Children, sons and daughters of undocumented immigrants, who travel from Minnesota to Guatemala to meet their grandparents and other relatives. There are many such citizen children in the U.S., including several who are children of CoFiA members.
Following the screening there will be a discussion hosted by CoFiA members and members of other co-sponsoring groups. We will also have the opportunity to share up-to-date information about what is happening in the immigrant community in our area, and invite interested people to step up and help out.
Refreshments will be provided by the Leonia Public Library. The screening is free and open to the public.