Welcoming the Stranger with Reverend Wayne Laws & Armando Peniche
Jul
5
10:00 AM10:00

Welcoming the Stranger with Reverend Wayne Laws & Armando Peniche

Reverend Wayne Laws, Minister of Social Justice & Mission at the Mountain View United Church in Aurora, will be reading aloud Armando Peniche’s autobiographical story of racial profiling he experienced as a 12-year old boy, and the danger slanderous rhetoric poses to the undocumented community. The reading will be followed by both personal and theological reflections on the importance of sacred hospitality, and the impact of stepping into the shoes of an undocumented person.

RSVP TODAY →

View Event →
Welcoming the Stranger with Reverend Pedro Silva & Alejandro Fuentes-Mena
Jun
7
5:00 PM17:00

Welcoming the Stranger with Reverend Pedro Silva & Alejandro Fuentes-Mena

Sponsored by First Congregational Church UCC - Boulder and Together Colorado.

Reverend Pedro Silva, from First Congregational Church UCC - Boulder, will be reading aloud Alejandro Fuentes-Mena’s autobiographical story of hard work, familial love, and his journey to becoming one of the first two DACAmented teachers in the country. The reading will be followed by both personal and theological reflections on the importance of sacred hospitality, and the impact of stepping into the shoes of an undocumented person.

RSVP TODAY →

View Event →
Podcast Launch Party in L.A.
Oct
24
6:30 PM18:30

Podcast Launch Party in L.A.

Please invite your friends and family in Los Angeles to join us for this powerful evening of storytelling, music, and conversation in the Museum of Tolerance. This event is free, simply RSVP HERE

Shoebox Stories features prominent Americans like Jorge Ramos, Nicholas Kristof, Maria Hinojosa, John Lithgow, and Gloria Steinem standing in the shoes of undocumented youth by reading aloud their personal stories.

View Event →
Undocumonologues with Arturo O'Farrill + Shoebox Stories Podcast Denver Launch Event
Oct
2
7:30 PM19:30

Undocumonologues with Arturo O'Farrill + Shoebox Stories Podcast Denver Launch Event

  • Newman Center for the Performing Arts (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Motus Theater and the Newman Center for the Performing Arts present the special performance UndocuMonologues with Arturo O’Farrill. In this performance, audience members will have the unique opportunity to sit on stage and listen to Grammy award-winning Afro-Jazz musician Arturo O’Farrill improvise musical responses to the autobiographical stories of five undocumented leaders.

Tickets available HERE.

View Event →