Welcome to Shelbyville takes an intimate look at a southern town as its residents--blacks, whites, Latinos, and Somalis--grapple with their beliefs, their histories, and their changing way of life. The film is directed and produced by Kim A. Snyder and executive produced by the BeCause Foundation in association with Active Voice. The documentary features the efforts of Welcoming Tennessee - ...
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Welcome to Shelbyville Premiers on PBS May 24!
| May 14, 2011
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Huffington Post Profiles Welcoming America
| April 14, 2011
Beyond Jan Brewer And Lou Dobbs: A Calm Center In The Immigration Debate Click Here to view on Huffington Post's web site In 2002, shortly before the Iowa caucuses, billboards began popping up in small towns across the state. The signs, featuring archival photos of German, Scandinavian and Eastern European immigrants -- all of whom had emigrated in numbers to the ...
The movement grows: check out Shelbyville Multimedia, stay tuned for Friends of Welcoming!
| March 17, 2011

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