Port library exhibit to feature immigrant stories

    The “Immigrant Journeys from South of the Border ¡Mi travesía hasta Wisconsin!” exhibition will open Monday, Sept. 13, at the Niederkorn Library in Port Washington.
    The exhibit will be housed on the second floor of the library through Saturday, Sept. 25.
    “While at the national level immigration of people from Mexico, Central and South America is being hotly debated, here in Wisconsin many of us have had little opportunity to meet immigrants from these nations, and to add that kind of personal knowledge to our understanding of the policy discussion,” Dena Wortzel, executive director of Wisconsin Humanities, said.
    “The humanities help us deepen our understanding of individual lives and how each of us fits into the larger whole.  That’s our goal with this exhibit, which shares stories of people whose lives may not be well understood or visible to many of their Wisconsin neighbors.”
    Eight individuals who emigrated from Mexico, Uruguay, Honduras and Colombia are featured in the exhibit, which is touring throughout the state.  
    The exhibit is part of the library’s Racial Justice and Implicit Bias series, which runs  through November.