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    Next Door Neighbors: Meet the People of Bhutan that Call Nashville Home

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    Presented by Scarritt-Bennett Center at Scarritt-Bennett Center

    July 13, 2010

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    Join us for excerpts from the documentary NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS: BHUTANESE to catch a glimpse of the daily life of this culture as the refugees adjust to Nashville. Then get an even better understanding as people from this culture offer their thoughts and answer questions in a follow-up panel discussion.

    ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY: The Bhutanese are Nashville’s newest refugee community. In 2007, the U.S. Department of State announced it would host the resettlement of 60,000 Bhutanese over the next several years to cities across the U.S. The first Bhutanese refugees reached Nashville in 2008. After the first year, almost all of the Bhutanese live in one southeast Nashville apartment complex.

    For new arrivals, the new environment can be harsher than imagined; the resettlement process can deliver less than expected. Every day is a race against time; after eight months, federal funding ends and health insurance disappears. Newly arrived refugees often go unnoticed, until they emerge as contributing residents, and eventually, Americans. Next Door Neighbors: Bhutanese shows the process of initial refugee resettlement and the isolation, shock and sacrifice refugees experience in the first two years of resettlement.

    Presented in collaboration with Nashville Public Television (NPT), Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), Catholic Charities of Tennessee & Scarritt-Bennett

     


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        Scarritt-Bennett Center

        1008 19th Avenue South
        Nashville, TN 37212

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        Info Phone: (615) 340-7557

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        July 13, 2010

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        Tuesday 7:00pm to 9:00pm

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