Diversity Dialogue Day with Quiara Alegría Hudes
To kickoff Diversity Dialogue Day 2021, GFS Upper School students had the opportunity to hear from Quiara Alegría Hudes - a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Tony Award-Winning writer and creator of "In the Heights,” and author of “Water by the Spoonful” and “My Broken Language.”
Please enjoy a clip from the event shared by 6ABC. View the clip.
And read more in an article by AL DÍA News Media reporter Andrew Kolba. Read the article.
Below is a live illustration of the event, designed by Terry LaBan.
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