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<article id="main-article" class="primary"> <div id="block-cwd-global-cornell-breadcrumbs" class="block block-system block-system-breadcrumb-block"> <nav class="breadcrumb" aria-labelledby="system-breadcrumb"> <h2 id="system-breadcrumb" class="visually-hidden">Breadcrumb</h2> <ul class="list-menu"> <li> <a href="/"><span class="limiter">Home</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/global-grand-challenge"><span class="limiter">Global Grand Challenge: The Future</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/global-grand-challenge/migrations-global-grand-challenge"><span class="limiter">Migrations: A Global Grand Challenge</span></a> </li> <li> <span class="limiter">Engagement</span> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> <section> <div data-drupal-messages-fallback class="hidden"></div> <h1>Engagement</h1> <p class="intro">One of the Migrations initiative's primary goals was community engagement. We hosted hundreds of events for campus and the community, funded community organizations and activities, and invited members of campus and beyond to get involved. </p><div class="accent-gray dialog panel fill accent-blue-green"><a href="https://museum.cornell.edu/exhibitions/on-view/"><div data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="471e2a62-9a10-4d59-a6aa-73ce948fa3e7" data-embed-button="images" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.thumbnail_landscape" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="align-left embedded-entity" data-langcode="en"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_landscape/public/2024-10/Pouyan-2560x930px.jpg?h=bd87df96&itok=ZJi5gKt_" width="386" height="200" alt="Illustration of the Imam al-Dawr, an eleventh-century tomb monument in Iraq. "> </div> </a><h3>Migrations at the Johnson Museum</h3><p>Exhibitions by Migrations visiting artists <a href="https://museum.cornell.edu/exhibition/precious-okoyomon-the-sky-measures-little/" title="Precious Okoyomon: The Sky Measures Little">Precious Okoyomon</a> and <a href="https://museum.cornell.edu/exhibition/shahpour-pouyan-winter-in-paradise/" title="Shahpour Pouyan: Winter in Paradise">Shahpour Pouyan</a> are on display at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum from October through December. <br> </p></div><h2>Community Partnerships</h2><p>Our faculty researchers worked closely with community partners. Their impacts include the creation of a local Underground Railroad tour with the St. James AME Zion church and the History Center of Tompkins County and an experiment in cooperative land governance and farming with the Uhuru Creek Farm.  </p><p>The Migrations initiative also awarded approximately $200,000 to community organizations over four years with our community engagement grants. Our list of partners includes The Cherry Artists’ Collective, our local WSKG station, Ithaca Welcomes Refugees, the Cornell Farmworker Program, and more. </p><h3>Cherry Artists’ Collective’s 2021-22 Shared Learning Season: “Migrations”</h3><div data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="500da0bc-a03e-4ea1-bfe5-d8b4d05a56d3" data-embed-button="video" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.full" class="align-center embedded-entity" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]"><div class="media-video-responsive"> <div><iframe src="https://global.cornell.edu/media/oembed?url=https%3A//youtu.be/2Y5huMymSrk%3Fsi%3DTs1cuiVd04L0l2SN&max_width=854&max_height=480&hash=Xsk1GRWsRlSbeTQCc3BngP2DKy3Y8ypynOWeihyKZ4g" width="854" height="480" class="media-oembed-content" loading="eager" title="Migrations Change Maker: Cherry Artists’ Collective"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> <hr><h2>Student Engagement</h2><p>Cornell students got involved with Migrations through the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. Sixteen <a href="https://einaudi.cornell.edu/learn/academics/undergraduate-migrations-scholars" title="Undergraduate Migrations Scholars">undergraduate migration scholars</a> contributed to the work of the Migrations initiative, and 29 students have graduated with a <a href="https://einaudi.cornell.edu/learn/academics/migration-studies-minor" title="Migration Studies Minor">migration studies minor</a>. </p><figure class="align-right"> <div data-embed-button="images" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.thumbnail_landscape" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="1667e95e-e1af-49e1-af85-db8405cbe720" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_landscape/public/2024-09/IMG_9137_0.jpeg?h=d318f057&itok=WRS5AmaM" width="386" height="200" alt="Alexis Fintland stands in front of the Migration Policy Institute office. "> </div> <figcaption>Alexis Fintland '22 worked at the Migration Policy Institute post-graduation before landing a Fulbright fellowship to study migration.</figcaption> </figure><blockquote><p>"As an undergraduate Migrations scholar, I was able to build deeper relationships with Cornell faculty members who have a rich knowledge of immigration policy, law, and history. This mentorship and guidance from my professors ultimately drove me to apply for a position at my dream organization, where I am thrilled to work in an environment that gives me the opportunity to learn from the top experts in the field.”</p><p>-Alexis Fintland '22</p></blockquote><figure class="align-right"> <div data-embed-button="images" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.thumbnail_landscape" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="8338d854-fd51-490d-8acb-4d13fba0c565" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_landscape/public/2024-09/Trisha_Bhujle_Opt2%20copy.jpg?h=9007b9f6&itok=_pi_yKxv" width="386" height="200" alt="Trisha Bhujle speaks into a microphone. "> </div> <figcaption>Trisha Bhujle '26 wrote and illustrated a children's book about salamanders and their winter migration as her final project.</figcaption> </figure><blockquote><p>"I've become increasingly fascinated by the study of migration from a conservationist's lens. The movement of living things in response to a changing climate piques my curiosity, and I hope to further understand its sociopolitical and environmental implications." </p><p>–Trisha Bhujle '26, Migrations Scholar</p></blockquote><div class="accent-gray dialog panel fill"><p>In 2021, our cohort of Migrations scholars hosted a virtual symposium. <a href="https://medium.com/cornell-university/beyond-borders-undergraduate-migrations-symposium-showcases-student-research-9b1f2cdd356d" title="Beyond Borders">Read more about the Beyond Borders symposium in the scholars' own words.</a> </p></div><h3>Creative Writing and Art Competition</h3><p>Seventeen students received awards as part of our creative writing and art competition. Each student answered the question: How does migration shape your community? </p><blockquote><p>"À la République was envisioned as a response to its predecessor. Indeed, the struggle of our ancestors against a colonial past and continued poverty has not yet ceased; rather, it has taken a new form, sprung from the tribulations of the contemporaneous generation." </p><p>–Victoria Abunaw '24</p></blockquote><div class="padded three-col"><div><figure class="align-center"> <div data-embed-button="images" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.listing_page_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="c0f10ad0-aea7-4311-a955-e488e9b8d54c" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/views_thumbnail_480x480/public/2024-09/A_la_Republique.jpg?h=8ac11bdf&itok=k_IAoHYD" width="480" height="480" alt="A dark skinned man blows air into a conch shell. The background is a pink, purple, and blue nightscape."> </div> <figcaption>"À la République" by Victoria Abunaw '24.</figcaption> </figure></div><div><figure class="align-center"> <div data-embed-button="images" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.listing_page_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="779c174e-e9e5-43a0-8c7e-1d4bf0e27c45" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/views_thumbnail_480x480/public/2024-09/IMG_0661%282%29.png?h=5f62bdfc&itok=7sV594h8" width="480" height="480" alt="In black and white: a crowd of people stand in front of a building that reads "Entree Migracion.""> </div> <figcaption>"On Borders" by Karina Edouard, graduate student in anthropology.</figcaption> </figure></div><div><figure class="align-center"> <div data-embed-button="images" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.listing_page_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="6b5aeb30-b86e-43ea-96d3-812a823dcca5" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/views_thumbnail_480x480/public/2024-09/DSC04856%283%29.jpg?h=a57d4ebb&itok=h1-0zEds" width="480" height="480" alt="Long boats float across shallow water on the coast of Angola."> </div> <figcaption>"Zungueira Mundial" by Caita Dombaxe, graduate student in engineering.</figcaption> </figure></div></div><div class="accent-blue-green dialog fill panel"><h2>Want to get involved?</h2><p>Migrations is now based in the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies as the Migrations Program. 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