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    35th Annual Cleveland International Film Festival FILM FORUM DETAILS Welcome to Shelbyville Sunday, April 3 at 11:30 am DISCUSSION FRAMING STATEMENT: What is the state of immigration in the City of Cleveland? PANELISTS: • Kim Snyder – Director of “Welcome to Shelbyville” • Karin Wishner – Executive Director of International Services Center • Richard Herman – Richard T. Herman & Assoc., LL C, Author of “Immigrant, Inc. --- Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy” • Mina Khaleel – a refugee from Iraq currently living in Northeast Ohio MODERATOR: Mike Shafarenko – The Civic Commons PANELISTS’ BIOS; Kim Snyder Kim Snyder is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who most recently co-founded the BeCause Foundation to produce a series of socially conscious documentaries and inspire philanthropy through the power of film. The first three films of the BeCause series (Alone No Love, One Bridge to the Next, Crossing Midnight) have won numerous festival awards and have been the catalyst for campaigns that have significantly furthered the work of the social innovators they highlight. Kim has also been selected to be part of the US State Department’s 2009 American Documentary Showcase in which she will be a “citizen ambassador” to a number of designated countries. Kim directed and produced the award-winning documentary I Remember Me, which won numerous festival awards and was distributed theatrically in the U.S. by Zeitgeist Films. Her work includes numerous short documentaries as well as writer for Variety Magazine. Kim also worked as media producer for the Hamptons International Film Festival, producing commercials, trailers, and promotional media. In 1994, Kim associate produced the Academy Award-winning short film Trevor, directed and produced by Peggy Rajski, which became the cornerstone of The Trevor Project, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to suicide prevention among gay youth. Kim graduated with a Masters in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Karen Wishner Karin Wishner is Executive Director of the International Services Center, a private non-profit social services agency serving refugees and immigrants. Programs at the agency include refugee resettlement; classes for ESOL, acculturation, job readiness, and citizenship preparation; translation and interpreting services; immigration counseling and representation; and urban agriculture. Richard Herman Richard Herman is the founder of Richard T. Herman & Associates, an immigration and business law firm in Cleveland, Ohio which serves a global clientele in over 10 languages. He is the co-founder of a chapter of TiE, a global network of entrepreneurs started in 1992 in Silicon Valley and co-author of Immigrant Inc.: Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy (and how they will save the American worker). He has appeared on National Public Radio, FOX News, and various affiliates of NBC, CBS, and ABC. He has also been quoted in such publications as USA Today, InformationWeek, PCWorld, ComputerWorld, CIO, Site Selection and National Lawyers Weekly. Richard is one of the architects of a movement to revitalize the Rust Belt through federal and local policies to attract job-creating high-skill, entrepreneurial and investor immigrants to distressed regions of the country. Former resident of Moscow, Russia, Richard is married to Kimberly Chen, a physician born in Taiwan. They have two children, Nathan, 7, and Isabella, 5. Mina Khaleel Mina Khaleel is from Iraq. Her family was resettled by the International Services Center last April. They received refugee status and had been living in Syria for two years before they got permission to come to the U.S. She is currently attending Fairview Park High School and will graduate this year.

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    35th Annual Cleveland International Film Festival FILM FORUM DETAILS Welcome to Shelbyville Sunday, April 3 at 11:30 am DISCUSSION FRAMING STATEMENT: What is the state of immigration in the City of Cleveland? PANELISTS: • Kim Snyder – Director of “Welcome to Shelbyville” • Karin Wishner – Executive Director of International Services Center • Richard Herman – Richard T. Herman & Assoc., LL C, Author of “Immigrant, Inc. --- Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy” • Mina Khaleel – a refugee from Iraq currently living in Northeast Ohio MODERATOR: Mike Shafarenko – The Civic Commons PANELISTS’ BIOS; Kim Snyder Kim Snyder is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who most recently co-founded the BeCause Foundation to produce a series of socially conscious documentaries and inspire philanthropy through the power of film. The first three films of the BeCause series (Alone No Love, One Bridge to the Next, Crossing Midnight) have won numerous festival awards and have been the catalyst for campaigns that have significantly furthered the work of the social innovators they highlight. Kim has also been selected to be part of the US State Department’s 2009 American Documentary Showcase in which she will be a “citizen ambassador” to a number of designated countries. Kim directed and produced the award-winning documentary I Remember Me, which won numerous festival awards and was distributed theatrically in the U.S. by Zeitgeist Films. Her work includes numerous short documentaries as well as writer for Variety Magazine. Kim also worked as media producer for the Hamptons International Film Festival, producing commercials, trailers, and promotional media. In 1994, Kim associate produced the Academy Award-winning short film Trevor, directed and produced by Peggy Rajski, which became the cornerstone of The Trevor Project, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to suicide prevention among gay youth. Kim graduated with a Masters in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Karen Wishner Karin Wishner is Executive Director of the International Services Center, a private non-profit social services agency serving refugees and immigrants. Programs at the agency include refugee resettlement; classes for ESOL, acculturation, job readiness, and citizenship preparation; translation and interpreting services; immigration counseling and representation; and urban agriculture. Richard Herman Richard Herman is the founder of Richard T. Herman & Associates, an immigration and business law firm in Cleveland, Ohio which serves a global clientele in over 10 languages. He is the co-founder of a chapter of TiE, a global network of entrepreneurs started in 1992 in Silicon Valley and co-author of Immigrant Inc.: Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy (and how they will save the American worker). He has appeared on National Public Radio, FOX News, and various affiliates of NBC, CBS, and ABC. He has also been quoted in such publications as USA Today, InformationWeek, PCWorld, ComputerWorld, CIO, Site Selection and National Lawyers Weekly. Richard is one of the architects of a movement to revitalize the Rust Belt through federal and local policies to attract job-creating high-skill, entrepreneurial and investor immigrants to distressed regions of the country. Former resident of Moscow, Russia, Richard is married to Kimberly Chen, a physician born in Taiwan. They have two children, Nathan, 7, and Isabella, 5. Mina Khaleel Mina Khaleel is from Iraq. Her family was resettled by the International Services Center last April. They received refugee status and had been living in Syria for two years before they got permission to come to the U.S. She is currently attending Fairview Park High School and will graduate this year.

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    35th Annual Cleveland International Film Festival FILM FORUM DETAILS Welcome to Shelbyville Sunday, April 3 at 11:30 am DISCUSSION FRAMING STATEMENT: What is the state of immigration in the City of Cleveland? PANELISTS: • Kim Snyder – Director of “Welcome to Shelbyville” • Karin Wishner – Executive Director of International Services Center • Richard Herman – Richard T. Herman & Assoc., LL C, Author of “Immigrant, Inc. --- Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy” • Mina Khaleel – a refugee from Iraq currently living in Northeast Ohio MODERATOR: Mike Shafarenko – The Civic Commons PANELISTS’ BIOS; Kim Snyder Kim Snyder is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who most recently co-founded the BeCause Foundation to produce a series of socially conscious documentaries and inspire philanthropy through the power of film. The first three films of the BeCause series (Alone No Love, One Bridge to the Next, Crossing Midnight) have won numerous festival awards and have been the catalyst for campaigns that have significantly furthered the work of the social innovators they highlight. Kim has also been selected to be part of the US State Department’s 2009 American Documentary Showcase in which she will be a “citizen ambassador” to a number of designated countries. Kim directed and produced the award-winning documentary I Remember Me, which won numerous festival awards and was distributed theatrically in the U.S. by Zeitgeist Films. Her work includes numerous short documentaries as well as writer for Variety Magazine. Kim also worked as media producer for the Hamptons International Film Festival, producing commercials, trailers, and promotional media. In 1994, Kim associate produced the Academy Award-winning short film Trevor, directed and produced by Peggy Rajski, which became the cornerstone of The Trevor Project, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to suicide prevention among gay youth. Kim graduated with a Masters in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Karen Wishner Karin Wishner is Executive Director of the International Services Center, a private non-profit social services agency serving refugees and immigrants. Programs at the agency include refugee resettlement; classes for ESOL, acculturation, job readiness, and citizenship preparation; translation and interpreting services; immigration counseling and representation; and urban agriculture. Richard Herman Richard Herman is the founder of Richard T. Herman & Associates, an immigration and business law firm in Cleveland, Ohio which serves a global clientele in over 10 languages. He is the co-founder of a chapter of TiE, a global network of entrepreneurs started in 1992 in Silicon Valley and co-author of Immigrant Inc.: Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy (and how they will save the American worker). He has appeared on National Public Radio, FOX News, and various affiliates of NBC, CBS, and ABC. He has also been quoted in such publications as USA Today, InformationWeek, PCWorld, ComputerWorld, CIO, Site Selection and National Lawyers Weekly. Richard is one of the architects of a movement to revitalize the Rust Belt through federal and local policies to attract job-creating high-skill, entrepreneurial and investor immigrants to distressed regions of the country. Former resident of Moscow, Russia, Richard is married to Kimberly Chen, a physician born in Taiwan. They have two children, Nathan, 7, and Isabella, 5. Mina Khaleel Mina Khaleel is from Iraq. Her family was resettled by the International Services Center last April. They received refugee status and had been living in Syria for two years before they got permission to come to the U.S. She is currently attending Fairview Park High School and will graduate this year.

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    35th Cleveland International Film Festival

    March 24 – April 3, 2011 Tower City Cinemas

    FILM FORUM DETAILS

    Welcome to Shelbyville
    Sunday, April 3 at 11:30 am

    DISCUSSION FRAMING STATEMENT:

    What is the state of immigration in the City of Cleveland?

    PANELISTS:

    • Kim Snyder – Director of “Welcome to Shelbyville”


    • Karin Wishner – Executive Director of International Services Center
    • Richard Herman – Richard T. Herman & Assoc., LL C, Author of “Immigrant,
    Inc. --- Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy”
    • Mina Khaleel – a refugee from Iraq currently living in Northeast Ohio

    MODERATOR:

    Mike Shafarenko – The Civic Commons

    PANELISTS’ BIOS;

    Kim Snyder
    Kim Snyder is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who most recently
    co-founded the BeCause Foundation to produce a series of socially conscious
    documentaries and inspire philanthropy through the power of film. The first
    three films of the BeCause series (Alone No Love, One Bridge to the Next,
    Crossing Midnight) have won numerous festival awards and have been the
    catalyst for campaigns that have significantly furthered the work of the social
    innovators they highlight. Kim has also been selected to be part of the US
    State Department’s 2009 American Documentary Showcase in which she will
    be a “citizen ambassador” to a number of designated countries.

    Kim directed and produced the award-winning documentary I Remember Me,


    which won numerous festival awards and was distributed theatrically in the
    U.S. by Zeitgeist Films. Her work includes numerous short documentaries as
    well as writer for Variety Magazine. Kim also worked as media producer for the
    Hamptons International Film Festival, producing commercials, trailers, and
    promotional media. In 1994, Kim associate produced the Academy Award-
    winning short film Trevor, directed and produced by Peggy Rajski, which
    became the cornerstone of The Trevor Project, a national not-for-profit
    organization dedicated to suicide prevention among gay youth. Kim graduated
    2510 Market Ave • Cleveland, OH 44113-3434 • Tel 216.623.3456 • Fax 216.623.0103
    cfs@clevelandfilm.org • www.clevelandfilm.org
    35th Cleveland International Film Festival
    March 24 – April 3, 2011 Tower City Cinemas

    with a Masters in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins School of


    Advanced International Studies.

    Karen Wishner
    Karin Wishner is Executive Director of the International Services Center, a
    private non-profit social services agency serving refugees and immigrants.
    Programs at the agency include refugee resettlement; classes for ESOL,
    acculturation, job readiness, and citizenship preparation; translation and
    interpreting services; immigration counseling and representation; and urban
    agriculture.

    Richard Herman
    Richard Herman is the founder of Richard T. Herman & Associates, an
    immigration and business law firm in Cleveland, Ohio which serves a global
    clientele in over 10 languages. He is the co-founder of a chapter of TiE, a
    global network of entrepreneurs started in 1992 in Silicon Valley and co-
    author of Immigrant Inc.: Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New
    Economy (and how they will save the American worker). He has appeared on
    National Public Radio, FOX News, and various affiliates of NBC, CBS, and ABC.
    He has also been quoted in such publications as USA Today, InformationWeek,
    PCWorld, ComputerWorld, CIO, Site Selection and National Lawyers Weekly.
    Richard is one of the architects of a movement to revitalize the Rust Belt
    through federal and local policies to attract job-creating high-skill,
    entrepreneurial and investor immigrants to distressed regions of the country.
    Former resident of Moscow, Russia, Richard is married to Kimberly Chen, a
    physician born in Taiwan. They have two children, Nathan, 7, and Isabella, 5.

    Mina Khaleel
    Mina Khaleel is from Iraq. Her family was resettled by the International
    Services Center last April. They received refugee status and had been
    living in Syria for two years before they got permission to come to the
    U.S. She is currently attending Fairview Park High School and will
    graduate this year.

    2510 Market Ave • Cleveland, OH 44113-3434 • Tel 216.623.3456 • Fax 216.623.0103


    cfs@clevelandfilm.org • www.clevelandfilm.org

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