Immigrant Solidarity Team

 

One never knows when an opportunity might arise to help out a worthy cause.  Michelle Novak attended an event over the summer at UCE to learn about the work done by The Interfaith Community for Detained Immigrants (ICDI).  In a conversation with Melanie Schikore, from ICDI, Michelle learned that they needed some media design project help, for their website and for their 2018 Solidarity Gala, their big annual fundraiser held every year in September.

Michelle volunteered her time and worked with her daughter Edie Alvarado, a second year Design student at Savannah College of Art and Design, to create the invitation for the event and also a redesign of the ICDI website.  (The website has not yet been relaunched, but here is the invitation and program cover for the Solidarity Gala)

 

 

Also of note, ICDI wanted to highlight the work they do with immigrant children, so the image of the tree was taken from an immigrant child’s art work. The child had been separated from his/her family.)

This work took a lot of time and effort, of course, but it provided an opportunity for Michelle and Edie to work as a mother-daughter team, on a project which helped an organization whose mission is so consistent with some of Michelle’s spiritual, and personal beliefs.