Looking at two of metro Detroit's ethno-religious communities-- Chaldean Catholics and West African Muslims– this session will explore how each group's religious identity has influenced their experience of migration to Detroit and in turn shaped the landscape of the city.
Participants will learn from community members through oral history, observations, and other media, the ways that religious belief and practice have reinforced community identity for two ethno-religious minorities in metro Detroit. As this topic is deeply place-based, participants will be able to look with new eyes at the physical and cultural landmarks around them which bear the marks of these groups' influence.
