“Empower a Refugee: The Backyard Humanity Movement and Peace of Thread” is a recent book, written by Georgia author Patricia Holt, which chronicles the Clarkston non-profit Peace of Thread, founded by Denise Smith. The organization employs refugee women to create one-of-a-kind handbags. The book contains stories of the refugee women working at Peace of Thread and how they came to live in the United States. “City Lights” producer Summer Evans spoke with Holt via Zoom about creating this book.
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