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(Jessica Goudeau who won a Christopher Award for After the Last Border. )
Austin-based author Jessica Goudeau received a Christopher Award for After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America (Viking/Penguin Random House). It is one of 12 books for adults and young people by 17 authors and illustrators honored as the Awards mark their 72nd year. The authors join creators of 10 winning TV/Cable and feature films.
Goudeau chronicles the lives of two refugees Mu Naw a Christian from Myanmar and Hasna, a Muslim from Syria who escape violence and persecution in their homelands to resettle in Austin, hoping to build a better life with their families.
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2021 Christopher Award winners celebrate diverse stories of courage, faith, compassion and hope
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 04/14/21
72nd annual Christopher Award winners announced. COVID-19 has again scuttled the in-person event but the virus hasn’t stopped the Catholic organization from proceeding with, as it has done since instituting the awards in 1949, celebrating media artists whose work “affirms the highest values of the human spirit” and reflects the Christopher motto that “It’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.”
Of this year’s winners, Christophers Director of Communications Tony Rossi says “The stories we are honoring introduce us to people and experiences that may not be a part of our everyday lives…Stories of refugees fleeing violence and persecution, for instance, or young caregivers devoting themselves to loved ones with dementia and other medical issues remind us how much we have in common