Why Valore Library exists
This project started with a gap: a class on African American history that never went deep into the actual history of Africa, or the origin countries so many students' families come from, only the American experience. Valore Library exists to fill that gap, and to widen it: not just Africa, but every part of the world people have had to leave home from.
We deliberately avoid the imagery most refugee and immigrant stories default to: poverty, conflict, crisis. Instead, this is meant to feel like actually visiting a place: its markets, its music, its art, its ordinary joy, alongside history that goes deeper than a classroom unit ever does.
"Every human being arrives with value. I don't see refugees. I see doctors, artists, engineers and leaders waiting for the world to catch up."· Rechab, Founder, Valore Group
A Valore Group Initiative
Valore Library is an initiative of Valore Group, a Pittsburgh social enterprise connecting displaced and skilled professionals to real opportunity. Valore Library stands on its own as a public cultural resource, while carrying the Valore Group name and mission forward.