Post by dk on May 4, 2007 1:27:19 GMT -5
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"United Sistahs": COMMUNITY FORUM USES FILM TO BRIDGE CULTURAL DIVIDES
VICTORIA, BC - May 1, 2007- A local women's network is holding a community forum to explore the challenges and opportunities that face young racialized and Indigenous women, and they are using documentary films made by the young women themselves as the forum's centerpiece.
The forum will consist of a screening of 10 short DVD documentaries, followed by small group discussions and interactive activities that will bring together parents, friends, educators, policy makers, social service agencies, and community leaders who have an impact on the lives of the young women who created the films. Unlike Canada's larger, more ethnically diverse cities, young racialized and Indigenous girls in Victoria often feel isolated from others like themselves, and marginalized from the larger community. The goal of the forum is to create personal and community commitments for social change in the areas that are presented in the films.
The forum is organized by Anti-dote: Multiracial Girls and Women's Network, a not-for-profit organization that works to increase the visibility and wellness of racialized and Indigenous girls and women by promoting community development and social change in areas of diversity and cross-cultural understanding. The organization runs an inter-generational mentoring program and has developed a popular networking and skill-building summer camp for young women. It provides racialized and Indigenous girls and young women with tools to voice their reality and to create change.
The Forum funders are the Health and Learning Knowledge Centre at the University of Victoria, Canadian Council on Learning- Health Literacy Youth Engagement Strategy, VanCity, and the United Way. Forum partners are Media Net, the Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria, University of Victoria Students of Colour Collective, the Department of Women's Studies and the School of Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria.
The forum will take place at Vertigo'™s in the University of Victoria Student Union Building on May 23 from 7pm to 9pm. Admission is by donation and all ages are welcome.
For more information call 721-6471 or email jsyoon@uvic.ca (250) 661-4705
"United Sistahs": COMMUNITY FORUM USES FILM TO BRIDGE CULTURAL DIVIDES
VICTORIA, BC - May 1, 2007- A local women's network is holding a community forum to explore the challenges and opportunities that face young racialized and Indigenous women, and they are using documentary films made by the young women themselves as the forum's centerpiece.
The forum will consist of a screening of 10 short DVD documentaries, followed by small group discussions and interactive activities that will bring together parents, friends, educators, policy makers, social service agencies, and community leaders who have an impact on the lives of the young women who created the films. Unlike Canada's larger, more ethnically diverse cities, young racialized and Indigenous girls in Victoria often feel isolated from others like themselves, and marginalized from the larger community. The goal of the forum is to create personal and community commitments for social change in the areas that are presented in the films.
The forum is organized by Anti-dote: Multiracial Girls and Women's Network, a not-for-profit organization that works to increase the visibility and wellness of racialized and Indigenous girls and women by promoting community development and social change in areas of diversity and cross-cultural understanding. The organization runs an inter-generational mentoring program and has developed a popular networking and skill-building summer camp for young women. It provides racialized and Indigenous girls and young women with tools to voice their reality and to create change.
The Forum funders are the Health and Learning Knowledge Centre at the University of Victoria, Canadian Council on Learning- Health Literacy Youth Engagement Strategy, VanCity, and the United Way. Forum partners are Media Net, the Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria, University of Victoria Students of Colour Collective, the Department of Women's Studies and the School of Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria.
The forum will take place at Vertigo'™s in the University of Victoria Student Union Building on May 23 from 7pm to 9pm. Admission is by donation and all ages are welcome.
For more information call 721-6471 or email jsyoon@uvic.ca (250) 661-4705