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Ghia Aweida will read from “Poetry of Hope”

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h4>>Ghia will read poems at the Dialogue on Saturday. Ghia Aweida is a founding member of Intrepid Pens; a reading-writing group that began at the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC) and now operates out of W2 Media Cafe (Vancouver BC). She was born November 15, 1965, in Beirut, Lebanon. She is of Palestinian, Syrian, and Lebanese descent. She attended elementary school in Lebanon, spent a …

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Todd Polich talks about engaging with kids and youth

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h4>>Todd Polich is an environmental mural artist that has painted over 30 wildlife and nature conservation murals throughout the lower mainland. After graduating from Vancouver Film School Todd went on to a successful career in the film and video games industries. As a digital artist and art director for Enigma Entertainment, Radical Entertainment, and Electronic Arts Todd worked on several motion …

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Joji Kumagai speaking at Dialogue

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h4>>Joji Kumagai is the Executive Director of the Strathcona Business  Improvement Association (SBIA). One of the core mandates of the  SBIA is its  Green Zone Initiative, an initiative to create a community of  businesses working to reduce enviromental impacts through  resource efficiency and  collaboration. Joji majored in ecology and toxicology at Simon Fraser  University and is currently working …

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Elliott Slinn reading poetry at our Dialogue

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h4>>Elliott Robert Slinn is a Canadian writer/poet from New Westminster, British Columbia. He attended Douglas College where he majored in creative writing and philosophy. He has one collection of poems to date, titled “Act like you’re carrying a weapon” and has recently had three of his poems published in Pearls (the Douglas College yearly anthology) and was awarded ‘poem of the …

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Community Arts Dialogue September and October

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h4>>We are planning for two Community Arts Dialogues for September and October - the last Saturday of each month, from 1-4pm. Watch this space for details but for now - SAVE THE DATE. You can register as below - details will be added as they are confirmed. change of heART: self-empowerment by design - Sat. Sept 29 1-4pm Art for self-expression and social justice - Sat. Oct. 27 …

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Next Community Arts Dialogue – July 12, 2012

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h4>>We regularly host Conversations about Community Arts to provide community-engaged artists and participants the opportunity to gather together, share their projects, insights and concerns. The next session will be at Langara College as part of their Summer School on building sustainable communities. Register through Langara using Course Reference # 60841 The ABC’s of ABCD (Arts-Based Community …

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