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Breaking Barriers Resource Center - Open Spaces 116 - everyone invited! |
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Elaine Thompson |
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Feb 21, 07 - 9:53 AM |
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eljay@nbnet.nb.ca |
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http://bassriver.wildheartofkent.com |
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For youth living near Highway 116 in Kent County.
A cross-cultural performance arts program.
.Are you Interested in building a multimedia community show together?
.A show that talks about your issues, and the hopes and fears of youth today?
Do you have an interest in:
· Acting - Theatre?
· Dance?
· Graffiti Art?
· Music?
· Writing?
· Spoken Word Performance?
· Rapping?
· Photo/Video Documentary?
· Stage or Production Management?
· Building Stuff for the Show?
· Helping with Sound Equipment & Lighting?
· Learning New Things?
· Hanging Around with New Friends?
· Talking about New Ideas?
The people who brought you the youth program in Bass River last Fall are sponsoring this program. We welcome:
· All youth, of all ages, who attended last Fall
· All youth who thought about attending , but didn't make it
· All interested high school youth living in the Highway 116 area
· All other interested community members, as participants, volunteers, and resource people
Our themes for this show are:
· We Are All Related ~ Nogemag.
· We're All In This Together.
· The Way Things SHOULD Be.
Our first brainstorming will be held tomorrow:
Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007
6 - 9 pm
At the Healing Lodge, Elsipogtog Health and Wellness Centre
201 Big Cove Road, EFN
(opposite the RCMP station)
We'll get started with an advisor who is very experienced with youth community productions:
** Tim Borlase **
will help us get started with this show!
Tim is the Director of the Performing Arts School
at the Capital Theatre in Moncton.
Tim worked for decades in Innu Territory in Labrador,
with all cultures of Peoples,
building community productions with youth.
ALL YOUTH along 116
are invited to join
This program is FREE.
Community Supporters --
Potluck food donations are appreciated.
Youth get hungry when they're working.
J
**** Stay Tuned ****
We are also organizing an
Spring Break Program.
Sponsored by the Breaking Barriers Resource Centre, with support from the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, the Kent Community Suicide Prevention Committee, Mental Health Services at Elsipogtog Health and Wellness Centre, the Hispanic Development Council, the Multiculturalism Program of Canadian Heritage, and many community partners.
For information, please contact BBRC's Community Learning Coordinator, Ann Pohl, 785-2998 or annpohl@nb.sympatico.ca.
You can also speak with others involved with Breaking Barriers Resource Centre: Pauline Simon (EFN Crisis Centre), Jesse Simon (Eleanor Graham MS/EFN school), Katrina Clair (Wilson's/Levi's gas station), DJ Joseph (EFN Health & Wellness Centre/Bonar Law HS), Margaret Thompson (Thompson's General Store/Bass River), or Ian Shapter (c/o St. Paul's Anglican Church).
If you are an adult who wants to get involved, BBRC is always looking for donations of materials, food, and skills - and adult volunteers.
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"By looking at the questions the kids are asking,
we learn the scope of what needs to be done."
-:- Buffy Sainte-Marie
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Ann Pohl, M.Ed.
Community Learning Coordinator
Breaking Barriers Resource Centre
Bass River, New Brunswick E4T 1H3
(506) 785-2998
annpohl@nb.sympatico.ca
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