RangiChangi: Many Cultures, One Climate,
Story Telling at the Intersection of Culture and Climate
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM (PT)
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Our intention for the evening is to get people to talk about:
How do people in different communities think about the environment in general, and global warming in particular?
When we talk about environmental advocacy and taking action on global warming, what do we mean? What are our shared values, assumptions and intentions? What shared understanding do we want to foster? We have invited 5 community leaders who are working to lead initiatives in cultural outreach and in sustainability and climate change. We think their presentations will be the inspiration for a thoughtful discussion by the audience. We would like you to be there to share your perspectives and help us increase our understanding of our common concern: coming together to stop global warming.
Story Tellers include:
- Cherrie Lam, Richmond high school student, winner of the 2010 BC Hydro Invent the Future Award, will talk about encouraging youth to reuse grey water.
- Antonio Arreaga, Honorary Consul General, Costa Rica, will speak about perceptions of and responses to global warming in Central American countries.
- T'Uy'Tanat-Cease Wyss, Ethnobotanist/Media Artist/Educator/Activist, Skwxw'u7mesh Nation, will talk about the pursuit of urban native food security as a response to climate change."
- Joseph Lin, president, The Green Club, will talk about his work in promoting environmental awareness in Metro Vancouver's Mandarin speaking communities.
- Linda Rubuliak, Manager, YMCA Connections, will talk about the Y's new Intercutural Garden as a vehicle for building bridges between cultural communities.
Presentations will be followed by a facilliated dialogue on emerging insights, burning questions, and take away challenges for intercultural collaboration and advocacy for climate action. Azmina Kassam will serve as facilitator, she participated in the launch in the UN Research Center for Expertise in Sustainability and Education. At the end of the evening we'd like to send people out into their communities with a challenge/action.
Schedule: 6pm -- doors open: mingling, ordering food; 6:30 pm -- presentations; 7:10 pm -- facilitated dialogue; 7:40 pm -- informal networking.
Schedule: 6pm -- doors open: mingling, ordering food; 6:30 pm -- presentations; 7:10 pm -- facilitated dialogue; 7:40 pm -- informal networking.
Location: Maple Grill, 1967 West Broadway
Space is limited! Please RSVP to reserve your space.
Many thanks to photographer Sean Stiller, and filmmaker Carri Emerick who will document the evening.
Food and drinks will be available for purchase at 6:00 pm, we encourage you to order before the presentations begin. A Special menu has been created by our sponsor Maple Grill, please see the options below.
Veggie Burger $12.25
Moroccan Burger $13.75
Maple Salmon $19
One other note: we have a new name! We've evolved MACA to something that we think better encompasses what we are trying to achieve. We are now formally known as:
RangiChangi Roots: Many Cultures, One Climate
'Rangi Changi' is a Hindi/Punjabi/Nepalese saying which means diversity, many colours, and vibrancy. Our website is on the way, and in the meantime you can follow us on our blog: www.RangiChangi.ca Twitter @RangiChangi and on our Facebook group page. Thank you for your continued interest and support in building bridges between community, NGOs and action on climate change!
Cheers,
RangiChangi Team
Cheers,
RangiChangi Team
Kate, Paola, Kevin, Lara, Ajay, Lisa, and Sergiy
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