CCCED has just received the exciting news that the Living Library initiative between CCCED and the Calgary Public Library has won a 2010 Minister’s Award for Excellence and Innovation in Public Library Service. The Calgary Public Library and CCCED are thrilled that the Living Library has been recognized for innovation amongst large urban libraries [those [...]
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To open national Crime Prevention Week, Mayor Dave Bronconnier in Calgary and Mayor Stephen Mandel in Edmonton have declared May 10, 2010 as Hate Crime Awareness Day. The Hate Crime Awareness event in Calgary Monday May 10th will highlight how police and communities can report and respond to hate crime and incidents in our communities. [...]
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Posted in All posts, Events, News on Apr 9th, 2010
…for the Second Annual Cultural Intersection Art Exhibition 2010 June 21st-25th. Professional and emerging artists and poets living in Alberta are invited to submit their work to the Second Annual Cultural Intersection Art Exhibition, presented by the Calgary Multicultural Centre and partners. This exhibition is open to most artistic disciplines, including visual art and design [...]
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Posted in All posts, Events, News on Apr 9th, 2010
The Calgary Multicultural Centre and partners, the Calgary Public Library, OMNI Television and the EPCOR Centre present, ‘The Silk Road Festival‘ a tapestry of poems April 16th, June 24th and September 23rd featuring readings from classical poets Khalil Gibran, Rumi, and others – as well as original work from emerging poets here in Calgary. For [...]
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Posted in All posts, Events, March 21st, News on Mar 20th, 2010
March 21st: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination On March 21, 1960, around 7,000 anti-apartheid demonstrators assembled to march to the Sharpeville police station in South Africa. They gathered to peacefully protest the law that required all black Africans to carry a Pass Book, which enabled the government to restrict and monitor their [...]
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The Calgary Journal, the community newspaper run by journalism students at Mt. Royal University, has just published an article on Calgary’s Living Library events held in commemoration of March 21st. The article is entitled, ‘Living Library engages Calgarians in diverse dialogue’ and is written by Kevin Rushworth. Here is an excerpt: There is something distinctly [...]
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Organizations in Calgary and throughout Alberta are marking March 21st and their commitment to the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in many special ways. CCCED has compiled these event listings into our first virtual March 21st: Calendar of Events. If you have an event you would like added to our March 21st Calendar, please click here [...]
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Posted in All posts, Events, March 21st on Mar 17th, 2010
To mark March 21st, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Mennonite Churches of Calgary have released a Joint Statement Concerning White Supremacist Activity in Calgary. Here is a short excerpt from the Joint Statement: Preamble: Recently, our community has been diminished by those wishing to divide humanity in ways that are [...]
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