Living Library
Our Living Library collaboration with the Calgary Public Library continues!
The Living Library works exactly like your local library – readers can borrow a ‘book’. The difference is, books in the Living Library are human beings: ‘living books’, with whom the reader can have a conversation.
CCCED and the Calgary Public Library has now successfully hosted 3 series of Living Library events — in March 2009, October 2009, and March 2010 — with more to come!
To find out more about the program, or to become a Living Book, please visit our Living Library page
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March 21st
March 21st is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, named for the Sharpeville Massacre of anti-apartheid demonstrators in South Africa in 1960. CCCED is proud to have been involved in events commemorating this day since the organization’s inception in 1992.
CCCED-sponsored March 21st events this March 2010 included:
- Throughout March: Living Library events at the Calgary Public Library
- March 22nd: Community Forum on ‘The Courage to Stand Together Against Discrimination’ with guest speaker Sandy Dore
For more information on these events, and other March 21st events in Calgary, please visit our March 21st: Calendar of Events page.
For a history of March 21st, and how this day is marked internationally, please see our March 21st: History page.
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Past Events & Partnerships
CCCED has had the pleasure of being involved in and hosting innovative and noteworthy events in Calgary since 1992, including:
- Annual Rock Against Racism concerts to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21st)
- Key planner and organizer of the Building Capacities for the Future of Sudan conference at The University of Calgary
- Ongoing planner of city-wide events surrounding Human Rights Day (December 10th)
- Organizer for week-long visit and dialogue with former ANC leader, South African political prisoner, anti-apartheid crusader and premier of Guateng Province in South Africa—Gabriel ‘Tokyo’ Sexwale
- Partner with the Calgary Herald for “Bias in the Media” forum and conference
- Talk by Ishmael Beah, former child soldier and author of A Long Way Gone
- Visit from the Dalai Lama
In addition to events, CCCED has been involved with multiple community partnerships and projects since 1992, including:
- Recent collaboration with the Alberta Network of Immigrant Women, and other regional organizations, examining internalized racism and how it impacts immigrant and visible minority women
- On-going partnership with the Calgary Board of Education (CBE)
- Active participant with regional aboriginal organizations including Black Powder Teachings
- Youth anti-racism initiative with Pam Lutz: Youth Reach Out Against Racism (YouthROAR)
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