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9月27日 Blankets for our brothers and sisters?Erin Efaw is a dear and treasured friend of ours. She works with the African Community Center and she recently sent us this note. –Sarah D-T As the weather is getting colder, blankets for our new arrivals from across the globe are increasingly important. At the moment, the African Community Center is really short on blankets and bedcovers. If you have any extra on hand that you could donate, please take them Safari Seconds at 4th and Broadway, drop them off at my office at 1201 E. Colfax Avenue (at Colfax and Marion), or contact me (303-399-4500). With Great Gratitude, Erin Efaw A bit about the African Community Center… The African Community Center is Denver's newest Refugee Resettlement program which welcomes newcomers who have had to flee persecution within their home country. Many of our clients arrive in the United States with little but possess great hope about their lives in America. The African Community center conducts educational and social service programs that help newcomers resettle in their new communities and acculturate, recover from past trauma, gain personal independence and economic self-sufficiency, and quickly become able participants and productive, contributing members of American society. In addition, our agency works with African community-based organizations to provide technical assistance in developing the leadership capacity to serve their respective communities. Our community outreach also promotes awareness about refugee issues and the challenges faced by newcomers as they move through the resettlement and cultural adjustment process. The African Community Center engages newcomers and members of the wider community to enhance cross-cultural communication.
East High School Papua New Guinea ProjectUPDATE (October 24, 2007) - I spoke with Elisha, the co-director of this program, and she said that the fundraiser below raised nearly $4,500! There is still a need for more funds for the team's program, so if you want to make a tax-deductible donation, kindly make your check out to the East Angel Foundation (in the memo, please write PNG Project) and send it to Elisha Roberts at 2605 E. 14th Ave., Denver, CO 80206. Also, the team is open and excited to hear ideas about fundraising opportunities - feel free to give Elisha a call (720.941.6238) with your thoughts. Thanks! I would like to share a fun and remarkable project with which some kids from East High School in Denver are involved. The exciting part is that we can join in on the fun! See the details below. -Sarah D-T
You are invited...
Friday October 12, 2007 Strings Restaurant 1700 Humboldt Street - Denver - 80218 Help to fund the East High School Papau New Guinea Project! 10% of all restaurant proceeds on October 12 will go towards this exciting endeavor! *Call Strings at 303-831-7310 for a dinner reservation to help support the kids* The East High School Papau New Guinea project is a community service effort spearheaded by East High School graduate Elisha Roberts and co-sponsored by teacher Matt Murphy. The project involves a study of cultural awareness at East and culminates in a trip to Papau New Guinea during spring break in 2008 to help create and build a community center. Here is a description about the project from one of the students: “This past spring I applied and was accepted into an exceptional program that will allow me to travel to one of the most unheard of places in the world, Papua New Guinea in the spring of 2008. A pilot program, it will eventually involve the exchanging of students, allowing us to see life outside of our cultures. While there, we will help create and build an Inter-cultural Community Center, which will be service to many village communities, giving them access to computers, internet, film, books and information from all over the world. Not only will we be traveling to Papua New Guinea, but also reflect on our own community here at East; beginning to address some of the cultural differences that affect us here. Speaking on issues that may make us uncomfortable, but ones so vital to the advancement of us as a whole. We as a group will learn about power and privilege in society through discussions of our own educational and social experiences at East high in a multicultural / Anti- oppression training over the next year.” Thank you for your
help and support. 9月21日 For the love of a sister...October 16, 2007 - UPDATE! :) A fun update for the invitation below. As a fantastic demonstration of the POWER of community, Gladness ("Glady" is her nickname) generated around $3,500 to help her sister, Deli, care for her kids and obtain the anti-virals that she needs for treatment in Tanzania. Community rallied so powerfully behind and with Glady in support of Deli that she is now going to have these dinners on a regular basis. (It was SUCH a fun - and delicious! - evening!) If you're interested in collaborating further with Glady, feel free to call or e-mail her: (720) 941-0968 or msumanje@hotmail.com. There are pictures below of our dinner (the last 3 pictures - Glady is the beautiful woman in the pink shirt in the last picture) and of Deli and her kids, Sifa and France (the first 2 pictures). Here is a note of thanks that Glady wrote to those who gave a gift to her sister... It's a friend who reaches out And the sun is bright again And all the hearts sing and clap For the light that has come back and its energy Thank you for feeling my pain and my cry inside you Thank you for making my sister and her son smile and feel the power of love Thank you for making her feel united and not alone Thank you for the togetherness of sisters and mothers and families For now we can see hope and touch it with our hands I am filling this paper with my hand and fingers To mark my words to you I want you to know that your help is a golden life Which you have given to me and my sister and my nephew We love you all *** I want to share this story and opportunity to help a friend and sister of ours in Denver and HER sister in Tanzania. A dear friend of
mine in our neighborhood, Peg, is partnering to help a good friend of hers,
Gladness. Gladness lives in our neighborhood and has a sister who lives in
Tanzania. Gladness is putting
together a very special community-dinner-fundraiser for her sister in
Tanzania. Not only is the story
pretty amazing as is, but there is a pretty cool small-world factor that makes
it even more fun! Gladness is married to one of my favorite and most treasured,
challenging, and dynamic professors at University of Denver. He really became a mentor of mine
while I was in school and his influence in my thinking about Africa, international development, and culture has
continued to be imprinted in my thinking. So, it makes me even more excited to
share this story and community-opportunity with you. The details for the dinner gathering are below – so, check ‘em out! Again, the impact of community coming together and sharing what they are able to is always quite extraordinary! If a group of us share what we can – whether it is $1…or $100, it is powerful – together, we can impact our community and world. And, it seems we are always gifted with more than we give – for, we will be powerfully impacted through the ways in which we engage with, learn from, and share with one another. If you cannot make the dinner and you would like to pitch in some funds to help, you can just write a check to Gladness Msumanje. You can send it to me (2095 Cherry Street, Denver, Colorado - 80207) and I’ll bring it to the dinner on the 29th, or you can mail it directly to Gladness: 3208 Niagara, Denver, Colorado - 80207. Feel free to pass this invitation onto your friends – the more, the merrier, aye? A few musings to share with you in closing…have a most fantastic day, friends! “When
we approach others with gentle reverence, we bring gifts and share theirs with
us.” “To
show great love for God and our neighbor we need not do great things. It is how
much love we put in the doing that makes our offering something beautiful for
God.” *** Join us… Gladness
Msumanje’s 28 year old sister, Delphena is newly diagnosed with AIDS.Delphena
is divorced. Her ex-husband is not supporting the family. Their 4 year old
son, France, is HIV positive. Delphena
and France both live in Arusha, Tanzania. Delphena is also raising
her younger sister’s 7 year old daughter. The
household of 3 live on the income that Delphena makes working in the city market
selling fish and potatoes. She makes about $10 a day. As
you might know, the little one, could develop AIDS if he is not well-nourished.
Food is expensive. The
health of this young family is essential in keeping them from opportunistic
infections. Want to hear more about this young family? Want to help? Gladness is having a fundraiser dinner on: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2007 AT 3:30 P.M. at Gladness
will share more about Delphena’s story and the situation in Tanzania. She
will be cooking delicious African fare for dinner. 4月4日 You are Invited: April 14, 2007, from noon to 4 p.m.Join us for our upcoming
Seeds of Exchange Community Gathering & World Market
The Davison-Tracy’s
2095 Cherry Street - Denver
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Noon-4 p.m.
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Come & listen to some remarkable women’s stories.
Eat tasty samosas &drink delicious Ugandan tea.
Meet people in our community who are interested in building bridges of friendship,
creating sustainable livelihoods , & living rich & full lives in everyday-ordinary & extraordinary ways.
Bring your children, spouses, friends, & family…the more, the merrier!
The afternoon is completely open for you to come & go as you wish.
Pop by for a few minutes to peruse the exquisite goods we have available that were crafted by our global sisters,
stay for the afternoon to shop, talk, & listen to stories, or
just stop in for the fabulous company – you need not buy a thing!
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Noon-1:00 p.m. …Seeds of Exchange World Market - OPEN
Look at & purchase beautiful fair trade items crafted by women who live in
Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Uganda, & the U.S. (Denver!)
1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.… Women’s Stories
(!NEW! Please note that during this window of time, the “SOE World Market” will not be open.)
We have several women’s stories this month for you to share in…you will have such an incredible time!
Marziya, Shaqaiq, & Tabassum are dear friends of ours.
Each is a strong, powerful, & diverse Muslim woman who will share snippets of her story with you.
Marcellina is a mother, wife, an educator &the current chair of Friends for Peace in Africa as well as the chair for Team Africa in Denver & a treasured friend of ours. She will talk about her experience as a Ugandan-American, her passion for & work on behalf of her people, & will share how we can partner with her organization’s endeavor this summer, developing a women’s micro-enterprise program in Uganda.
(For more information about how you can join SOE’s partnership with her, please read below &/or e-mail us.)
Beth will talk about her vision & passion that led her to create Mission Wear, a non profit based in Denver. Esther, one of their talented artisans will share her remarkable story.
Look at & purchase beautiful fair trade items crafted by women who live in
Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Uganda, & the U.S. (Denver!)
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Silent Auction of "Oh, Sweet Baby" Photograph, by Linda Sorrento
Please see the beautiful photo below - it will be on display & for sale at the April 14 gathering.
(If you would like to put in a bid for this photograph via e-mail, feel free to do so: sarah_jdt@msn.com.)
It is an 8- by 10-inch photograph that is framed & matted.
"Some years ago, when I saw images of a woman photographer’s journey to Central America, I left her exhibit saying, 'I want to do that!' Almost 30 years later, with several stops along the way, I am now traveling and taking photos. My digital camera, though, has made all the difference. The LCD screen is the best translator of languages. I have many images of people who had never before seen a photo of themselves. My recent trips have been to Machu Picchu, Peru, the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, and Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand. I am happy to share these images of the faces & places from the other side of the world." - Linda Sorrento
At Linda's request, 100% of the proceeds of the sale of this exquisite photograph will go to the
Hope Plumpy'Nut Cooperative in Uganda.
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(If you would like to place an order, we’ll mail your beautiful items to you.
We’d be ever so delighted to do so! Contact us at: sarah_jdt@msn.com or 720.301.1510.) |
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