| Young Actors for Young Audiences Demonstrates the Lessons of the ...
Forty-six Montreal Jewish youth raised their voices to sensitize 5,000 high school students in Ottawa and Toronto to the plight of children and teenagers facing the extremes of anti-Semitism, racism and genocide. The catalyst for this consciousness-raising is a play performed by youth about youth during the Holocaust, No More Raisins, No More Almonds: Children's Ghetto Songs by child survivor and Jewish educator, Batia Bettman and directed by Bryna Wasserman.
YAYA (Young Actors for Young Audiences) recently performed at Canada's largest museum, The Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau (Ottawa) and at The Leah Posluns Theatre in Toronto. Post-performance talkbacks between the young actors on stage and the diverse teen audiences were wide-open, dynamic and meaningful.
No More Raisins, No More Almonds: Children's Ghetto Songs is a play centred on songs written during the Holocaust about the children and teenagers in the ghettos.
Aboriginal parents project
In today's society, aboriginal families face a far greater challenge in maintaining family and traditional values. History impacting upon aboriginal societies has left a wake of family breakdown and loss of connectedness to cultural values. The strengths of language and communication, once integral to family systems, seem to be slipping away. As concerned elders reflect on these societal changes, they often agree that there is value in turning the focus back on traditional wisdom. Parenting is one of the most difficult jobs for us to do in our lifetimes, and to achieve healthy parenting on any level is a measure of success. One of the first things to acknowledge is that in order to care for our children, we must learn to care for ourselves. When we expect our children to have self worth and feel good about themselves, we as parents must also begin to exercise this philosophy within our own lives.
Around the Valley: Bicycle programs is NCTPA topic
Kim Baenisch, the executive director of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition is the fourth in the Speakers Program for the Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency.Her topic is "Creating Successful Countywide Bicycle Programs" and she will speak at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 28 at the Napa City County Library Community Room, 580 Coombs Road, Napa.Baenisch’s talk is part of the effort by the Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency to bring recognized experts on key transportation issues and programs to Napa, who will give public talks about ideas and policies that have been successfully implemented in other areas, and how those ideas and policies might be applicable to Napa County. With NCTPA beginning an update of the countywide Strategic Transportation Plan, this program will help bring new ideas and thinking to the table, and supplement the other public outreach and education efforts with the Napa community.For information, contact Bob Russell, 251-9428 or brussell@newlevelgroup.com.
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