Category: Events
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Look Out, the Parents Are Coming!
One day at Vision and Voice… The room grew warmer with chatter and excitement as each parent arrived. The group has been meeting monthly
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Clarkston Community Festival to feature Giwayen Mata
The Clarkston Festival Committee is gearing up for its inaugural Clarkston Community Festival, which will be held April 26, 2014. The festival is an opportunity to showcase the special unity and collectiveness that exists in this small, very diverse community
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Opportunity Zone Supports Clarkston Initiatives
Six local Clarkston projects received the boost they needed to get off the ground thanks to the Opportunity Zone mini-grant program.
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7 Organizations form Clarkston College Career Coalition
A group of like-minded youth-serving organizations gathered a year ago to nominate students for scholarships for the Posse Foundation. Since then, the group has discussed other efforts to serve high-school and college-aged students
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Tell Me a Story! – May 17
The Clarkston Early Learning Network will sponsor the second annual Tell Me a Story! Literacy and Language Festival, Saturday, May 17, 2014, from 2 to 5 p.m., at the Clarkston Community Center.
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Comfort Zone Abandoned: Somali SpeakEasy
Most of my adult life has been spent trying to grow understanding between people of different backgrounds. From nationality, to race, to class, to gender, I’ve always encouraged people to step at least an inch outside of their comfort zone. However, when it comes to language, I tend to get squeamish.
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CDF to Host The Somali SpeakEasy
Each month, language lovers gather at CASIE: The Center for the Advancement and Study of International Education to immerse themselves in a new language at the CASIE SpeakEasy. CDF is pleased to host the SpeakEasy in Clarkston!
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Children’s Stories from Sudan: A Family Event
Rubbing his belly to make a point, Ibrahim, a Clarkston middle school student, retold a story his grandmother told him. He told the story with great ease and some humor, all in Arabic, to a receptive audience of parents, youth, and storytellers.