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July 12, 2014 EARLY LEARNING COMMUNITY TRUST NOTES
Notes from the July 2014 meeting of the CDF Early Learning Community Trust Meeting are found below. These are the unedited notes that were recorded in the facilitated small groups with only minor formatting edits. —————————————————————— Notes from July 12, 2014 Clarkston Families Decide Early Learning Community Trust Group 2. Arabic Opening Question: Why are…
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Photovoice Clarkston Opens July 26
The Photovoice Clarkston exhibit debuted at World Refugee Day and will find a more permanent home at the Zuckerman Museum of Art as part of the Hearsay Exhibit. Hearsay’s opening party is July 6 from 5-8pm and is open to all.
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Mother Language Day: Celebrate February 21, 2014
Mother Language Day, sponsored by the United Nations, recognizes the critical role of languages in sustaining the growth and development of a global society. Each family has their own unique story and knowledge bank which when shared in the mother/home language with their children has a lifelong impact and creates amazing familiar bonds.
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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.
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Volunteers are critical to success of local family literacy program
Volunteers are critical for Mommy and Me, a family literacy program, sponsored by Friends of Refugees, located at the Clarkston International Bible Church.
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Breaking Bread: Communities Connecting With One Another
Imagine a place where the food plentiful & where your favorite fruits are never out of season? Imagine fruits like bananas, mangos, lemons, oranges, and pomegranates always in abundance. What if I told you this place is not here in the United States, but in another country?
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Festival Kickoff brings multicultural dance, music, and performances to Milam Park
Charisse Drakefore sat in the Milam Park pavilion and watched as friends and community members, residents from all backgrounds and cultures, danced together in a circle in the center of the shelter.
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Portrait of a Business Owner: Naima Abdullahi
“We are all able to do these things on a small scale by ourselves. But when we get together, we become that much more powerful,”
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Clarkston Youth Share Their Voice through Global Dialogues
Global Dialogues seeks Clarkston area youths’ creative stories for prizes and a chance to be made into films An international storytelling contest called Global Dialogues is looking for young people in Clarkston to submit stories, poems, songs, videos, theatre pieces, comic strips and other forms of creative expression, and is offering cash prizes to the…
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People of faith unite to form Clarkston Interfaith Group with focus on human rights
Clarkston is home to a group devoted to the cause of bringing people of different faiths together. This group, committed to creating an open, nurturing environment in Clarkston, works to help diverse religious backgrounds feel free to interact and learn from each other. The group is called the Clarkston Interfaith Group. After first forming with…