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OCIC Toronto Breakfast Meeting - Art as a Tool for Community Development

Friday, February 26, 2010 from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM (ET)

Toronto, Ontario

OCIC Toronto Breakfast Meeting - Art as a Tool for...

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Join Amanda Procter from Pueblito Canada and Ananya Ohri from York University, for a discussion about two different approaches to using art as a tool for community development.  The aim of this breakfast meeting is to facilitate knowledge-sharing between activist and educators about the challenges and possibilities of arts-based education.  Amanda and Ananya will discuss their experiences of working with Drishti Media and Pueblito Canada in working for social transformation through arts-based education.

Amanda will discuss her recent visit with Pueblito’s Nicaragua partner organization, FUNARTE (Foundation for Creative Children’s Art).  FUNARTE is an internationally-recognized Nicaraguan NGO that has pioneered the use of mural painting and art in general as a tool for popular education, empowerment, rights promotion and community development in general. (http://www.funarte.org.ni/)

Ananya will discuss Drishti Media in India.  She will explore their approach to using community video units and participatory communication to affect social change. Drishti Media aims to create alternative media spaces for the voices of marginalized peoples. By putting the power of art and media in the hands of the most marginalized groups Drishti Media aims to achieve empowerment and a shift in perceptions of the causes of and solutions to social issues. (http://www.drishtimedia.org/)

Questions? Please contact Kris Orantes Migoya at public.engagement@ocic.on.ca / 416 972 6303

This is a FREE meeting is hosted by Pueblito Canada at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in the Peace Lounge on the 7th floor (252 Bloor Street West) on Friday February 26th from 9:30am to 11:30am. All are welcome, and a light breakfast will be provided.

 

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OISE (Peace Lounge)
252 Bloor Street West
7th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V9
Canada

Friday, February 26, 2010 from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM (ET)


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OCIC is a membership association of Ontario-based, not-for-profit, voluntary organizations and individual associates working both in the North and South for global justice.

As a Council, OCIC strives to increase the effectiveness and collective impact of its members' efforts to promote sustainable and people-centred development in a peaceful and healthy environment, and to educate and engage the Canadian public on global issues.

For more information on OCIC, visit  http://www.ocic.on.ca