anitAFRIKA e-newsletter
edition 03_2009

dear village

aseelegua. ase ancestors. asemadreyemoja. aseorishas. ase spirit guides. ase villagers. this is our continuation. our ending. our new beginning.

later this month, we invite you to take a trip around our newly re-developed website! give thanks to kara springer for giving her time and energy to anitAFRIKA! dub theatre's virtual reality. check out karaspringer.ca to learn more about this unique artist and entrepreneur.

a special shout out to the artists behind 'the obama experience ~ hope & truth' who launched a unique retrospective on the inauguration in the space feb 19-21 '09. check out picsfrom the three day event - six artists and several mediums to share their most honest reflections on the advent of the black president. in five, ten, twenty years, artists will be producing commemorative works looking back. we are proud to have housed a most necessary and current dialogue around 01-20-2009 through their varied storytelling - art grounded in community - ase.

marchspeshal events!

channel one dub sessions

tues mar16 :: 8-11pm :: pwyc

adt! presents channel one dub sessions every first and third tuesday of the month featuring positive vibrashuns, live performances and open mic. contact village@anitafrika.com to get on thamic.

adt! community dinner with the people project

mar 27 :: 7-10pm :: potluck/pwyc

inviting all anti-oppreshun workers and activists from all community organizing sectors (art, literary, anti-racist/migrant justice, queer of colour, feminist of colour, anti-poverty, youth organizers etc) to come an eat and ground. open forum and potluck dinner; rsvp with your contribution to village@anitafrika.com check out peopleproject.ca

course reminders

*capoeira angola

:: mondays 5:30-7:30pm :: (pwyc suggested $10)

capoeira angola is an art form with african roots, developed in brazil as a means of liberation from slavery. capoeira teaches physical strength, rhythm, discipline, respect for others, concentration and humility. facilitated by helio souza from salvador, bahia, brazil. helio is a student of and teaches under mestre jogo de dentro. contact junco3pontas@yahoo.com.br for more info. register at village@anitafrika.com spaces filling fast!

*oppresshun awareness:moving beyond words into action

sat may 16 :: 10:00am-1:00pm :: $25 sliding scale rate available

as our social/political/economic/personal environments change/transform, we are confronted with 'new' challenges that disrupt our core. out of these disruptions, we may ask ourselves about our ability to identify, understand, and address different forms of oppresshun. this innovative 3 hour workshop creates a space for folks to explore the impact of oppresshun on their everyday lives. in addition, folks will engage in a series of interactive oppresshun awareness activities to develop different strategies to challenge oppresshun. this workshop is designed and facilitated by tomee sojourner, m.a. in social justice and equity studies. refreshments will be provided. ***two fully subsidized spaces for under/unemployed youth involved in creative grassroots community development projects*** limited to 20 people. to register contact tomee sojourner @ powersojourn1@yahoo.ca or (416)951-0154.

upcoming events hosted by adt!

b.p.d.s.e. men's group

sun mar 22 :: 6:30-8:30pm

brothers with problems destined to solve 'em (bpdse) is a group for men by men - a space where we can share, speak, laugh, cry, vent, grow and develop ourselves as men, strictly with the aim of being stronger and more complete beings who truly know what it means to live in peace. contact huachaquero@hotmail.com

tabc prisoners in palestine letter writing evening

sun mar 29 :: 6pm :: free

join us for a night of food and camaraderie - with each other and with our imprisoned comrades - dinner, discussion and writing letters to palestinian political prisoners. featuring a presentation by palestinian solidarity activist kole kilibarda, and statements from north american political prisoners.

community announcements

adt! word of mouth initiative

do you support adt! do you receive our enewsletters and facebook updates? would you like to spread the good word whenever possible and drop a few flyers at your local library, community centre, or dance studio? contact village@anitafrika.com with 'word of mouth' in the subject line to become a part of this brand new grassroots guerilla marketing movement - we are welcome to your brilliant thoughts and ideas to get this movement in full swing by the summer...

© 2009 anitAFRIKA! dub theatre.

anitAFRIKA! dub theatre is a radical arts centre founded on 7 principles of dubpoetry & dubtheatre: the use of rhythm, language, political protext, orality, urgency, integrity, and sacredness as mediums of social change through storytelling.

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