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s part of our efforts to be a more broadly inclusive Community of Faith, we need to know about special events happening in and around the Bow Valley. Many thanks to Robin Slater for offering "Robin's Web" as a feature in our Newsletter!!
ROBIN'S WEB
CONNECTING DIVERSITY
January 12 - March 22, 2020
Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery Anne Frank - A History for Today The travelling exhibition “Anne Frank - A History for Today” tells the story of Anne Frank set against the background of the Holocaust. It makes use of images from the Frank family and quotations from the Diary of Anne Frank. Each panel displays information about the most important developments of that time: the rise of National Socialism, the Second World War and the persecution of the Jews. This is a travelling exhibition from the Anne Frank House (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).
January 22 - February 3, 2020
cSPACE King Edward School 1721 29 Avenue SW Calgary
Exhibit: Recognition… Validation… Reassurance…
January 30,2020
5:00-8:00pm Reception This is a social practice public art project supported by SITE c PROJECTS (Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorders). Art as social practice enables the content, in this instance mental wellness, to be shaped by participating individuals, both for themselves & our broader community. This project aims to facilitate insight & enhanced personal self-reflection, supporting individual & collective mental well-being.
January 31, 2020
7pm - 9pm
February 01, 2020
9am - 4pm
St. Andrews Anglican Church 1611 St Andrews Pl NW Mental Health - Community Helper Training The Calgary Alliance for the Common Good is exploring how we can equip our members to better respond to the Mental Health Challenges of our Communities. We will offer the Community Helpers Program provided by Alberta Health Services. This training focuses on understanding mental health, how we can respond to people with mental health challenges and focuses on some of the key soft skills.
Register: https://mental_health_community_helpers.eventbrite.ca
GET TICKETS!
January 28 - February 22, 2020
The Louder We Get Theatre Calgary A new musical documenting the 2002 story of Ontarian, Marc Hall, who was refused permission to take his boyfriend to the prom and the ensuing court battle in which he won the right to date whomever he chose. A story about coming together as a community when we are Louder Together, working for positive change.
February 1 - 7, 2020
UN World Interfaith Harmony Week
The theme this year is
"Gratitude”
February 3, 2020
8:00am Beth Tzedec Congregation 1325 Glenmore Trail SW Calgary Ceremony/Interfaith Breakfast Interfaith Reflections On Gratitude
February 6, 2020
6:30 pm-8:30 pm Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Calgary Stake Centre) 2021-17 Avenue SW Calgary Celebration Dinner – Expressing Gratitude through Music and Dialogue
February 3, 2020
9:30am
Calgary City Hall Council Chambers
Support new Calgary Bylaws to:
Ban
Conversion Therapy. This is the use of psychological and/or spiritual intervention to try to change a person's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
Every message helps to set this standard and Calgary non-residents are also encouraged to show their support, as all voices from across Canada matter.
These changes will forbid conversion therapy practices and establish fines against persons and businesses who offer them in the City of Calgary. Those who continue will face financial or business consequences. Currently more than 10 Calgary churches are running conversion therapy programs and we don’t want them to move west. Please attend the public debate during this council meeting. Let’s show our rainbow colours!
February 4, 2020
7 pm ArtsPlace Canmore Documentary Night Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am If you know her work, you’ll want to see this film; if you don’t know who she is, you
should
!
February 8, 2020
9:30am - 12:00pm Hillhurst United in Kensington How Am I Like God? with Michelle Voss Roberts, principal of Emmanuel College. Christians affirm that all human beings are “created in the image of God” (Genesis 1:26-27). How can this change how we view one another, in all of our embodied and cultural diversity; What does this mean in the world we live in? How can this change how we view one another, in all of our embodied and cultural diversity; What does this mean in the world we live in?"
Something a bit different:
Stoney Nakoda language scholar Trent Fox, of Morley, has featured 12 Indigenous core values with traditional land photos in his just-published set of three posters. Trent is only a few months away from completing his PhD at the University of Calgary’s Werklund School of Education specializing in: “Preserving a Language, Preserving a Culture”. The images are stunning, the words full of wisdom and grace. For copies of posters, contact Trent: trentspiritfox@gmail.com
