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blue_lotus13) wrote2005-09-23 04:08 pm
blue_lotus13) wrote2005-09-23 04:08 pm
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Today was my first full day off in 7 days. I celebrated by staying in my pyjamas and watching 2.5 hours of Season 2 Degrassi. Then I ate a lot of Cheezies.
Tomorrow I'm going on a retreat with "The Colouring Book project." The Colouring Book is a group of mixed race and people of colour in their 20s and 30s etc who are coming together to make a book about our experiences. The book will be used to as a teaching tool for youth of colour in high schools. The initial organizer of the project, Gabrielle Martin, works with SAFETEEN, a group that teaches anti-racism, anti-sexism and anti-homophobia in schools.
I learned about the project through Ricepaper, and got onboard. It has introduced me to a wonderful group of artistic, activist, like minded people.
Our weekend retreat is going to be held at Chehalis, a reserve located about 2 hours away from Vancouver. We will be staying in cabins with showers and will have a large room for all our activities. We are operating as a collective, so groups of people will be running workshops on topics such as "Race and Class", "Body and Sexuality" and "Oral Story telling." We are also going to have a no-talent show,and a dance party. The weekend should involve a lot of writing.
As you can probably guess, I'm looking forward to it, even though I have to get up at 5:30 tomorrow to be out at the space by 8:00. Most of the group left today, but several of us are going up tomorrow. I had planned to stay in town and work today, but through a series of events, I only have to attend a meeting for volunteering at the film festival this evening.
Tomorrow I'm going on a retreat with "The Colouring Book project." The Colouring Book is a group of mixed race and people of colour in their 20s and 30s etc who are coming together to make a book about our experiences. The book will be used to as a teaching tool for youth of colour in high schools. The initial organizer of the project, Gabrielle Martin, works with SAFETEEN, a group that teaches anti-racism, anti-sexism and anti-homophobia in schools.
I learned about the project through Ricepaper, and got onboard. It has introduced me to a wonderful group of artistic, activist, like minded people.
Our weekend retreat is going to be held at Chehalis, a reserve located about 2 hours away from Vancouver. We will be staying in cabins with showers and will have a large room for all our activities. We are operating as a collective, so groups of people will be running workshops on topics such as "Race and Class", "Body and Sexuality" and "Oral Story telling." We are also going to have a no-talent show,and a dance party. The weekend should involve a lot of writing.
As you can probably guess, I'm looking forward to it, even though I have to get up at 5:30 tomorrow to be out at the space by 8:00. Most of the group left today, but several of us are going up tomorrow. I had planned to stay in town and work today, but through a series of events, I only have to attend a meeting for volunteering at the film festival this evening.