If you are heading to WAM, the Global Justice and Environment Tent is a must-see!

Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation (SCIC) has summoned all the creative brilliance of their staff, members and volunteers, as well as their colleagues from Alberta and Manitoba, and performers from around the world, to make connections between environment, development and global solidarity.

Friday, August 22

Public Art Workshop -- art for social change

From 12pm – 6pm, our colleagues from Alberta Council for Global Cooperation, Pedro Rodriguez and Diana Coumantarakis will present a Public Art Workshop on using visual art, especially murals, for social change. They will discuss the history of public art and how it is being used today. They will then facilitate the group’s painting of a canvas mural on the UN Millennium Development Goals, which will be used as the backdrop for the theatre performances/workshops taking place on Saturday and Sunday.

Registration is required for the above workshop. To register, please email tmitchell@earthbeat.sk.ca.

Saturday August 23

Fair Trade Workshops

Zack Grossfrom Manitoba Council for International Cooperation will present two workshops on fair trade:
10:00 am Fair Trade 101 - an overview of what “fair trade” is, what are the issues that fair trade addresses, what are examples of fair trade products, places to shop, etc.
11:00 am Fair Trade Organizing - there has been an organized campaign in Manitoba the past few years to change merchant and consumer culture to be more oriented toward fair trade and to address issues such as institutional & government procurement policies, foster fair trade towns, connect with Southern producers, and more.  Here is a chance to learn more and share ideas and strategies.
 

"The World is a Stage" theatre performance

Facilitated and directed by SCIC staff, this popular theatre creation is made up of touching and inspiring scenes and stories based on the Millennium Development Goals. It was created by a talented group of Saskatchewan people* who have come together over their search for global justice, and their desire to make a difference. Together they have created a transformative piece of theatre and they hope that you will come out and experience it! Their performance will take place on the hour Saturday at noon, 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 PM.
 

Workshop: The Popular Theatre Experience

You may love "the World is a Stage" so much, you will want to come back and participate as “spectactors” in a 2 1/2-hour popular theatre workshop led by SCIC Education Officer Tracey Mitchell. As a spectactor, whether you choose to place yourself on stage or not, you will see how you can be an agent of change. You will have the opportunity to push the edges of your self-perception and be an actor in the global partnership for development. Saturday 4:00 to 6:30 PM

Sunday, August 24

 "The World is a Stage" theatre performance

Workshop: The Popular Theatre Experience

Main Stage Performance: Boots Riley and Silk--E of The Coup 

With a History of Hip Hop: Music for Social Change

Sunday 5:00 PM: Boots Riley is a co-founder of the politically powerful hip hop group The Coup, which became a cultural flash point after September 11.  Riley’s activism – from local issues to international ones such as being an organizer of the World Conference Against Racism - has set the standard for political organizing among hip hop artists.  Boots takes audiences on an international journey through the less orthodox histories and movements of hip-hop, including a screening of Eating Forever - a short hip-hop travelogue Boots shot in South Africa during the “Black August” Hip Hop tour and the World Conference Against Racism, that focuses on Kwaito, a controversial movement of South African hip hop.
 
You can also find details about the Global Justice and Environment Tent at www.earthbeat.sk.ca. See you there!!
 
*Special thanks to the "World is a Stage" Cast:
Cathy Bendle             Marina Bendle             Amber Christensen         Joel Entwistle
Megan Entwistle        Jardena Gertler-Jaffe    Maxim Gertler-Jaffe        Angela Goldsmith
Azur Goldsmith           Jo Ann Jaffe                Donavon Johnson          Liz Quinlan
Marilyn Totten            Agnese Vilde
 
The Global Justice and Environment Tent and associated activities are made possible with the support of the Government of Canada through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).