Please note that the events below are listed as a service to our members. The views expressed in the following activities and by the groups listed below are not shared or endorsed by NetSAP DC.For Additional Details About These Events, Please Visit our Online Calendar a t www.netsap.org.
Golden Lotus Temple presents Meditation and Music
We are pleased to continue offering Meditation with Music the first and third Wednesdays of the month as an offering to share the inspired message of beneficent beauty through various musical cultures, instruments and voices. Once again the Golden Lotus Temple will be open to all from 7:00pm to 8:00pm for the purpose of meditation.
Musician for February 21st: Shubha Sankaran is among a handful of musicians currently performing the surbahar. She studied instrumental music with Ustad Imrat Khan, the world’s acknowledged master of the surbahar: vocal music in the khayal style with the late Pandit Shrikant Bakre; the South Indian technique of tanam with Kalaimamani Ranganayaki Rajagopalan; and dhrupad with the Gundecha Brothers. She has performed on surbahar throughout the United States, including at Lincoln Center in New York and the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington, and in concert and in radio and television broadcasts in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Europe, Great Britain, Morocco, and Central and South America.
When: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Start Time: 7:00 PM End Time: 8:00 PM
Where:
Golden Lotus Temple of the Self-Revelation Church of Absolute Monism
4748 Western Avenue
Bethesda MD 20816
Email:resources@self-revelationchurch.org
Phone: 301-229-3871
SALSA presents THEATER FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION TRAINING
Activists often do theater that is heavy on content but short on appealing form. The result is a poster, mask and puppet display with lots of words, rather than theater. Capturing people's interest with some cool theater to convey socially relevant messages is an art that often works better than speeches in educating and building alliances. It need not be expensive or very time consuming. It does not require a huge performance space and with training and experience, activists can learn how to turn any space – a classroom, railway station, the street or a corridor – into an effective performance area. Come, learn from a highly skilled and experienced practitioner of educational theater how to put together basic activist plays with the help of time-tested techniques and fun exercises for voice, movement, presentation and script development. It will be an invigorating and memorable SALSA evening. Note: Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes that will give you the freedom of physical movement needed for the exercises.
Led by Shirin Shirin:
Shirin Shirin from Justice in South Asia (JiSA). Shirin has over two decades of experience doing theater for public education on issues ranging from HIV-AIDS to globalization. She teaches theater at schools and universities and works with non-governmental groups that use theater for public outreach. She has developed her own training techniques and besides the US, has taught and performed in India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines and Australia. Shirin will be supported by Sameer and Basav from JiSA.
When: Thursday, February 22, 2007
Start Time: 6:45 End Time: 8:45 PM
Where: SALSA at IPS, 1112 16TH St NW, Suite 600, Washington DC, 20036
Registration: visit http://www.hotsalsa.org/index.php?cid=1000590
Contact: call SALSA at 202- 234-9382
Please note that all proceeds ($30/participant) will go directly to SALSA. Organizations are encouraged to pay the full amount although individuals may be given a discount based on their situation. The trainer, Shirin Shirin, is doing this pro-bono. If you cannot pay the full amount but would like to still participate, please emailSSHIRIN@GMAIL.COM
ABC’s OF BUYING REAL ESTATE:
An impromptu class to go over the basics of buying Real Estate.
The speaker, Yaniv, held a great class for the Brown Alumni Club awhile ago and he offered to have another class before he moves back to Israel. This one is open to anyone!
*Feel free to arrive anytime after 5:30pm to warm up from the cold.
*Cost: FREE (we may order pizza and soda for folks and share the cost)
Apna Virsa Apna Punjab Bhangra Show:
Apna Virsa Apna Punjab Bhangra competition will take place at the University of Virginia.
10 top Bhangra teams from around the country will be coming here to compete for cash prizes.
All proceeds are going to AIDS/HIV help in India.
When: Saturday, February 24, 2007
Tickets: $20.00 and can be purchased at http://www.groovetickets.com by entering "apna virsa apna punjab"
Dhoonya Dance's 1st Annual Showcase - JEEVAN - Sunday, February 25th.
Broadway has Bombay Dreams. Hollywood has Bride and Prejudice and Monsoon Wedding... and now, for the first time, DC has Jeevan ! Come see what all the Bollywood buzz is about!
Dhoonya Dance, the hottest Bollywood-inspired Dance School and Performance Company in the DC area, invites you to get a glimpse of various modern South Asian dance forms in its first annual show on Feb. 25th at 2pm at Georgetown University. The vibrance, energy and passion of this two hour extravaganza, with performances from both students and performance group members of all ages, is bound to captivate you in ways that only a Bollywood experience can.
Don't wait! Buy your discounted ticket at www.dhoonyadance.com .
When: Sunday, February 25, 2007
Time: 2:00 PM
Where:
Georgetown University's Gaston Hall
37th and O Streets, NW
Washington, DC
Questions? Interested in sponsoring the event? Emailinfo@dhoonyadance.com or call 856-625-8406
SABA-DC 2007 Civil & Human Rights Symposium
The South Asian Bar Association of Washington, D.C. and the South Asian Law Students Association at Georgetown University Law Center cordially invite you to SABA-DC's:
2007 Civil & Human Rights Symposium
Human Trafficking of South Asians for Sexual and Labor Exploitation:
A Legal & Political Perspective
When: Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Start Time: 7:00 PM End Time: 9:00 PM
Where:
Georgetown University Law Center
McDonough Hall, Room 206
600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
The Symposium will include a panel discussion on the trafficking of South Asians in the U.S. and trafficking issues in South Asia, as well as the current political issues surrounding human trafficking.
Panelists include:
*Neha Misra, Global Coordinator – Counter Trafficking Programs, Solidarity
Center, AFL-CIO
*Gayatri Patel, Reports Officer, U.S. Dept. of State, Office to Monitor & Combat
Trafficking in Persons (GTIP)
*Krishna Patel, Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut
*Svati Shah, Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow, New York University's Gender
and Sexuality Studies Program
*Juhu Thukral, Director of the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice
Center-New York
Moderated by Mansi Shah, Litigation Associate, Schertler & Onorato, LLP
KhushDC Women's History Month Event
KhushDC is honoring women leaders active in our local communities, on Saturday, March 3, 2007
Featuring:
"Creating Feminist Spaces: South Asian LGBTQ Organizing" - A panel discussion about the opportunities and challenges in organizing in our local East Coast communities, featuring honorees from Boston MASALA, SALGA (NYC),TRIKONE-Atlanta, and KhushDC. The event is followed by dinner and JALWA PARTY with DJ ASHU!
When: Saturday, March 3, 2007
Where:
Cada Vez
438 U St. NW
Washington, DC
KhushDC is a social, support and political group that provides a safe and supportive environment, promotes awareness and acceptance, and fosters positive cultural and sexual identity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ) and additional gender or sexual minority South Asians in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Indicorps Fellowship Program:
Indicorps, an international non-profit organization, seeks committed individuals with the leadership potential to find constructive solutions to India's most pressing problems. As an Indicorps Fellow, you will join a community of individuals who constantly push their limits for collective impact. Fellowships are designed as one-of-a-kind transformational experiences, emphasizing both public service and personal growth.
Prospective fellows must be of Indian origin with a college degree or five years equivalent work experience. Fellowship Applications are due on April 1, 2007.
For more information: visit www.indicorps.org or emailinfo@indicorps.org |
