Local
Outreach
The Newburyport/Bura
Alliance is continually involved in reaching out to the local
community, both to inspire active involvement in our programs,
and for fundraising efforts to support these activities.Here
are some recent examples:
| Discover Africa in Your Neighborhood
Custom House Maritime Museum, Newburyport, September 11, 6 - 8:30 PM
Come to a celebration of African history, culture, art and music. Meet members of your community working together to build a better future. Learn about the work of these local organizations with ongoing projects in Africa. Join a project, sign up to visit an African Sister City. There will be presentations from each organization, tabling, time to talk to the Africans and their Newburyport and Amesbury teams, African food and music. |
| Annual African Dinner & Dance
Elks Hall, Low Street, Newburyport, September 27, 6-10pm
An evening of African food, traditional music, dancing and fun. Dozens of East African dishes, a DJ playing African music, cultural arifacts and crafts for sale, photographs on display and more.
Amission covers all: $20 adults, $10 students, children under 12 free, $40 max. per family |
Charter
School teacher Rebecca
Taplin discussed her recent activities
while visiting Bura, including teaching and organizing
the manufacture
and distribution of school uniforms.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 7pm, at the Newburyport
Public Library. |
| The
Annual African Dinner & Dance took
place on Saturday June 2nd at
the Unitarian Universalist Church Parish Hall on Pleasant
Street in Newburyport. There was African food,
a DJ playing
African music, a slideshow and displays, photographs
on exhibit, and crafts for sale.Wonderful desserts were donated by Alden Merrill. Thanks to all for making this our biggest dance ever, and a very successful fundraiser for Bura! |
| Steve
Bentley showed slides and answered questions
from a class at the River Valley Charter School
in Newburyport. The students have been studying Africa
for several weeks, and are involved in Fundraising for
Heifer International, with the goal of supplying an "Ark"
to villages in Kenya. |
| Sue
Crawford and Bill Abbott have met with the Newburyport
Committee for Diversity and Tolerance, and will
be part of their "Peace Month" in May, featuring
community-wide publicity and events.We are planning to
hold our Annual African Dinner Dance then, and will host
a display case in the Newburyport Library for the month. |
The
Provident Bank hosted a fundraising event
and exhibit to benefit the Newburyport/Bura
Alliance and Amesbury for Africa. On display
were 30
photographs by Steve Bentley, featuring portraits of
villagers in Bura, scenes from the region, and
wildlife
of East Africa.
All
profit from sales of the photographs was donated
to the Alliance.See the photos here. |
Sue
Crawford spoke at the Pingree
School the second week in March, and
has given a talk at Anna Jacques Hospital. |
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