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EWMA Open House with Lovetta Conto
16-year-old War Survivor and Jewelry Designer Transforms Bullets Into Jewelry to Help Other Children of War
Posted: September 15, 2009
Lovetta Conto is a 16-year old inspiration, born in Liberia, West Africa. She fled with her father to Ghana when she was a child to escape the civil war. In the refuge camp, being able to attend school was a struggle in itself. Like most of Africa, schools were not free and the refuge camp was no exception. Despite her father working his hardest to put money together, Lovetta was kicked out of school many times for not being able to pay. However, she felt that education was necessary for her future and struggled to find a balance between real life demands and her homework. When she was 12, she met Cori Stern from the Strongheart Fellowship. With Cori’s help, Lovetta saw her dream of being a designer made into reality. The Akewel'le (aka = also known as, wel'le = love) necklace is made from fired bullet shells that have been melted down and reshaped into a leaf. It is engraved with the word 'Life', as a reminder to Lovetta that "new life can begin after hardship".
Now, Lovetta is a finalist for The International Children's Peace Prize 2008 and coming to Vancouver! On September 25th, Enterprising Women Making Art will hold an Open House showcasing the Akawelle necklace, and introduce the local DTES artisans to those in attendance.
DATE: Friday, September 25
TIME: 6:00PM - 9:00PM
LOCATION:
EWMA Store @ 802 East Hastings (corner of Hawks Street)
To RVSP, please contact Mariana at ewma@atira.bc.ca or call (604) 685 8043.
3rd Annual Downtown Eastside Invitational Golf Tournament
We would like to thank everyone for making the 3rd Annual DTES Golf Tournament such a successful event. We raised $30,000 for Atira and all proceeds will go to Enterprising Women Making Arts (EWMA), one of our programs in the DTES. We’d like to extend a special thanks to all the sponsors, whom without this event would not be possible. Here are some pictures from this year’s event:
3rd Annual Downtown Eastside Invitational Golf Tournament
Benefiting Non-Profit Organizations Operating in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
We'd like to remind everyone that the annual golf tournament is taking place next month on June 24th! Please RVSP to Caithlin Scarpelli by June 10th, 2009. For additional information or questions, please contact:
Email: caithlin_scarpelli@atira.bc.ca
Phone: 604-531-9145
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WHEN: | Wednesday, June 24, 2009 |
| TIME: | Registration starts 11:30 a.m.
BBQ Lunch 12:00 p.m. Shotgun start at 1:15 p.m. |
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| WHERE: | University Golf Club
5185 University Blvd |
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| BENEFIT: | Atira Women's Resource Society | |
| TICKETS: | $150 per golfer
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The Painter Sisters Training Workshop
The Painter Sisters is an employment-based social enterprise initiative to provide training and employment opportunities (with The Painter Sisters) to women with barriers to employment.
The next training date is:
May 25th, 2009
The training period is 10 weeks.
There are 12 spaces available. Eight are available for Aboriginal women who live in Surrey. Some funding is available, please contact us for more information.
For more information and registration, please email Corinthian at paintersisters@atira.bc.ca or call 604-331-1407 (x.110).
You are invited to:
The Vanstyle Event
A celebration of creativity - and Westcoast wine-tasting & wearable art. Meet & Greet our Olympians athletes
| WHEN: | Friday, May 29th |
| TIME: | 6:00PM |
| WHERE: | Harrison Galleries
901 Homer Street |
| BENEFIT: | Atira Women's Resource Society |
| TICKETS: | $28.00 at the door |
| DRESS: | artfully fashionable (smart casual) |
For more information, please visit www.vanstylevent.com or call 604-601-2015
Wendell Phillips - Passage to the Global Community
Wendell Phillips is an award winning documentary photojournalist based in Vancouver. He's been voted Canada's News Photographer of the year and received 20 Picture of the Year awards. Learn more about the photographer at: www.wendellphillips.com
Event Information:
Monday, April 6
7:30PM (Doors close at 7:20PM)
90 minute slide/digital presentation
Tickets are $10. All proceeds go to Canadian Crossroads International and Atira Women's Resource Society. For pre-sales, please contact Caithlin Scarpelli at 604.531.9143 (ext 21) or event@atira.bc.ca.
Location:
Croatian Cultural Centre
3250 Commercial Drive
Vancouver
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