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.
Writers, Masses, Multitudes – A Lannan Literary Symposium:
"Writers, Masses, Multitudes" explores connections between anti-colonial liberation movements and the contemporary neo-liberal world order. Kenyan novelist Ngugi wa Thiong'o, American writer Kim Stanley Robinson, Indian writers and social activists Ganesh Devy and DaKxin Bajrange Chhara, and others, will gather for readings, film screenings, and a roundtable discussion over a two-day period. Topics include issues of civil society, human rights, race and gender equality, and globalization.
Featured authors: Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Kim Stanley Robinson, Ganesh Devy, DaKxin Bajrange Chhara
Organized in concert with the Program in Justice and Peace at Georgetown University.
Where: Georgetown University
When: Tuesday, Feb. 13th and Wednesday, Feb. 14th – Georgetown University, DC
Spoken Sanskrit Workshop:
After making rounds in Virginia, Rockville, Baltimore and Pennsylvania our popular weekend Spoken Sanskrit workshop is back to Maryland - A fun- filled, interactive spoken Sanskrit workshop conducted by University of Maryland’s Samskritam in association with SSVT education program
Where: Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple, Education room (basement) – Lanham, MD
When: Saturday, February 17 and Sunday, February 18
9 am to 5 pm (with lots of breaks)
How much : FREE , but limited seats, so register online at
http://www.speaksanskrit.org/forms/Jan07Workshop.html . Please mention in the comments column if you need a ride, and if so, from where.
No prior knowledge of Sanskrit required. Only prerequisite needed is enthusiasm. At the end of the 2 day workshop you will be able to make basic conversations in Sanskrit.
For more details about the workshop see
http://www.speaksanskrit.org/dc/upcoming.shtml
and for FAQs about the workshop or to post questions you may have, visit
http://www.speaksanskrit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=288
Contact: Kiran – (978) 604-8893
Apna Virsa Apna Punjab Bhangra Show:
Apna Virsa Apna Punjab Bhangra competition will take place at the University of Virginia on February 24, 2007.
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.
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 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 .
Details:
Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 2PM
at Georgetown University's Gaston Hall
37th and O Streets, NW
Washington, DC
Questions? Interested in sponsoring the event? Email info@dhoonyadance.com or call 856-625-8406
SPECIAL PRICE THROUGH FEB 9th.!!
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
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
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 |
