One Job Almost Over, Another Just Beginning

Kermesse is feels like it is almost over, yet it really hasn’t even began. Almost a month ago we began our work on this event. The Art Gallery begins tomorrow night and then the Fun Fair takes place on Saturday. Other than evaluating the event and making recommendations, our role has come to an end.

Just as Kermesse is dying down, we are caught up once again in a new event. Monica Aleman, a young woman from Nicaragua, will be arriving in Halifax in a couple of weeks to speak at the Amnesty International Annual General Meeting. Our class is organizing a public forum called Speak Out, which Monica will participate in, for the week before the AGM. While a location and all of the speakers have not yet been confirmed, it seems as though it will be an interesting event. It happens to fall during the Until the Violence Stops Festival. This is a festival that celebrates V-Day – a global movement to stop violence against women and girls.

We haven’t received our timeline yet for Speak Out, but things are moving along quickly. We have several possibilities for a location and have confirmed an emcee. It is a bit more difficult that Kermesse because our class is in charge of everything and it is a very short time frame.

I have been in correspondence with Kim from UTVS trying to organize a speaking engagement for Monica at a film screening and today I wrote the PSA’s, but am unable to send them out as all the details are not finessed. I am also working on a letter to send to female politicians, past and present, in the area that may be interested in the event.

Abbie