[Dialogue] {Spam?} Stephanie Nolen brings frontline stories of AIDS in Africa

[Charles or Doris Hahn]

Great Event! Wish I could have been there. Thanks for
sharing. 

Doris Hahn


--- Wayne  Nelson <wnelson at ica-associates.ca> wrote:

> 
> > This was a really great event for ICA Canada and
> Listen to the Drumming
> > 
> > There were over 500 people there. 50 of them
> attended  a special reception
> > prior to the event itself. It was held at a
> downtown Anglican Church.
> > Beautiful place.
> > 
> > Several highlights:
> > 
> > Presenters
> > Stephanie Nolen is a story teller and weaves the
> facts and major policy points
> > home through the on the ground stories of people
> living with HIV/AIDS. She was
> > great. John Patterson did a roving and insightful
> report of African ICA¹s work
> > on AIDS and talked the pilot project at Il Ngwesi,
> Kenya. . . . . and believe
> > me, having spent time on the front lines in
> Africa, this is an amazing project
> > approach. You would all be very proud of this
> work. Dr Phillip Berger, a new
> > colleague and Team Leader of the Ontario Hospital
> Network, talked in a
> > no-nonsense way about the whole situation. Ruth
> Mathiang, a Sudanese refugee,
> > provided gentle rhythms and lilting melodies that
> makes East African music so
> > wonderful.
> > 
> > ICA Members ran it
> > The whole event was run by ICA board and
> volunteers. From elder Sister
> > Virginia Varley ­ ICA chair to Adrianne, our
> university student intern; they
> > were there and engaged. Rhonda, a newer board
> member filled in as MC when they
> > found out that Alanna Mitchell, Jim Patterson¹s
> partner, was stuck in a snow
> > storm in Edmonton. ICA Canada staff and volunteers
> produced the event with
> > class and grace. Us old hand staff did a few
> things to help along the way, but
> > honestly very little.
> > 
> > Youth
> > The place was full of youth. Great energy. At a
> similar, but smaller event
> > leading up to the Marathon, Jo and I were amused
> and honestly pleased to see
> > what we probably looked like when we were in our
> 20¹s and doing these sort of
> > events. I also find myself heartened, because this
> generation has a rep for
> > being quite self centred ­ the ³Friends² dynamic
> in which everything revolves
> > around the self and relationships and fun in a
> tight group. These people are
> > involved and committed.
> > 
> > Families 
> > 4 of 5 Gibsons were there ­ Rashad had to work,
> but Stan, Miriam, Javed and
> > Ishara were there. Javid spent 4 months in Il
> Ngwesi recently. You could
> > hardly move without running into a member of the
> extended Patterson family.
> > John is on the ICA board. Their energy has really
> made this whole thing come
> > together. Duncan (kind of acting ED) and Derek (on
> the board and the point
> > person in our relationship with the hospital that
> is eating up the Courage to
> > Lead. ­ Richard Sims and Jan Sanders ( a board
> member and regular African
> > traveler teaching courses) . These and other
> families are real examples of
> > 21st century families in mission.
> > 
> > The energy was great ­ the food at the reception
> was exceptional. It was an
> > evening of goodness. I was proud to be associated
> with such amazing people.
> > 
> >    
> > \\/
> >  
> >   
> >        
> > Nolen to bring frontline stories of AIDS in Africa
> >  
> > Sun. Nov. 11 2007 10:47 AM ET
> >  
> > CTV.ca News Staff
> >  
> > 
> > South Africa-based journalist and author Stephanie
> Nolen will be bringing
> > stories from the frontlines of the battle against
> HIV/AIDS to Toronto.
> > "HIV/AIDS: Stories From the Field" is designed to
> raise funds to bolster the
> > fight and inspire people here to take action, said
> Eowynne Feeney, co-director
> > of Listen to the Drumming, the group hosting the
> event.  "What we hope people
> > get from this is that there is hope and there are
> people on the ground --
> > Africans on the ground -- who are doing amazing
> work," Feeney tells CTV.ca.
> >  
> > 
> 
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