Special Events
FIRST NIGHT NORTHAMPTON 2012
Saturday, December 31, 2011
4pm and 5pm at the Northampton Senior Center on Conz St.
Community Peace-building Resources
On Sat, Nov. 5, 2011, three artists -- Toni Stuart, Ingrid Askew, and Janet Aalfs -- presented a weave of poetry, martial arts, and storytelling that continued a 2009 performing arts/ teaching exchange between Cape Town, South Africa and western Massachusetts/ Connecticut, U.S.A. A group of VWMA/ HAVPS students and teachers joined the final piece with San Chin, a breath form that connects the here-and-now and ancestral realms. Audience members shared ideas and projects regarding cultural activism. The following resource list emerged.
Please let us know if you'd like to add to this list --
Mass Slavery Apology anti-racism information: www.massslaveryapology.org
Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Pamela Nomura: pnomura@crec.org
Crossing the Waters Cultural Exchange, Ingrid Askew: crossingthewaters1@gmail.com
NWMAF Anti-Racism Council (ARC): www.nwmaf.org
Spirit In Action: www.spiritinaction.net
Massachusetts Recovery Learning Center, Greenfield, MA
Martha Johnson: www.whynotdowhatyoulove.com ; musingalongtheway.com
Looking In Theatre, Jonathan Gillman: lookingin@comcast.net
NWMAF Anti-Racism Council & the Leadership Institute at the Women's Correctional Center: Sally J. VanWright, # 413-519-0117 , dragonsallyfrog@aol.com
Girls Inc. Teen Center poetry group: Janet Aalfs, jeaalfs7@gmail.com ; www.girlsincholyoke.org
Climbing Poetree: love@climbingpoetree.com
World Tai Chi Day
On Sat, April 30, 2011 VWMA/ HAVPS Jian Mei Internal Arts group and friends met at the Easthampton center traffic rotary to celebrate the healing and transformative powers of moving meditation. Groups all over the world participated in spreading these waves of peace. Watch for 2012 plans. And check out the photographs on our Facebook page.
COMMUNITY NETWORKING:
Organizations through which VWMA/ HAVPS has held programs
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• American International College, Springfield
• Amherst High School
• Amherst Leisure Services
• ARISE for Social Justice, Springfield
• Camp Ramah, Palmer
• The Care Center, Holyoke
• The Common School, Amherst
• Deerfield Academy
• District Attorney, Franklin and Hampshire County
• E.N. White Elementary School, Holyoke
• Eleanor House, after-incarceration program, WCC
• Esquela Popular Norteña
• Everywoman's Center, UMass, Amherst
• FCAC, Girls 'N Power, Turners Falls
• Feminist International Summer Training, The Netherlands
• First Generation/ The Performance Project, Holyoke
• First Night Northampton Performances
• The Five Colleges
• Franklin County Youth Programs
• Free Women's School, Northampton
• The Garden/YMCA - grieving children & families
• Girl Scouts, Western Massachusetts
• Girls Inc. of Holyoke
• Greenfield Girls and Boys Clubs
• Greenfield Community College
• Hampshire County Jail, Northampton
• Hampshire Regional Middle/High Schools, Westhampton
• Hampshire Youth 2000, Northampton
• Hilltown Charter School
• Holyoke Community College
• Holyoke Department of Public Welfare
• Holyoke Street School
• Immaculate Conception Church, Easthampton
• International Language Institute, Northampton
• International Living Center, Springfield
• Jackson Street Elementary School, Northampton
• LGBT Coalition Carnevale
• Mahar Regional High School, Athol/Orange
• Massachusetts Prevention Center, Springfield
• National Women's Martial Arts Federation “Special Trainings”
• New England Learning Center for Women in Transition, Greenfield
• Northampton High School
• Northfield Mount Herman School
• Nuestras Raices, Holyoke
• Nueva Esperanza, Holyoke
• Pathways Youth Programs, Northampton
• Pacific Association of Women Martial Artists
• Pittsfield After Incarceration Programs
• Rural Domestic and Sexual Violence Regional Forum
• Ruth's House Assisted Living Center, Longmeadow
• Safe Passage, Northampton
• School for International Training, Brattleboro
• Senior Centers - Northampton, Easthampton, Amherst
• Serenity House, after-incarceration programs, WCC, Chicopee
• The Smith School
• Sunshine Club for the Transgender Community, Hadley
• Springfield College
• Springfield Technical High School
• Stavros Center for Independent Living, Amherst
• Survivor's Theater Project
• Tri-County Youth, Northampton
• UMass Women of Color Leadership Network
• Womanshelter/Compañeras, Holyoke
• Women's Correctional Center (WCC), Chicopee
• Westfield State College
• Western MA Men's Resource Center, Amherst
• Whitebrook Middle School, Easthampton
• Whately Elementary School
• Williston Northampton High School, Easthampton
• YMCA - Northampton
• YWCA - Northampton, Springfield
• Youth Performing Arts, Northampton Full Open
