Get ready for the YOUTH FORUM at Princess Margaret High School in Surrey. As some of you know the Mentorship Committee within VIRSA held a forum in January at Tamanawis High School and it was a great success. Our objective’s or goals for these forums is to create dialogue within our youth about the issues and concerns in our community specifically within the Indo-Canadian community. By doing this we are working together towards solutions and being pro-active to future problems of drugs, gang-violence and tragedy.
The Tamanawis Form was received in a very positive manner from community members, local media including the Surrey Leader and attention from TV media (channel M). Many other schools had contacted us requesting that this type of event be held at their schools. But our greatest success came from the youth, it was amazing to see them become empowered and have a voice, some of the comments we received from the students:
“I really loved the Forum, everything was great” Male, Gr. 12 student
“The classroom discussions were the best and I finally got a chance to talk about things I normally don’t get to talk about” Male Gr. 10 student
“The slideshow and the discussion made me more aware of the issues in our community that I never realized happened around us” Female Gr. 11 student
These were just a few of the positive comments we received from the 250 student whom attended the forum.
And of course to make this event a great success we need fabulous volunteers like yourselves to really make this evening happen so please take that one day out of your busy schedule to truly make a difference in the lives of these youth. Remember the only way we can change things is to be apart of the change.
Time: 6:00 to 9:30pm
What time volunteers need to be there: 4:30pm
Where: Princess Margaret
High School in Surrey (12870 72nd Ave )
Those who would like to volunteer a required to attend mandatory training that will be held at the Public Safety Building on 84th Ave at 114th St (Delta) adjacent to the Delta Rec Center.
Training Dates: ONLY ONE DAY (MANDATORY)
Sunday March 26, 2006 from 1-4pm OR Monday March 27, 2006 from 6:30-9:30pm
If you cannot attend any of these dates and still would like to help please contact:
Andrea Dhaliwal 604-616-6695 andreagk@interchange.ubc.ca, andreadhaliwal@hotmail.com, or if you have any questions or concerns.
Please pass this email on to anyone whom is interested and over the age of 19.
LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU ALL,
MENTORSHIP COMMITEE (www.virsa.ca)
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