SPECIAL EVENTS/PRESENTATIONS AND SALES 2007

• January 17, 2007 - ETFO/CSAW Workshop on the Ontario version of the Human Rights Kit. (view photos)
  
  
• February 2007 - Read an article by Sally Armstrong as it was published recently in 'Professionally Speaking', the magazine of the Ontario College of Teachers....The Courage to Teach in Afghanistan.
  
  
• February 8, 2007 - ETFO "And Still We Rise Teacher Conference" The Royal York Hotel, Toronto. Sale of AWRC goods and invitation for teachers to ask about more information regarding the Human Rights Kit -version revised with Ontario curriculum links
  
  
• February 22, 2007 - Think Globally, Teach Locally Teacher Conference. 4-8pm for Halton Teachers at White Oaks Secondary School, Oakville. Sale of AWRC goods and invitation for teachers to ask about more information regarding the Human Rights Kit -version revised with Ontario curriculum links (details)
  
  
• March 07, 2007 - The Women of Halton Action Movement presented "The Dinner Party 2007". This article, titled "A Noble Gathering" describes the event. To see pictures of the Dinner Party, click here: photos
  
  
• March 8, 2007 Governor General in Afghanistan
  The Governor General has a blog (you can post comments) and this link, A Day With Afghan Women covers her story regarding the recent trip to Afghanistan in celebration of International Women's Day. Check it out
  
  
• PHOTOS of the first ever Afghanistan celebration of International Women's Day.
  
  
• May 7, 2007 - E.C. Drury School for the Deaf, Milton - An awareness presentation of the situation for women, girls and the deaf in Afghanistan for teachers of the deaf working at E.C. Drury in Milton and in The Robarts School for the Deaf in London
  
  
• May 14, 2007 - Engaging Ideas -Monthly Author Lecture - Hamida Ghafour will speak on her book, "The Sleeping Buddha:The Story of Afghanistan Through the Eyes of One Family", at the Central Library on New street in Burlington (More Info)
  
  
• May 16, 2007 - Hopedale Mall Charity Bazaar - Sale of Handmade Afghan goods 9:30am to 3:00pm Oakville, ON located at Third Line and Rebecca Street
  
  
• May 17, 2007 - MWAMV [Men's Walk Against Violence Against Women] High school students , young men and women, will hear music and will listen to brief speeches from activists involved in the issues of human rights in Afghanistan and will then walk from Queen's Park to City Hall in Toronto, ON
  
  
• May 17, 2007 - The Men's Walk Against Violence Against Women. (event summary)
  
  
• May 26, 2007 - Oakville Green Garage Sale - Sale of Handmade Afghan goods and goods from other Peace/ Environmental organizations will be held at the City Hall in Oakville, ON
  
  
• June 1, 2007 - Hamilton-Wentworth's Gr 8 Girls' Conference - Mohawk College - For students only. (view photos)
  
  
• August 9, 2007 - Janet's Lemon Pie Social
  
  
• September 30, 2007 - Unitarian Church of Hamilton - Something for Everyone Sale, Dundurn Street South
  
  
• October 18, 2007 - An evening with Dianne Rinehart at the Oakville Public Library. (More Info)
  
  
• UNTIL Sat, Oct 27, 2007 - An exhibit of photographs of the Women of Afghanistan. "VOICES ON THE RISE"
  
  
• November 3, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. "BUY A BOOK - GIVE A BOOK"
  
  
• November 7, 2007 - McMaster University Student Centre - Fair Trade Sale, Hamilton, Sterling Street Entrance [10a.m. - 5p.m.]
  
  
• November 10, 2007, Meet LITTLE WOMEN FOR LITTLE WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN in B.C Launch of website.
  
  
• November 16 - 17, 2007 - JUST CHRISTMAS Global Artisan Sale at Forestview Church, 3715 Dundas Street west, Oakville. Nov 16, 5:30p.m. to 9p.m. Nov 17, 9:30a.m. to 4p.m.
  
  
• November 17, 2007 - Show and Sale at Marshall Memorial United Church, Ancaster, Ontario [9:00a.m. to 3:30p.m.] Funds raised by CSAW go to our schools for girls in Afghanistan and in refugee camps in Pakistan. Funds also go to women at AWRC through the sale of handmade Afghan goods.
  
  
• November 24th - Show and Sale at the Unitarian Church of South Peel, 84 South Service Road (just east of Hwy. 10), Mississauga, Ontario
  
  
• December 9, 2007 - Annual Amnesty International Presentation and Fair at Knox Presbyterian Church, St. Catharines, Ontario [1:30p.m. to 3:00p.m.]
  

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