{"id":14750,"date":"2013-11-06T07:19:04","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T11:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artbridgesblog.ca\/en\/?p=14750"},"modified":"2013-11-06T07:19:04","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T11:19:04","slug":"sistafest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/sistafest\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival: Sistafest – in recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (Upfront Theatre Fdn.,Toronto)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Upfront<\/a><\/p>\n

Sistafest \u2013 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Violence against women takes many forms \u2013 physical, sexual, psychological and economic. These forms of violence are interrelated and affect women from before birth to old age. Some types of violence, such as trafficking, cross national boundaries. Women who experience violence suffer a range of health problems and their ability to participate in public life is diminished. Violence against women harms families and communities across generations and reinforces other violence prevalent in society. Violence against women also impoverishes women, their families, communities and nations. Violence against women is not confined to a specific culture, region or country, or to particular groups of women within a society. The roots of violence against women lie in persistent discrimination against women. Up to 70 per cent of women experience violence in their lifetime.<\/p>\n

In recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Upfront Theatre Foundation presents Sistafest<\/b> at Upfront Studio Theatre, 1290 Finch Avenue West, Unit 17 (inside Keele plaza).\u00a0 The festival kicks off on Friday, November 29, 2013<\/strong> with an information session on gender violence from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm broadcasting live on www.flexradio.net<\/a>. The festival continues on Saturday, November 30, 2013<\/strong> with a live performance by women and youth artists featuring J. Nichole Noel, Dahlia and Jahsmin Daley.\u00a0 The youth artists are Omri, Lyfe, Michelle Francis, Creation, Zauwana and Jemila Montague. The book, Empress Menen – A Woman for All Times,<\/i> will be launched by the author,\u00a0Anjahli Parnell.<\/p>\n

Book launch and concert: 8:00 PM.\u00a0 Admission:\u00a0 $10:00.\u00a0 Children are free.<\/b><\/p>\n

About Upfront Theatre Foundation:<\/span><\/b>
\nUpfront Theatre started in September 2000 as a student based drama club at York University but has now grown into a service learning non-profit organization serving children, youth and women in the Jane and Finch community and surrounding areas. The mandate of Upfront Theatre Foundation is to organize and produce cultural, educational and social programs using arts and multi-media as tools to sensitize the society to the serious social problems afflicting children and youth in the community.<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out www.upfrontt.com<\/a> for more information on the organization.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

-submitted by Masani Montague, festival coordinator. From press release.
\nRead\u00a0Upfront Theatre Foundation’s profile<\/a>\u00a0in our Community-Engaged Arts\u00a0Directory and Map<\/a><\/em><\/small><\/p>\n

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Sistafest \u2013 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women \u00ab\u00a0Violence against women takes many forms \u2013 physical, sexual, psychological and economic. These forms of violence are interrelated and affect women from before birth to old age. Some types of violence, such as trafficking, cross national boundaries. Women who<\/p>\n

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