YWDEP Featured Events this Weekend!!

Youth Building Bridges (YBB)
invites you to an
Open Mic Night!

Friday, December 8th 2006
@ the Mayorga Coffee Factory
8040 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring MD
Metro: Silver Spring (red line)
7pm-10pm

Let your voice be heard!

Fundraiser for YBB scholarships and programs
Ÿ All ages welcome Ÿ Sign up at the door to performŸ
Ÿ Suggested $10 general/$5 youth donation Ÿ
DOOR PRIZES!

Performances by members of
the Young Women’s Drumming Empowerment Project!


Opening Minds: The Washington Region for Justice & Inclusion is a nonprofit organization committed to upholding the values of equality, understanding, and respect for all people. Youth Building Bridges, our youth program, brings together teens, educators, and parents to identify and resolve issues caused by isolation and prejudice in their schools and neighborhoods. For more information, please visit us on the web at www.OpeningMinds.org or contact Abra Pollock, Director of Youth Programs, at (301) 650-2438 or apollock@openingminds.org.

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ArtBeat Collective presents:


Growing Roots, exhibition featuring the work of District visual artists :
Aniekan Udofia and Tanekeya Word

Gallery Gatherings:

Opening Sunday, December 10, 2006. 11am-3pm.
Mimosa brunch. Brazilian Jam.
1pm. On Arts and Social Practice, Building Creative Communities , community forum for discussion of arts organizing; discussion leaders:
Lation Media Collective
Hip Hop Matters
Latin American Youth Center, Art & Media House
Young Women's Empowerment Drumming Project
Provisions Library
Admission: FREE

CONTACT: 617.448.4337 or info.artbeat@gmail.com

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ArtBeat Collective: as artists for artists, we harmonize our efforts across mediums and cultural boundaries to plan, promote and facilitate creative initiatives.