In the year of 2008, I had the opportunity to attend several meetings with women and men within my community. In one specific female only group, I had the chance to discuss topics that women appreciated greatly. In three different sessions extended over couple of months, I managed to listen to these women’s concerns while…
Month: February 2009
Observing a Community Grow
It is exhilarating to notice the growing need for creating a community in the midst of our large population of Iranian residing here in British Columbia. In Vancouver similar to every other place, Iranians work hard to find a meaning for their life. For this reason, there are now several groups who engage individuals to…
Notes From A Youth Symposium
The other day I attended a Youth Symposium in celebration of Black History Month. This was the second annual Symposium that originally was the idea of a young man who believes in helping African-Canadian youth to learn about their identity embedded in race, culture, and history. Listening to the speakers you could realize how much…
That Man
The other day I was in the recreation center in my neighborhood here on the North Shore. Just about the time I was leaving, I heard one woman talking to her seven or eight year old daughter. She was talking to her daughter (in Persian) in a silent mood once she was passing me by…
Making Jokes or Bullying
There are various search leading to middlepeace website. One of them is the concept of “Jokes.” I am glad that middlepeace website has send this message out there that we can not just create jokes to the cost of people’s race, color, ethnicity, gender, accent, physical shape, nationality, or any other characteristics that differ people…