The Local Immigration Partnership (LIP) – Lanark & Renfrew launches its 1st annual “Culture Connect” for the month of June.
Jodi Bucholtz of the LIP says Culture Connect brings together community groups and organizations from across the Ottawa Valley, creating space for learning, social connection, and fun.
There are twenty-five activities on a growing list.
The participating partners are noted on our website, arnpriortoday.ca
Thanks to community partners, Algonquin College – Pembroke Campus, Algonquin Students’ Association – Pembroke, Deep River Public Library, Laurentian Hills Public Library, Ottawa Tuckers Cricket Team, Pembroke Pride, The Perth & District Union Public Library, Petawawa Military Family Resource Centre (PMFRC), Petawawa Morale & Welfare Services’ Personnel Support Program, Petawawa Public Library, Renfrew Public Library, and Starbucks Carleton Place.
Community members can engage in month-long activities such as Culture & Diversity Word Walk to the Community Read Event culminating in a Zoom meeting on June 29th discussing, among other things, cross-cultural events in the community.
Events include two performances of Indigenous Comedy, a Middle East Cane Dance lesson and the title event, June 26th.
Thanks to title sponsor, Hyska’s Your Independent Grocer, Culture Connect welcomes the Ottawa Tuskers Cricket Team for the unique event, Battle of the Bats: Where a love for cricket meets passion for softball. Bring the whole family up to Petawawa on June 26 to watch the Ottawa Tuskers match up with the PSP Softball Team as they teach one another about their favourite sport.
Learn more about this initiative at liplanarkrenfrew.ca/culture-connect.
Culture Connect is an opportunity for the communal celebration of beauty in diversity and the importance of culture.
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by Rick Stow