TWO FUNDRAISERS THIS WEEK AT UMI

Youth Infringement Theatre Project
A fundraiser hosted by the Umi Cafe

SAT DEC. 13TH 7-10pm
suggested donation

Music! Art! Theatre! Come down to the Umi Cafe this Saturday to fundraise for a good cause.

Here's why:
From a world where experience is necessary to participate and participation is necessary for experience comes a new idea. A festival to help theatrically inclined youth get experience by participating in something of their own creation. Since it was created by Emily Pearlman and Kinnon Elliot in 1998, Youth Infringement has been encouraging those aged 13 to 21 to actively pursue their creative ambitions. As Ottawa's only youth run festival, Youth Infringement occupies a unique niche in the theatre community. Everything from writing to acting, from design to directing has is and will be done by youth. This is a greatly empowering project that shows we can accomplish anything when we work together. One of the chief goals of Youth Infringement is to disprove common stereotypes of teenagers being a lazy, destructive and apathetic bunch.

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The Algonquins of Barriere Lake fundraiser
presented by Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement - Ottawa (IPSMO)

MON DEC. 15TH 7-9PM
suggested donation $5-15
Everyone is welcome!

We will be showing 2 short videos on the blockade highway 117 taken place on Oct. 6^th, 2008 (12 minutes) and Nov. 19^th, 2008 (7 minutes). Some members of IPSMO will recount their experiences as front-line activists, followed by storytelling featuring Algonquin Elder Albert Dumont, poetry and music by Loh, Mehdi, Horus, Christopher Herodier and other talented friends!

There will be Barriere Lake t-shirts available for sale.

All proceeds will go to the Legal Defense Fund for the 4 arrested Algonquins for their crime: Defending the Land.

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Also swing by the Umi Cafe this Friday (Dec 12th) for the usual Friday night open mic madness.

Love,
Umi Cafe