Women's Day Events l We Care Campaign Concert l The Very Best of Celtic Thunder l Before the Bridge: Wine Raffle l Curtis Nowosad

"Why is it so hard to see black and blue?"
http://youtu.be/h-VndC51FRw 
This is the link to the documentary 
re: Human Trafficking, drug abuse, domestic abuse. 
Salvation Army Major Carin Holmes was part of the panel on these issues.
#‎StopAbuseAgainstWomen
#‎blackandblue #‎whiteandgold

Events in Winnipeg:

March 8, 1:00 pm
Portage Place

Self-identified women, girls and theirs allies in Winnipeg will be marching in celebration of the 104th International Women’s Day (IWD).
All genders and ages welcomed, families encouraged!

We will be marching in solidarity with the struggles of all women in Canada, and all over the world. Participants are invited to celebrate the successes, accomplishments, resilience and strength of women in their lives. On IWD, we pay heed to the historical and current consciousness-raising, community-building, and organizing work carried out by caregivers, suffragettes, politicians, reproductive choice advocates, environmentalists, Indigenous rights activists, and labour activists, alike. 

We will march in solidarity with the self-identified women and girls whose lives are undervalued, who face political, economic, emotional, psychological, verbal, sexual, or physical violence, who cannot get decent work, who live and work in conditions that endanger their lives. 

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Raising Our Voices: Celebrating International Women's Day
March 8, Doors open at 6:40 / 7:00 pm
Westminster Church, 745 Westminster Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba R3G 1A5

Come join us for a special evening to recognize the work and contributions of women around the world. In spite of some progress, many challenges continue – this will be a chance to raise our voices, in song and in verse, about injustices - and to honour the women and men that are making a difference.

A no ticket event, but there will be a suggested donation to support Dr. Mugwege's work at Panzi Foundation DRC. 

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March 20, doors at 7:30, Show at 8:00
Exchange Community Church, 75 Albert Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1G3
Tickets

We Care Campaign Concert, a statement that we care about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and that we will not stop until the violence is addressed. 

Canadians from all backgrounds are taking photos with #WeCare #MMIWG signs, and posting them on the facebook page, We Care Campaign MMIW.

Come to the show, make a sign, and post a photo.  All of this to the live sound track of Winnipeg artists Rayannah, Raine Hamilton, and Red Moon Road. 

Authors Rosanna Deerchild and Pahan Pte San Win will share readings. 

Funds raised will go to the Coalition of Families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of Manitoba, and to cover costs of the We Care Campaign.

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March 20, 7:30 pm

Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, MB

Tickets 

The Very Best of Celtic Thunder

Damian McGinty (former Glee Star) will be back performing as a Guest Artist with the Celtic Thunder guys Colm Keegan, Keith Harkin, Ryan Kelly, Emmett O’Hanlon and Neil Byrne.

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Wine Raffle

draw on March 20 at 3:00 pm at

McDonald’s Restaurant, 172 Main Street, Selkirk, Manitoba

Fundraiser for Before the Bridge Senior K9 Rescue

$2 per ticket

1st prize: 25 bottles of wine

2nd prize: 15 bottles of wine

3rd prize: 10 bottles of wine 

Because wine and dogs get better with age!

Call Susan 204 227-5737. Tickets also available at our adoption events.

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March 20, Doors: 7:15, Music at 8:00 pm
West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1Z8

$20 in advance, $25 at the door

Curtis is releasing his latest album Dialectics and will be performing with:

Derrick Gardner – trumpet

Jon Gordon – alto saxophone

Steve Kirby – bass

Will Bonness - piano

Drummer, composer, and bandleader, Curtis Nowosad is a highly-skilled, versatile musician. He has performed with world-class jazz musicians Stefon Harris, Miguel Zenon, George Colligan, Anthony Wonsey, Dave Douglas and Steve Wilson.  His debut album, The Skeptic & the Cynic, spent two weeks at #1 on the !earshot Canadian Jazz Charts.