“The Walk” a play about trafficked girls
January 30, 2012
Upcoming shows!
This successful show will be remounted at the:
Natalie Stern Studio Theatre
294 Picton Avenue (Westboro), Ottawa
from February 3 to 5 and February 10 to 12, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Tickets $20 in advance / $22 at the door
Group discounts available
Call 613 733 0776.
Sarah, a Nigerian teenager who was trafficked for sex across Europe, later told her outreach worker in Canada, “People need to know about this suffering.” They need to know about the thousands and thousands of girls whose lives are stolen from them, who are brutalized every day and forced to perform dehumanizing sex acts. THE WALK is about the struggle of three average people to tell the stories of these trafficked girls. The producers of THE WALK want to reach a broad audience and encourage them to take their own personal or collective action against the scourge of sex trafficking.
Background
PACT-Ottawa works in association with Moon Dog Theatre to present Catherine Cunningham-Huston’s THE WALK, a play about sex trafficking.
Background
PACT-Ottawa works in association with Moon Dog Theatre to present Catherine Cunningham-Huston’s THE WALK, a play about sex trafficking.
THE WALK had a tremendously successful run at the Ottawa Fringe Festival, June 16-25, 2011: so successful that the play won Best in Venue and the producers were able to present an additional performance on June 26th! The show was also performed before an international audience at the Women’s Worlds 2011 conference in Ottawa on July 4. Congratulations to the playwright, director, cast, crew and volunteers.
To learn more about the show, visit: www.moondogtheatre.com.
For details, visit http://www.pact-ottawa.org/the-walk.html
A Shared Life Sentence: Victim Voice and Healing in Restorative Justice, April 26 & 27, 2012 Calgary, Alberta
January 24, 2012
This event will be hosted by Spiritual Directions Centre during “National Victims of Crime Awareness Week” as part of the Centre’s commitment to healing through greater compassion for self and greater compassion for others as the foundation for sustainable community.
Speakers
Margot Van Sluytman is an awarding winning poet, author, publisher and international speaker, whose father was murdered when she was an adolescent. Her books include, Sawbonna: I See You, her real life story from murder to meaning, and The Other Inmate: Mediating Justice – Mediating Hope. She has shared the stage with Sr. Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, who enthusiastically supports Margot’s vision.
Glen Flett, the man who committed the murder was in trouble with the law since he was a child, and spent 23 years behind bars. He is now the founder and co-facilitator of L.I.N.C. (Long-term Inmates Now in the Community). Glen believes strongly in, and presents internationally on the concept of restorative justice with its empowerment of victims and ultimate goal of a safer community for all.
A 90 minute film, Sins of My Father, has been made about Sebastián Marroquín, the son of Pablo Escobar, the famed Colombian drug lord. It tells the story of his journey to healing through reconciliation with the sons of a man whom his father killed. The film will be shown the evening of April 26.
Registration
Conference including lunch and film April 26: $260
Early bird rate before March 1: $235
Group rate for 5 or more before March 1: $225
April 26, evening and film: $30
Call 403-210-2802 to register or go to www.spiritualdirections.com/conference