Rebecca Davis will be speaking about the role of the arts in communities struggling with the effects of poverty, violence, and social upheaval at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC).  As the 2015 Fulbright Alumna-in-Residence, she will share the work of MindLeaps and engage in a dialogue with fellow panelists Roman Baca (Marine Iraq War Veteran and Exit12 Dance Co), Alison Gardy (Director of International Relations at 92Y) and Jill Strauss (Assistant Professor at BMCC).

The event is open to the public.

WHAT: Fulbright NY Panel: Creative Solutions in Conflict Zones

WHEN: Tuesday, January 13th, 7-9pm

WHERE: BMCC, Fiterman Hall, Room 1304, 245 Greenwich Street (between Park Place & Barclay)

RSVP: https://fulbrightnycreativesolutions.eventbrite.com

(free for Foreign Fulbrighters & BMCC students; $5 for Fulbright Alumni/BMCC Faculty; $10 for general public)

RDDC is competing in Project for Awesome! The John and Hank Green Brothers (vlog brothers) of Youtube are hosting 48 hours of exposure for not-for-profit organizations. People share their causes and capture views and likes on short videos.

We are asking for your help in order to score enough votes to finish in the Top Ten and receive funding support from the sponsoring foundation.

All you have to do is CLICK THIS LINK and vote for our 3 minute video!

NB: Votes are only counted until 12 noon EST on Thursday, December 19th, 2013.

To learn more about this cool competition:
http://www.projectforawesome.com/

Global Giving is an online funding platform for some of the best not-for-profits in the world. RDDC is competing to earn a permanent spot on Global Giving – and we need to record as many unique donors as possible in the next four days!

We are currently ranked int the 20th spot of all 350 competing non-profit projects. We need your help to get into the Top Five.

If we have 40 more people donate as little as $10, we will move into the Top Five of all projects. This will give us more visibility, access to corporate sponsors, and additional resources through Global Giving.

Please consider making a $10 contribution! Many of our friends already have joined this campaign. If you have, please consider sharing our link with one more person.

Thank you for making a difference.

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/rddc-digital-divide/

RDDC and other dance companies from all across Africa participated in a one week dance festival celebrating peace and tolerance. See the video montage summary of the festival here.

Sanja Elezovic’s experiences from Rwanda have been covered by two news portals in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Bljesak

Pogled

Both stories are in Bosnian/Croatian.

Check out the new video of RDDC’s Guinean Student Bangaly Traore training in NYC:

Video Link: Bangaly: Journey from Guinea to New York

Photo by Jano Cohen

Eric in RDDC's Program

Kigali, Rwanda

July 30, 2012

Ssali Joseph Eugene

Eric, one of the street children in RDDC’s program: “ I don’t have a future.  I just live today – just the way it is – and wait to die.”

This month of July at FIDESCO has been a month of looking into ourselves, examining our goals and what we see in in front of us at the moment and in the future.  We need to work for a better tomorrow when all is gone.  I wanted to let the children in RDDC’s FIDESCO program know that we are not only there to teach them how to dance, but also to help them build confidence in themselves and to feel worthy of love, no matter who they are.

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INTEGRATING DANCE TRAINING WITH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES,
The Rebecca Davis Dance company in Philadelphia has
launched outreach programs in Rwanda, Bosnia-Herzegovina
and Guinea. Founder and dancer Rebecca Davis uses dancing as
a tool for change.

Original Article:RDDC – Press – Ode_Magazine_MayJune2012

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Kako se bliži kraj radnom boravku internacionalnih gostiju edukatora udruge RINGO u BiH, ovih dana smo posjetili neke od njihovih aktivnosti. Predsjednica Ringa, Tanja Raič Tarčuki kazala nam je kako je zadovoljna dosadašnjom kvalitetom programa Živi Život te da se nadaju kako će uskoro proširiti svoj team trenera i time pružiti priliku za rad i edukaciju još mladih ljudi.

http://www.bljesak.info/web/theme.aspx?t=Ringo