Upcoming Event – Ideas Powered by Passion – Guest Speaker Joella Foulds

Date: March 18th, 2010

Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Location: The Loft – 3rd floor, Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design

She’s the driving force behind the world-renowned Celtic Colours International Festival, she’s an artist, a leader, a family-woman, and an inspiration to young people everywhere. How does she do it all and why? Come hear about what truly inspires Joella Foulds to preserve our cultural heritage and continually give back to our community.

During the evening we will also hear from Dr. Richard MacKinnon, CBU Professor of Folklore and Canada Research Chair in Intangible Culture who will be speaking about an initiative he has been working on. Songstress, Billie Yvette Rogers, describes herself as being, “a tad weird, very loving, minimalistic, and a deep-minded individual”. She will be sharing her talents and stories about life and love through song.

“Ideas Powered by Passion” is about encouraging new thinking through speech and music. This series is meant to uncover the passions of our people through the sharing of their stories. Our previous scintillating speakers have already inspired many IDEAS guests into action, helping them to realize their own passions. We hope you will join us to hear from our exciting line-up of guests!

Please bring a friend, a smile, and your favourite mug to fill with complimentary organic, fair trade coffee or tea.

Testimonials

New Dawn’s varied projects provide employment, strengthens communities and increase prosperity in the region- Keith MacDonald, Executive Director - Cape Breton Partnership
New Dawn continues to challenge people of all backgrounds and generations to identify and bring together hidden assets.- Tom Urbaniak, Ph.D., Cape Breton University
The cumalitive economic impact of New Dawn business over the years is estimated to be in excess of $150 million.- Doug Lionais, Professor - CBU
This organization's focus on community development, commitment to collaboration and creativity in addressing complex social problems has made it possible for us to improve access to safe, affordable housing in this area- Dr. Linda Courey, Director, Mental Health & Addiction Services, CBDHA

About New Dawn

New Dawn Enterprises Limited, incorporated in 1976, is the oldest Community Development Corporation in Canada and is a Founding Member of the Canadian CED (Community Economic Development) Network. It is a private, volunteer directed, organization dedicated to community building. New Dawn seeks to identify community needs and to establish and operate ventures that speak to those needs. New Dawn employs over 175 people from the Cape Breton community and it services 600 Cape Bretoners each day through its companies and projects. To Learn more about New Dawn click here.

Contact

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New Dawn Enterprises
75 Prince St
Sydney, NS B1P 5J9
Phone: (902) 539-9560
Fax: (902) 539-7210
newdawn@newdawn.ca