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YOUTH FORUM
Friday, March 2, 5.30pm onwards, at Open Space
The Pune chapter of ‘Youth For Justice’, a Delhi-based action group which works to spread social awareness amongst youth, in collaboration with Open Space, invites interested individuals to its first Youth Forum in Pune. This meeting is designed to network with other socially-conscious youth in Pune, and discuss the group’s core interests and activities. Do join us to chart out an agenda for the future.
Members of Youth for Justice came together as a group to mobilise citizens against the unfair judicial pronouncement in the Jessica Lal case. They have also addressed issues such as the reservation bill for backward classes in educational institutions, and The Right to Information Act.
In the past couple of years YFJ has worked in collaboration with organisations like Josh, MKSS and Parivartan.
TALK AND FILM SCREENING
Thursday-Friday, March 8 - 9, 2007, at Open Space
To mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2007, Open Space invites you to lectures and discussions spread over 2 days, which will address issues of women’s rights and self-assertiveness.
Thursday, March 8, 6.00pm to 7.00pm, at Open Space
Talk on ‘Assertiveness as a tool for women’ by Adithy, a counseling psychologist based in Pune.
Assertiveness as a tool for women:
Women, who have for generations lived to take care of others' needs, and who have let others define their boundaries, need to be aware of their own rights – their right to have an opinion, a wish or simple happiness. The next step is to be able to express a wish, feeling or opinion effectively rather than wait for the other (in an interpersonal situation) to figure it out.
Being assertive is standing up for one's own rights in such a way that the rights of others are not violated.
The talk is aimed at helping women learn the principles of assertiveness and to get positive results from situations of interpersonal conflict that one encounters.
Adithy is a counseling psychologist and has trained in counseling in the US. She has been doing counseling and psychotherapy and conducting workshops in Pune & Mumbai.
Friday, March 9, 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm, at Open Space
Lecture on the current status and rights of women in our society, by Kiran Moghe, state President and National Joint secretary of the All India Democratic Women’s Association.
Entry free on a first come first served basis only
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Rage against the Rave!
Tuesday, March 13, 5:30pm – 7:30pm, at Open Space
In the wake of the recent, rave party bust in Pune, Open Space has organized a discussion on the issue moderated by Nagamani Rao, Professor at the Karve Institute of Social Service and a member of the Women’s movement and Dr Anil Awachat who works with the de-addiction cell at Muktangan.
Open Space invites you to participate in the discussion to address the legal, social and ethical dimensions of the issue.
BOOK TASTING
Friday, March 23, 2007, 6.00pm – 8.00pm, at Open Space
Open Space invites readers to its monthly Book Tasting to read, exchange and discuss books that have touched them, changed them, validated or helped crystalise their thoughts. The books brought to the evening can range from fiction to non-fiction, children’s books, poetry etc.
Each participant who brings along a book makes a brief introduction to the book and its context, and then reads out a few passages that best illustrate the book’s qualities and why it has touched him/her. Each reading is followed by a short interaction.
Book Tastings are held twice a month and are open to all. The sessions are moderated by columnist Gauri Dange.
GROUP DISCUSSION
Monday, March 26, 2007, 6.00pm onwards, at Open Space
Participants of the creative writing workshop which was held in December, 2006 meet to exchange and discuss original written pieces with the creative writing group at Open Space. The group meetings are held once every month and are open to all.
FILM SCREENING CUM DISCUSSION
Friday, March 30, 2007, 6.30pm onwards, at Open Space
Open Space invites you to a screening of the documentary film, Annapurna:
Goddess of Food (Dir: Paromita Vohra, 25 min, DVD, English, 1995) produced by Yellow Line Television and TVI, India
The documentary film is a portrait of Annapurna, a group started in 1975 by 14 khanawalis - women who prepared meals for migrant workers.
Medha Samant, the Managing Director and Executive Trustee of Annapurna Mahila Co.Op. Credit Society, Pune will talk about the organization, how it evolved and its growth over the years. The screening will be followed by a moderated discussion.
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