Wednesday July 11th
7pm – 10pm
Savannagh Room, 294 College St.
$6 - $12 sliding scale
partially wheelchair accessible

Desh & Diaspora is part of a series called 'Connecting Communities', where we attempt to bring together different communities to discuss and highlight artists, activists and community workers. The night will start off with readings by different authors and then there will be a panel discussion where we will discuss the different experiences of being a South-Asian artist in Canada and what it means to be part of the South-Asian Diaspora.

The night will be hosted by Anju Gogia of PEN Canada and there will be readings and/or discussions with author Teenah Edan , playwright/author, Nila Gupta, standup comedian, Sabrina Jalees, Bengali poet Ferdos Nahar, visual artist Frances Ferdinands, radical spokenword artists, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Shameless.

This event has been Co-sponsored by:

SAVAC South-Asian Visual Arts Collective
http://www.savac.net

ASAAP Alliance for South Asian Aids Prevention
http://www.asaap.ca

CASSA Council of Agencies Serving South-Asians
http://www.cassa.on.ca/

SALCO (South-Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario)
http://www.salc.net/

Brownstargirl Productions
www.brownstargirl.com

Contact: - info@womensbookstore.com