Text Box: Special Comunidades Unidas "Latina Breast Cancer" fundraising dance. Date: Friday March 2, 2007 Location: Boys and Girls Club, 7631 South 425 West Midvale, 84123 Time: 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm Purpose: To support Latino Community member participation in the Race for the Cure Event scheduled for May, 2007 Cost: $10.00 per couple ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Health Education Association of Utah ( HEAU) 2007 Conference Thursday, March 8 (8:00 am to 4:30 pm) Sal Lake Community College (9750 S 300 W, Sandy, UT) Information: http://www.heau.org/ ———————————————————————————————————————————— COMMUNITY OF PEACE CELEBRATION! Saturday, March 10th10 am to 4 pm Utah Cultural Celebration Center 1355 West 3100 South, West Valley City, UT 84119 Citizens and community leaders are invited to honor their personal commitment in making our county a Community of Peace. This celebration will include: Awards for outstanding citizens who model Peace in Action…Presented by mayors of cities within the county Public Outreach Information and Services A Mini Job Fair for County jobs Health screening and immunization services Law enforcement - Q & A and Presentations- Interact with law enforcement in a way to promote peace. On Display- Children’s Cloth of Many Colors as well as photographs of the Peace Forum and Peace Garden. For more information call: Noor Ul-Hasan, Chair, ulhasan_2@msn.com For a Booth ($25): Lise Tafuna 576-7874, ltafuna@utah.gov Sponsored by: Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon & Salt Lake County’s Council on Diversity Affairs (CODA) ————————————————————————————————————————————————— NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE: These are activities and programs that will help to keep Native American children connected to their culture and provide all with an opportunity to interact with NA culture. ALL are welcome!!! POW WOW schedules: for detailed information, please go to the schools website. March 2nd and 3rd - Utah State Pow Wow at Utah State in Logan March 10th - Indian Walk-Center Pow Wow in Salt Lake March 23rd and 24th - Brigham Young University in Provo PROGRAMS: FYI The Indian Walk-In Center on Wednesdays from 4:00 p.m. to 5:45 presents a Navajo culture and language class. Rose Jacobs is the instructor for this class - for more information contact the IWIC at 801-468-4877. All are welcome. "The Little Feathers Group" is now open to all school districts along the Wasatch Front. They meet at West Lake Jr High School, 3400 South 3450 West, West Valley, UT. Gabriel Tinniginnie, is the instructor and can be reached at 801-230-8786, for more detailed information. This is open to children from K-12 and all tribes. Children learn to do crafts and learn the various dances we see at the pow wows. They also can practice at the pow wows. For those not living within the Wasatch Front, please contact the Title VII Coordinator within your respective school district to see what activities and programs are available for Indian children. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— American Indian/Alaskan Native Women and Girls 2nd National Women & Girls HIV Awareness Day Saturday March 10, 2007 3-5 pm at The Indian Walk-In Center

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