News Release

CLASA presents Nicaragua Folkloric Dancing

The Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive and Women’s and Gender Studies program will be hosting Nicaragua Folkloric Dancing. This two-part event will be held on September 23 from 10:30-11:20 a.m. in the  Commerce and Finance Building, Room #209 and at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom.

At the morning event, Executive Director of COMPAS de Nicaragua,Ana Narvarez, will host a talk on “Challenges of Women’s Empowerment in Nicaragua”. The discussion will focus on how women have improved health care and education systems within their communities in Nicarahua. COMPAS de Nicaragua is a cultural exchange project whose mission is to improve lives through service trips.

The evening event will be filled with Nicaraguan dancing in elaborate dress from Women in Action, a group of Nicaraguan empowered women who work to improve education and health by creating workshops and programs for the community. The women will dance and tell stories of their lives in one of the poorest settlements in their homeland.

These events are free and open to the public. For additional information, please contact CLASA Director Dr. Gail Presbey at (313) 993-1124 or presbegm@udmercy.edu. Updates are always available at http://liberalarts.udmercy.edu/clasa/detroit.html

Release date: September 21, 2010

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