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Community Announcements
2018 School Board Candidates Meet & Greet
Monday, June 18th 2:00 pm - 4:45 pm
10375 Little Patuxent Parkway Columbia, MD 21044
Join us for an afternoon of engaging conversation with the members of the community who want to represent you on the Howard County Board of Education. Enjoy light refreshments and a friendly atmosphere!
Friday, May 18th
6:00pm - 9:00pm
The Nonprofit Collaborative
9770 Patuxent Woods Drive
Columbia, MD 21046
Join HopeWorks of Howard County and #OneHoward for SAGE Table, an experience for multiple generations of LGBTQ and allied people to come together and share a free meal and conversation. SAGE Table is an event held throughout the country to promote a more age-friendly community, and yo discuss ways we can strengthen it.
Reserve your free spot at:
A collaborative effort between Howard County Government and HCPSS
Presenter Interest Form
Electronic Application: https://tinyurl.com/OneHowardLive
Thank you for your interest in participating in Howard County's first #OneHoward Live event. Our theme
is "Celebrating Diversity, Strengthening Community". We are looking for enlightening presentations to
promote dialogue and inclusion. Because everyone’s story is important, we want to hear from people of
all backgrounds, especially students!
The event will be held at the Smith Theatre on June 16, 2018 at 1:00pm. The event will include a day of
presenters, inspirational videos, and opportunities for audience discussion. Afterwards, audience members
are invited to The Longest Table, a dinner event hosted by the Howard County Library System at Howard
Community College, where guests will meet other members of the community for dinner and engage in
conversations about their community and its future.
If you have a story, performance, testimony, or multimedia presentation you would like to share with the
community, please fill out the form below no later than April 23rd. If you have any questions about this
application or presenting on June 16th, please email ahoward@howardcountymd.gov. We are excited to
hear your responses, and hope to see you at #OneHoward Live!
Contact Information:
First Name:_________________________________ Last Name:__________________________
Home Address:
___________________________________________________ City _________ Zip Code:__________
Email Address: Phone Number:
_____________________________________ _______________________________
Parent/Guardian Email:
___________________________________________________________
Approximate Performance Time:
___5 minutes ___12 minutes
___ 8 minutes ___ 18 minutesBy participating, you consent to interview(s), photograph, audio recording, and video recording, and to
their publication, exhibition or reproduction by Howard County Government and HCPSS for news,
promotions, web posting, televising or other purposes. You waive all rights to claims for payment in
connection with the use of these interviews, photographs, audio recording and video recording.
___ (Over 18) I agree to this waiver.
___ (Under 18) I am the parent/guardian of the applicant and I agree to this waiver for my child.
Abstract
The focus of our event is to celebrate the diverse experiences/perspectives that exist within Howard
County, while also striving to discover and highlight inclusive ways of being a community. If you are
chosen to speak, in what ways will your material support this focus?
You also have the option to add a 90-second video to give your application a personal touch using this
Flipgrid link.
https://flipgrid.com/aw7cp
pMail to:
Andrew Howard
3430 Court House DriveEllicott City, MD 21043
Participant Signature ________________________________________________ Date:________
Parent Name: _____________________________________________________
Parent Signature _____________________________________________________ Date:________
Telling This Truth Theatrical Event
Performance at Slayton House Theater on Thursday, June, 21, 2018
We are seeking folks for the Cast!
Telling This Truth is an episodic play,
a series of narratives about
the soulful journeys of our lives,
linked together by the theme of triumph...
yet beautifully divergent in voice and experience.
What is it You want to Tell?
Seeking the Voices of…
…and other diverse stories of resilience
- Survivors of Domestic Violence
- People Living in Recovery
- LGBTQ+ People
- People who have Experienced Poverty
- Immigrants
- Activists
- People Living with Mental Illness
- Young Adults
- Sexual Assault/Abuse Survivors
- Parents
- Advocates
Register to audition at: wearehopeworks.org/events
Auditions held at HopeWorks on:
- Saturday, April 7, 2018 9am to 4pm
- Sunday, April 8, 2018 9am to 4pm
- Thursday, April 12, 2018 5pm to 9pm
About the Auditions
Seeking individuals who are interested in performing the stories of their healing journey— complicated, humorous, traumatic, or poignant — every voice of triumph is needed. ALL are welcome: every laugh, every complication, every struggle, every smile and tear. People of ALL genders and ALL backgrounds are welcome to audition.
Please write and audition with your story that is 3 to 5 minutes in length. Theatre experience is not mandatory. If you are chosen to be part of the cast you must be available to attend a series of rehearsals that will begin April 19, 2018.
The performance will be held at the Slayton House Theatre in Columbia MD on Thursday, June 21, 2018, 7 to 9 pm.
For more information contact the Community Engagement Department at (410) 997—0304.
About HopeWorks
The mission of HopeWorks is to support and advocate for people in Howard County affected by sexual and intimate partner violence and engage the community in creating the change required for violence prevention.
HopeWorks envisions a world of interconnected people and communities actively working toward a society where all people are safe and valued and where everyone can reach their full potential.
We acknowledge that creating this vision requires long-term strategies that address the root causes of sexual and intimate partner violence. This means that HopeWorks’ staff, board and volunteers are invested and engaged in altering the systems and imbalances of power that maintain the status quo - including racism, poverty, and gendered violence.
At HopeWorks, we use the arts in three important ways to accomplish our mission: to support survivors in their healing; as a vehicle to increase awareness; and to imagine solutions to bring about social change.
We invite you to audition for HopeWorks’ social justice theatre production, “Telling This Truth.”
This event is made possible by the Howard County Arts Council through a grant from Howard County Government
Vanita Leatherwood, M.A., TLA | Director of Community Engagement
Pronouns | she/her/hers
HopeWorks of Howard County
9770 Patuxent Woods Drive
Suite 300
Columbia, Maryland 21046
Office: 410.997.0304 (ext. 7745)
Business Cell: 443.487.7489
Howard Community College presents:An Original Devised PlayTheme: Gender/Sexuality - Title TBD!JUNE 7 - 17, 2018THU, FRI, SAT at 8PM and SUN at 3PMIn HCC's Studio TheaterDirected by S.G. KramerConceived by THE COMPANYGender and sexual identity are at the center of Arts Collective’s eighth original play, devised by the actors and creative team. These stories will speak to how we seeeach other, how we want to be seen, how we simply are – through self-discovery, censorship, provocation and appropriation. This original work will engage, expand,and continue this necessary, ever-evolving, ever-revolving conversation.***ANNOUNCING: THE COMPANY***Jamie Barrios, Douglas Beatty, Makayla Beckles, Brandon Dunn, Chania Hudson, Daniel Johnston,
Kelli Jones, Maia Krapchow, Sarah Luckadoo,
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