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Great
Causes we Support and Encourage
Visionaries
( TV Series) www.visionaries.org
On seeing a
Visionaries episode on television recently, it was love at
first sight. We decided that this organization deserved to
be front and center in our magazines and on our web sites.
The Visionaries Institute of Suffolk University presents its
Seventh Season of Quality Television, sponsored in part by
The F. M. Kirby Foundation, The Fitzpatrick Family, Delta
Health Cooperative, Lisa A. and David J. Robino, The Jackson
Family, Bob and Margot Keith International Development
Foundation in the United Kingdom, The Muslim Educational
Foundation
Sample topics in the
series:
Elderhostel : It's 10pm - Do you know where your
grandparents are? Maybe they're trekking in the foothills of
the Himalayas in Nepal...or hitching a ride on a camel in
Cairo...Perhaps they're in Arizona fulfilling a lifelong
dream to fly an airplane...or in Monument Valley
volunteering on a Navajo reservation. There's no end to the
adventure on an Elderhostel program. (more on the
Visionaries web site).
Pathfinder Village:
Shifting the lives of people with Down Syndrome from
fenced-in institutions into the general community, allowing
them full and complete participation in society. (more on
the Visionaries web site).
Outreach
International: In October 1998, Hurricane Mitch wreaked
unprecedented havoc in the country of Nicaragua. Homes were
destroyed, crops were lost and thousands were killed. While
many families huddled in their cramped homes praying for
salvation, the small mountain town of Santa Lucia mobilized
to protect their families and their community.(more on the
Visionaries web site).
Many other great causes are
profiled including: Christian Solidarity International,
S.C.A., Yemin Order, Save the Tiger, M.S.H., TBIN, AFCM
World Neighbors, Boys Hope Girls Hope, On Lok, Catholic
Charities, WHOI, Foundation for a Civil Society, Water for
People, American Friends Service Committee, S.E.A., Gould
Farm, The Caring Institute, Nonprofits' Insurance Alliance
of California, Connecticut Institute for the Blind/Oak Hill,
Childreach, Freedom from Hunger, Accion, Christian
Appalchian Project, Coral Reef Alliance, Volunteers of
America, Hadassah, PACT, AmeriCares, American Liver
Foundation, Refugees International, Human Service, Alliance,
Salesian Fathers Christian Relief Services, AirServ, Alger
Foundation, The PMC, Group B Strep Association, Maryknoll
Sisters, Casas Por Cristo.
(more to come)
The Visionaries, Inc. (781)
356-6804
www.visionaries.org
Tours to Nepal: www.wisdomtours.org
Vancouver
Multicultural Society
This is the oldest
multicultural society in the Province of British Columbia.
It is the only such organization to be devoted exclusively
to the promotion of multiculturalism and public advocacy/
education in the area of cross-cultural relations. An
umbrella organization with over 130 member groups and one
hundred individuals, VMS is primarily involved in the
coordination of public-education projects that enhance
knowledge and acceptance of diversity. Vancouver
Multicultural Society is a voluntary, charitable,
non-political, non-partisan organization. Donations are
appreciated and are tax deductible. The Society publishes a
quarterly newsletter and it manages the Heritage
Hodson Manor with meeting/activity rooms available at
reduced rates to its members. VMS is generously supported by
the federal Department of Canadian Heritage,
Multiculturalism BC, the City of Vancouver, VanCity, BC
Hydro, United Way of the Lower Mainland, Owen Bird, and many
individuals, organizations and businesses that contribute
in-kind and financial resources, notably West Coast
Graphics, Western Printers, and Abbing
Reprographics.
Mission statement
We are a coalition of culturally-diverse groups and
individuals.We provide leadership and a voice to foster and
affirm multiculturalism through education, advocacy,
participation and commitment. We strive to achieve a society
where there is mutual respect, appreciation, integration and
harmony. Purposes
1. to promote cross-cultural relations and
multiculturalism through public education and
advocacy
2. to provide support
services to members and other cultural groups that endorse
our mandate
3. to foster greater
understanding of human rights and anti-racism
4. to contribute to policy
analysis and evaluation in order to lobby for improvements
in society.
Vancouver
Multicultural Society
http://www.vso.net/vms/
1254 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V6H 1B6
tel: (604) 731-4648
fax: (604)731-4647
e-mail: vms@intouch.bc.ca
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