Events

Seminar: Unlocking the Mystery of Lupus

Date: April 26, 2007, 5:30 PM, light meal will be provided

Location: YWCA of Central Massachusetts, One Salem Square, Worcester, MA 01608

Purpose of the Seminar: this free seminar will raise awareness about lupus among women of African descent. Approximately, 90% of the 1.5 million individuals who suffer from lupus are women. Black women have a greater risk for developing lupus, develop lupus earlier, and experience more complications related to lupus.

The seminar will provide participants information about a range of issues related to living with lupus, including medical, social services, mental health, and legal issues. In addition, seminar participants will be provided brochures and other literature related to lupus.

All individuals will be accommodated despite disability status. In order to make appropriate accommodations for all individuals, we strongly encourage pre-registration by April 16th. However, onsite registration will also be available.

Who is Conducting the Seminar: GEARS, Inc. is working with partners at the Lupus Foundation of New England; the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Center for Environmental Health; the Arthritis Foundation; and the Urban League of Springfield.

For More Information: please contact Dr. Marie Mesidor, GEARS Program Coordinator, at 617.328.5140 or mmesidor@getingears.com. Pre-registration by April 16, 2007 is strongly encouraged.

Hi, all...

The Central MA Heartwalk will be on Saturday, April 28th, 2007, from 10 AM to noon. Sign up and do a couple of miles, from the Worcester Common behind City Hall, up to Shrewsbury Street, and back. More info is at www.worcesterheartwalk.org. Everyone has been affected by heart disease.

For myself, I am honored to have been selected to provide entertainment during the day by playing acoustic guitar and singing at mile marker 1 - 225 Shrewsbury St., outside of Coral Seafood. I'm doing this in memory of my father, Emile Kirouac, and brother, Rodney Kirouac - both of whom were taken by heart-related ailments.
Please consider joining the thousands of volunteers and spectators that day, or make a donation to the American Heart Association, 20 Speen St., Framingham, MA.

More also at http://dankirouac.freeservers.com.

Thank you!

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Dan Kirouac

This year's MS Walk will take place on Saturday, April 28th from 10:00 a.m. - noon at Burncoat High School, 179 Burncoat Street, Worcester.

Walkers can choose either the 3-mile or 6-mile walk route and lunch is served to all participants. Groups of family members, friends, co-workers...even dogs are welcome! To find out more information, visit our website at www.msnewengland.org

All proceeds benefit the National MS Society and help the thousands of people who are affected by multiple sclerosis right here in Central Massachusetts.

April 30th marks a special day in the lives of children. It is a day to celebrate children and books. Known as El Dia de los niños/El dia de los libros, or Children's Day/Book Day, this is a day to celebrate the joys and wonders of childhood and the importance of books in our lives.

We are looking for volunteers to join us at Rainbow on Monday, April 30th at 10:30 am. Celebrate with us! Please call me at 508-791-6849 or email me at
mpardotesta@rainbowcdc.com.

New Leadership Models for the United States and the World: A Call to Action Conference at the Beechwood Hotel, Worcester, Tuesday May 1, 2007; RSVP by 4/20
• Conference: 8:30 am-3:30 $95.00
• Luncheon and Presentation 12:30-2:00 $55.00
• Conference and reception 8:30-5:30 $120.00
• Luncheon, Presentation and Mini-Workshop 10:30-2:00 $75
• Reception 3:30-5:30 $30.00
sponsored by the Institute for Global Leadership, www.global-leader.org, 508-753-4172 ext 2 To RSVP before April 20 and provide contact information

Virginia Swain, Founder and Director of The Institute for Global Leadership, invites you to a Conference and a week-long series of events marking the Institute for Global Leadership’s Fifth Anniversary

Special Guest Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, from Bangladesh, will receive the first Institute for Global Leadership Lifetime Service Award. Mr. Chowdhury is the United Nations Under-Secretary-GeneVral and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States. To learn more, UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States
For five years, Mr. Chowdhury and Ms. Swain co-designed a leadership certificate program for the United Nations International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World (2001-2010). For the 8 December 2006 United Nations 5th anniversary celebration of their collaboration, go to www.global-leader.org , News, click here.
Mr. Chowdhury will speak at a reception following the conference to launch the Center for Global Community and World Law at 4:00 p

Conference Agenda
• Registration: 8:30-9:00
• The Leadership Café: 9:00-10:30 www.worldcafe.com
• Mining a Defining Moment: 10:45-12:00 (included in Mini-Conference)
• Luncheon and Presentation: “New Leadership Models for Worcester, the United States and the World: A Call to Action,” 12:30-2:00 Virginia Swain and Special Guest Speaker Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Honoree of the Institute for Global Leadership First Leadership Award (included in Mini-Conference)
• Book talks and signing A Mantle of Roses: A Woman’s Journey Home to Peace, a memoir by Virginia Swain, 2:30-3:30 pm
• Reception to Launch the Center for Global Community and World Law 3:30-5:30

There will be an Immigrant Rights rally at City Hall this May 1, from 4-6pm.

The rally is the topic of this week's episode of Stand Tall, Be One.

At SAORI Worcester: 131 Highland St.

See and touch creative, colorful, improvisationally hand-woven artwork. Also try SAORI weaving, enjoy light refreshments, hear live music, and meet Nimbus the Angora Rabbit. All ages welcome! (Exhibit runs through July 28 with some rotation of artwork)

E-mail: mihoko@saoriworcester.com
Phone: 508-757-4646

At First Unitarian Church,Bancroft Room, 90 Main Street, Worcester

$10 Suggested Donation

Sponsored by: Elm Park School Field Improvement Committee

Local Fixture Nat Needle gives this thundering yet delicate, muscular yet sensitive Jazz Piano and Vocals concert to benefit the restoration of the Elm Park Community School field. Classic jazz, blues, and swing tunes from 1920-1960 to be mixed with Nat's funny (ha-ha funny) original songs about animals, Worcester, fruit, Buddhism, exercise, life in Japan, love, and who knows. Bring your houseplants - Nat's music will affect them in a positive way. Suggested donation: $10. Info 508-757-0116

The Fifth Annual Worcester Walk-A-Thon To Cure Scleroderma will take place from the Bancroft School on Sunday, May 6, 2007.
Sign-in will begin at 10 a.m. in the Bancroft School Gymnasium, 110 Shore Drive, Worcester, and the 3.5-mile Walk around Indian Lake steps off at noon.
Scleroderma is a chronic, often progressive, autoimmune disease. It literally means “hard skin” which can cause thickening and tightening of the skin, as well as causing damage to internal organs. It occurs about four times more often in women than in men, and also attacks children. Its cause is unknown, and presently there is no cure.
Funds raised by the May 6 Walk will be used by the New England Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation to help people with Scleroderma and their families cope with the disease through support programs, physician referrals, educational information and research.
For further information, e-mail SCWorcester@gmail.com or call the Chapter’s toll-free number in Topsfield – 888-525-0658.

Phelan Center
Blessed Sacrament Church
551 Pleasant St (Newton Hill)

WHO: Volunteers from all corners of the state

WHAT: Park Serve Day, sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs and Governor’s Public Liaison Office

WHEN: May 12, all day

WHERE: About 50 parks statewide, from the Berkshires to Cape Cod, including Moore State Park in Paxton and others in Worcester County. For a full list of parks and projects and to sign up go to www.mass.gov/parkserve

WHY: To spruce up the state’s parks and beaches for spring. Pick up litter, clear trails, paint park buildings, clean beaches, plant flowers, and much more. Volunteers have signed up already, but many more are needed and welcome.

HOW: Visit mass.gov/parkserve to find a park near you and sign up. DCR will provide most of the equipment needed for the work, as well as water and snacks, but volunteers are welcome to bring their own work gloves, trowels, rakes, etc. (Please do not bring power tools, however.) Wear sturdy shoes, and bring sunscreen and bug repellent if needed.

The Photography by Teya studio in North Oxford will be open all Mother’s Day weekend for “Portraits for Progress.” For just $20, daughters, mothers and grandmothers are invited to stop by for a portrait session and receive a professional 5x7 print. Additional 5x7 prints will be available for $10, half off their normal price.

All proceeds from this event will benefit Komen Massachusetts, the local affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and will fund breast cancer research, education, screening and testing.

Visit http://teyaphoto.com for details.

The Photography by Teya studio in North Oxford will be open all Mother’s Day weekend for “Portraits for Progress.” For just $20, daughters, mothers and grandmothers are invited to stop by for a portrait session and receive a professional 5x7 print. Additional 5x7 prints will be available for $10, half off their normal price.

All proceeds from this event will benefit Komen Massachusetts, the local affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and will fund breast cancer research, education, screening and testing.

Visit http://teyaphoto.com for details.