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Thursday, Nov 13th-Pangaea Project’s 2008 Final Celebration!

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Thursday, Nov 13th-Pangaea Project's 2008 Final Celebration with Special Guest Mayor-elect Sam Adams

Thursday, November 13th, 2008, 6-9pm  |  Melody Ballroom

Come celebrate Portland's newest group of globally aware local leaders: 17 students from five Portland high schools who have completed Pangaea's 9-month leadership development program.  Hear tales of their amazing journeys that took them all over the city of Portland, into the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest, and to the rice paddies of Thailand, where they learned about local and global social justice issues by meeting with inspiring grassroots leaders and engaging in community service projects.

In addition to hearing the students and Mayor-elect Sam Adams speak, please join us for an exciting silent and oral auction, a Thai feast and live music provided by Brazilian Bossanova band, Sambafeat. Sliding scale $20-50.

Tempting auction items this year include:   ~ A 3-night stay in a luxury          home in Sisters   ~Romantic Portland Staycation   ~Wellness and spa packages   ~A brand new Les-Paul style          electric guitar, and more!!

**Student presentations will begin promptly at 7pm! **Please purchase tickets in advance by going to www.thepangaeaproject.org or calling 503.517.8999.  You may purchase individual tickets or a full table for eight people.

"It was by far the most I have ever learned in such a short amount of time. I would not want to go through life not being able to experience this."—Savanah

The Pangaea Project empowers low-income high school students from Portland to become globally aware local leaders by engaging in eight-month long programs that combine both local and international service-learning projects. Throughout the three phases of the program- World CLASS training, International Inspiration, and Local Leadership, students experience Pangaea's three Core Educational Elements: grassroots leadership, social justice, and the development of a global perspective.  Participants are immersed in both local and global issues of social justice and human rights, are exposed to inspiring community leaders at home and abroad who are working at the grassroots level to enact positive social change, and are given the opportunity to gain a global perspective on local justice issues. Pangaea's unique model of education provides once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for low-income students to learn about solidarity, human rights, teamwork and community organizing.

 

 

-- Deb Delman Executive DirectorThe Pangaea [email protected]