PANA Institute for Leadership Development

Pacific School of Religion Chapel,  1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA

People of all ages are invited to come get inspired at the 2009 R2W Summer Youth Leadership Institute's public Celebration Jam. Laugh, cry, witness and celebrate with storytelling, testimony, music, spoken word, and dance by R2W youth and young adult leaders who are standing up for their faith, justice, and their communities.

Featuring:
* Presentations from the youth Spiritual Discipline groups, through spoken word, movement, visual arts, music
* Skits about R2W Community Crawls
* Original music in five-part harmony; new mural; spoken word on gentrification; spoken word on LGBT experience
* Testimonies from three youth participants (African-American/Cherokee, Latina, Samoan) about their social biographies, how R2W has raised their questions and shaped their thinking
* Cambodian dance, Samoan music, Tongan music
* Multimedia slideshow of the amazing scenes from the PANA R2W 2009 Summer Youth Leadership Institute

Come, connect, and be inspired.

Food and reception to follow.

All are welcome.

PANA's Represent to Witness (R2W) Summer Youth Leadership Institute is a residential education and leadership program for ages 16-19. Yourth spend fifteen days on the PSR campus for study, dialogue, meditation, prayer, and site visits to communities struggling for economic and social justice. Youth of diverse backgrounds use an Asian-Pacific lens to look at CHANGE; use Christian theology to look at justice and love.

For more information: www.represent2witness.org