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Somali Youth Event on the 24th Sept

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Saynab   

Salam to all.

 

Please help with this event!

 

We are organising a Somali Youth event on the 24th of September inshallah, and I am looking for stand up comedians, fashion show models and volunteers.

 

This event is extremely important and full of activities...NOT ONLY fashion and comedies! We are expecting around 1,000 people or more, including non-Somalis.

 

I am particularly keen to get in touch with students from queen Mary university who organised a fashion show and and a riwaaya a while ago.

 

Find programme attached below.

 

Please contact me via email:

 

saynabm@yahoo.co.uk

 

Thank you all very much

 

Kind regards

 

Saynab Maxamud

UKSSA

 

 

"Somali Youth Forum"

 

presents

 

Somali Youth: United Against Terrorism

 

Friday

 

5/8/2005

 

In the aftermath of the 7/7 London bombings and the 21/7 attempted bombings, Somalis in the UK and particularly in London have come under the spot of the media and public debate regarding the reported involvement of a Somali man in the attempted bombings of the 21/7.

 

Somalis were described in the media as "scroungers" and a burden to society and with "no sense of citizenship". The images painted on a number of national newspapers have not only tarnished the image of the whole community but directly resulted in a rise in the number of hate crimes committed against those living in London and other parts of the country.

 

It is unfortunate and worrying that a whole community with a mixed background of a long, peaceful and law abiding history in the UK, on the one hand, and new immigrants who have escaped from political persecution, on the other, should have to deal with damaging allegations, verbal and physical abuses.

 

This pressure faced by the community has been compounded by the lack of leadership and united representation by the community leaders to counter the allegations in the media. Frustrated by both these factors, a group of Somali youth has formed a "Somali Youth Forum" to represent the voice of the youth and encourage more young people to get actively involved in community issues. The forum is organising an event to address the issues faced by the youth in London following the 21/7 incident.

 

The event aims to create a platform for Somali youth to express their concerns and create a common voice to represent them. This event will cater for all Somalis and non-Somalis but the main target audience is the younger generation of Somalis who are isolated from both the community organisations and the larger British society. The event will dispel the negative stereotypes about Somalis in the UK and will showcase positive images of the role Somalis play as law abiding citizens, tax payers, students, bus drivers, civil servants, professionals, businessmen/women, artists and so forth.

 

 

Summary of the event:

 

Date: Saturday, 24th September 2005

 

Venue - Gladesmore Community College

 

Time: 12 noon -11pm

 

Audience target: Somali youth primarily but is open to everyone

 

No alcohol served

 

Number expected: 1000-1500

 

Free admission

 

What to expect on the day:

 

Spoken word by young voices

 

Music (young Somali bands/rappers -- AAR, Ali DJ, King Khalid, Fadumo Haldhaa, Farax Yare...)

 

Poetry (11 and 15 year old Somali poets)

 

Folk dance

 

Modern dances (Choreographed break dancing)

 

Fashion show (young Somali designer/stylist)

 

10-11 year old saxophone players

 

young stand-up comedians

 

Exhibition of Somali arts and crafts

 

Documentaries and short films (produced, directed and filmed by Somalis)

 

Stalls

 

Workshops

 

Face painting, bouncing castle and possibly crèche for children.

 

If you would like to know more about this event please contact me on the details bellow.

 

Many Thanks,

 

Fatuma Abdulahi

 

Event Manager

 

Email: xagaayo@yahoo.co.uk

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Saalixa   

Music (young Somali bands/rappers -- AAR, Ali DJ, King Khalid, Fadumo Haldhaa, Farax Yare...)

Why...there is always music. Is that the only form of entertainment there could be in a somali gathering. It is more like a party than a youth forum where IMPORTANT things should be discussed.

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Saynab   

Salam Sister,

 

I get your point, but until we all decide to live and practise Islam properly, we will always have people who like music.

 

Having said that, we would have liked to bring everyone together without "bribing" them with music/fun, but as you may have noticed, it does not work with our people. Sadly!

 

If this is one of the ways (or even the ONLY way) to get them out of their homes and force them to talk about serious issues that affect us, then we will use it.

 

My any means necessary!

 

Wasalaam.

 

 

Summary of the event:

 

Date: Saturday, 24th September 2005

 

Venue - Gladesmore Community College

 

Time: 12 noon -11pm

 

Audience target: Somali youth primarily but is open to everyone

 

No alcohol served

 

Number expected: 1000-1500

 

Free admission

 

Please check the attachment

 

 

 

What to expect on the day:

 

Spoken word by young voices

 

Music - young Somali bands/rappers and R&B singers

 

Poetry - 11 and 15 year old Somali poets - poems about terrorism and how it affects them.

 

Folk dance - Somali group

 

Modern dances - Choreographed break dancing - young Somali-West Indian group called All stars.

 

Fashion show - young Somali designers/stylists to presents their creative work.

 

10-11 year old saxophone players

 

Stand-up comedians

 

Exhibition of Somali arts and crafts - abstract art by a16 year old Somali girl

 

Documentaries and short films - produced, directed and filmed by Somalis - Immigration to integration, Two homes, Mothers against gun crime and many more.

 

Stalls - NHS, Domestic violence, local govs, business - Mary Kay and many others.

 

Workshops:

 

Sandra Hirsi - disability and young people

 

Terry Jervis - the importance of creativity, the media world and how to get involved

 

AFFORD - programmes for young graduates

 

Somali Engineering Society

 

Presentations: The importance of being politically active

 

The media: Stereotypes, negative images/reports about Somalis and Africans in the press,

How to challenge it.

 

Children: Face painting, bouncing castle and possibly crèche

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