The Common Weal Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday, November 26th, 2011. Click here for a copy of the annual report that was distributed.

COMMON WEAL COMMUNITY ARTS in partnership with LYNDA MONAHAN IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE BOOK LAUNCH OF:

WITH A SMILE AND A TEAR:

FAMILIES STORIES OF ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011

7.P.M.

PRINCE ALBERT ARTS CENTRE

1010 CENTRAL AVENUE

AS ROBERT BEAR SO WISELY SAID IN THE INTRODUCTION TO “SECOND CHANCES - THE STORIES OF ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY SURVIVORS” - ‘ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WAYS THAT SURVIVORS OF TRAUMA ARE HELPED IS TO BE CONNECTED WITH OTHERS WHO SHARE SIMILAR EXPERIENCES.SURVIVORS NEED TO TALK.THEY NEED TO TELL THEIR STORIES.’

SUCH IS ALSO THE CASE FOR THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF SOMEONE WHO HAS SUSTAINED AN ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY.THEY NEED TO TELL THEIR STORIES, TOO, OF PAIN AND LOSS, OF RECOVERY AND HOPE.

HERE ARE STORIES AS UNIQUE AND INDIVIDUAL AS THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WROTE THEM.

THERE IS,THOUGH, ONE SIMILAR THREAD THAT RUNS THROUGH EACH OF THEM, TYING THEM TOGETHER AND MAKING THEM STRONG.  THAT THREAD IS A FAMILY’S LOVE.

PLEASE JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE THE LAUNCH OF WITH A SMILE AND A TEAR.

REFRESHMENTS SERVED

BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE FOR FIVE DOLLARS

Wednesday, Sept. 28th – 6:30-9pm - Artesian

‘Exploring Creative Expression Through Performance’

Common Weal/SSILC Artist in Residence Traci Foster will guide participants through voice & movement activities centered on exploring personal expression. Dress in loose, comfortable clothing.

Friday, Sept. 30th – 7-9:30pm – SSILC - 2220 Albert St.

Open Mic

Poets, singers, storytellers, comics, come out and share your talents

Sunday, Oct. 2nd – 9am – 6pm – Artesian

Participants will be coached in techniques designed to inspire and enhance creativity and performance skills and will be invited to participate in the presentation of their individual or collective works. Artists: Traci Foster, Alan Shain, Johanna Bundon, Paul Wilson & Josh McFadyen.

Lunch will be provided for full-day participants. Dress in loose, comfortable clothing.

Click here for the poster.

It was the summer of 1995 in the North Central community of Regina, Saskatchewan.  'Moccasin Flats', as it was called by the residents of this largely aboriginal neighborhood, was in a state of transition. In the late 1880's, settlers had converged on First Nations peoples in this very spot. Now the neighborhood faced challenges of poverty, slum housing, fear and anger among it's diverse residents.

Common Weal Community Arts, along with local activists, theatre professionals and concerned young people undertook a project that would begin to change attitudes within and toward North Central. They made public the lost and overlooked stories by staging a community play that honoured the past and addressed the challenges that lay before them. 

Fifteen years later, twenty of the original performers gathered together to reflect upon and share their experiences of that unique summer in the 'hood'. This is their story.