Sharing Knowledge: CBC Calgary and local East African communities create new partnership
Elise Stolte | CBC News | Posted: September 11, 2023 9:49 PM | Last Updated: June 10
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A young man with autism is finding his voice through art, and poetry is having a moment with love from Calgary's Gen Z — these are two of the stories our team of young adults from Calgary's East African communities decided to take on through our new community partnership.
They came up with the ideas. With support from CBC Calgary journalists, they've also done the interviews, shot video and wrote scripts.
Check out their stories and others from the East African community partnership below.
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More stories from our East African partnership
Relationships are built on trust and understanding — that's why CBC Calgary and local East African community leaders have been working together for the past several months. These story ideas came from those conversations.
Sharing Knowledge launch event
The event was funded by the Calgary Foundation, the Genesis Centre, Vibrant Communities Calgary and CBC Calgary.
Music came from CJSW's Eritrean host Michael Teclemariam. CJSW joined as a media partner, as did the community quarterly Habesha Magazine. Many, many partners helped to put this on. See the list below.
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Fashion and photos from the event
If you'd like to get involved, reach out. We'd love to talk and see if there is a way we can work together. Email the CBC's Elise Stolte at elise.stolte@cbc.ca.