SAVE THE DATE!!!

The EAKC Heritage Camp will be July 27-29 this year. Put it on your calendar so you don't miss out on all the fun! Registration details will be available as the date approaches.

Ethiopian New Year Bash

The ECAC invites you to their annual celebration.

Ethiopian New Year Bash
8:00pm-2:00am
Saturday, September 10
Croatian Cultural Center
2845 West Devon Avenue
Chicago, IL

Tickets are $30 (12 and under are FREE) and include food, dancing and live music by Yezena Negash and Esrael Yosseph.

No babysitters needed, everyone brings their children for a rare late night out.


Hope to see you there!

Carol
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Ethiopian Day Celebration

The Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago invites us :

Ethiopian Day Celebration
Thursday, September 8th
11:00am-1:00pm
Daley Plaza
50 West Washington
Chicago, IL

-Ethiopian Flag Raising
-live Music from Yezena Negash and Esrael Yosseph
-Children's Dance Troupe

This event is FREE and very child friendly! An event you don't want to miss!

Hope to see you there!

Carol
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Ethiopian Community Association Annual Family BBQ-August 6

The Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago Annual Family Picnic
Saturday, August 6
Foster Beach, Chicago

Join the ECAC at this annual BBQ bash to celebrate good food, good friends, good music, and a great summer season.

Games and Activities for the whole family including family friendly races, face painting, volleyball.

Questions? M'aza Dowling-Brown 773.508.0303 x118

Want to volunteer? let Carol know.

See you there!!!!

2011 Heritage Camp Schedule

The schedule for the 2011 Ethiopian Hertiage Camp has been posted!! You can find it along the left side of the page or you can click on the Ethiopian Heritage Camp tab and find the full schedule there as well.

EAKC Heritage Camp 2011 Registration is Still Open! Registration Closes July 15

Selam:

We are pleased to announce that our registration site for camp is still open for those that do not need accommodations.

http://registration.eakc.org

This year we will have Ethiopian speakers, more Ethiopian programing and crafts
and more Ethiopians in attendance! Our schedule of events has now been posted.

We are pleased to announce our EAKC Heritage Camp Speakers for our most extensive Ethiopian cultural programming yet!

Best-selling author and former Ethiopian refugee, Mawi Asgedom, inspires and equips parents to lead our children on an incredible journey that will help propel them to lifelong success. Mawi will also hold a special session for the EAKC teens.

Ethiopian Culture & Current Events with Ambassador Tesfaye Yilma Sabo, Deputy Chief of Mission, and Head of Public Diplomacy, Washington D.C. Ambassador Yilma will have ample time to answer all questions regarding Ethiopia government, culture, history and adoption policy changes!

"Learning About Culture: Understanding Myself" - Saturday night play led by LaDena Schnapper and performed by the kids of EAKC.

Birthland Tour Panel Discussion will be led by M'aza Dowling-Brown of the ECAC.

We have kept our prices the same as last year.

Note: We are now offering significant large family discounts. After three paying
children, additional children are free. Our registration site and Wesley Woods
mandate children to be classified as ages 3-10. We are offing the discount for
any age children, but our site can not handle this online. If your children are
classified as adults, ages 11 and up, we will credit your credit card after you
register.

Our camp did sell out last year and we take registrations in the order they come
in, don't be disappointed...register soon!

Camp registration has been very strong. Our lodge rooms are nearly sold out, we have a few cabins and tent spaces available. Don't be disappointed-register before space is filled.

As a reminder, we are closing camp registration on July 15 to allow our volunteers enough time to prepare for camp.

We are so pleased with our cultural programming this year and we look forward to another exciting weekend! We are only 5 weeks away from camp.

Volunteers are still needed, please contact Orla if you can help out before or during camp.
Orla Castanien

Thank you to our Chicago-based volunteers who are working so hard to make camp
happen this year-Olivier and Laurie Pasquier, Orla Castanian, Maggie Nass,
Kongit Girma, M'aza Dowling-Brown, Tim & Lisa Lenning.

Carol Deely & Tamara Maple
Camp Directors

Interested in Learning Amharic?

M'aza Dowling-Brown with the Ethiopian Community Association suggests the following website:

Faith hope & Love Ethiopia