Praharsha 2008
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When: 13th Septemper 2008, 6.30 pm
Where: India Cultural & Education Center (ICEC), 1115, SW 13th St, Gainesville, FL 32608
About the event: Asha UFlorida is organizing "Praharsha'08: The festival of Hope and Happiness". Praharsha'08 is a cultural show aimed at bringing out various shades of India onto one stage, with variety of acts performed by talented performers, promising you all an enthralling evening of visual grandeur. This event is an collective effort to raise awareness for supporting various projects undertaken by Asha Uflorida in India.
Work An Hour 2008
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Work An Hour, or WAH, as it is popularly known, is a simple concept. We ask you to symbolically contribute one hour of your time towards the cause of children's education by donating an hour's worth of your salary or more.
Click here to make your WAH donation.
If you wish to donate by check please send checks drawn in favor of 'Asha for Education' to
Gators for Asha,
300-9, J Wayne Reitz Union,
PO Box 118505,
Gainesville, FL 32611-8505.
Contact uflorida@ashanet.org if you need more information and one of our volunteers will promptly get back to you.
Gate River Run (15K) 2008
When: 8th March 2008, 8.30 am
Where: Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, FL.
About the event: Team Asha, a part of Asha UFlorida, is participating in the Annual Gate River Run (15K) in Jacksonville on 8th March 2008. The 31st Annual Gate River Run promises to be the biggest and best ever. Last year over 17,000 runners and walkers participated in one of the three featured events. The 15K is the main event with over 13,100 runners and walkers. The Gate River Run experienced tremendous growth in 2007 and climbed to the position of the largest 15K in the United States.
At a glance
Name: Annual Gate River Run (15K)
Distance: 15km
Location: Start - Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, FL.
Attributes: Loops, mostly flat, roads
Outback Steakhouse Distance Classic - 1/2 Marathon
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When: 22th November 2007, 8.00 am Where: Outback Steakhouse, 9773 San Jose Boulevard, Jacksonville, FL. About the event: Asha Uflorida, a part of Team Asha, is participating in the Outback Steakhouse Distance Classic 1/2 marathon in Jacksonville on the Thanksgiving Day on 22nd November 2007. The Outback Distance Classic 1/2 Marathon is the 6th race on the Jacksonville Grand Prix series. The JGP consists of Jacksonville's best 16 running events. These races have accurately measured courses, ChampionChip timing, overall and age group awards, nice t-shirts and excellent post race celebrations. If you run a Jacksonville Grand Prix race you can rest assured that you are running a high quality event. |
| At a glance Name: Outback Steakhouse Distance Classic - 1/2 Marathon. Distance: 13.12 miles / 21.12 km Location: Start - Outback Steakhouse, San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville, FL. Attributes: Loops, all flat roads |
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Maya Ravan by Padmashree Shobana and Ensemble
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When: 7th October 2007, 5.30pm - 7.30pm Where: Phillips Center, 315 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL. Artist: Shobana, Voices: Madhavan, Naseerudin Shah, Mohanlal, Suhasini, Revathy, Rohini, Milind Soman. About the event: Maya Ravan - ‘A twist in the tale’, is a production where the known conclusions of every story of the great Indian epic Ramayana, is maintained but arrived at with a slight twist. Shobana skillfully innovates to assemble an eclectic collage of energies ranging from the traditional beauty of Bharatanatyam to the excitement of fusion with world music and magical Indian film music. This dance fusion ballet will be a treat to connoisseurs of classical Bharatanatyam, lovers of contemporary Indian music and International audiences keen to experience the blend of the Indian dance style and international beats. (Dialogues in English) Tickets: $10 (Students), $30, $50, and $200 Donation Tickets. Tickets available online at www.ticketmaster.com very soon or contact us at uflorida@ashanet.org. For Tickets and Sponsorship opportunities Contact: (336) 509 5680 or (352) 870 3754 or email us uflorida@ashanet.org |
| About Shobana: Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher and Actress all rolled into one, Shobana is one of the most distinguished artistic personalities to emerge from India. Starting with her initiation under her guru K.J.Sarasa, Shobana has been an intense practitioner of Bharatanatyam, a dance of mind & soul, for over 30 years now. She has performed alongside great Indian artists such as Ustad Zakir Hussain, Sonal Mansingh & Padma Subramanyam, and in front of prominent audiences such as Former US President Bill Clinton and King & Queen of Malaysia. Shobana, the actress, has starred in over 225 films across all four major South Indian languages including performances under the distinguished direction of renowned filmmakers like ManiRatnam & K.Balachandar.
Awards and Accolades: Padmashree 2006 (Govt. of India), National Award for Best Actress 2002 Film: Mitr - My friend (in English), Bharat Kalaratna 1996 (Bharathalaya, Chennai), National Award for Best Actress 1994 Film: Manichitrathazhu (in Malayalam), Nathya Jyothi 1994 (Indian Fine Arts Centre, Australia)
Media Acclaim for Shobana: "Subtle artistry that continues into effervescent group choreography and finally
brimmed over with excitement of movement and rhythm" "She lends her performance the languid grace which marks out the very best of her
tribe from the rest. At times this danseuse was pure poetry in motion, the supple body and
graceful movements adding to the viewers delight" "She laid great emphasis on making the intricate Bharatanatyam much more
communicative, and thus more interesting to the uninitiated, than its other great
exponents usually do" "Shobhana sparkles like the world famous sapphire on a colorful performance" |
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WAH - Work an Hour 2007
Work An Hour, or WAH, as it is popularly known, is a simple concept. We ask you to symbolically contribute one hour of your time towards the cause of children's education by donating an hour's worth of your salary or more.
The event symbolically begins on July 4, the American Independence Day, reaches an apex on August 15, the Indian Independence Day, and finally culminates on September 5, which is celebrated as Teachers' Day in India. The top few projects are selected for WAH funding and this year our Vikasana Bridge School Project has been selected for WAH.
Project Background: Vikasana is a bridge school that caters to a cluster of 10 villages in Shimoga district in Karnataka. Due to very low wage rates many children are forced to work with their parents, some of them working in coffee plantations, brick-making or as agricultural / domestic workers to supplement income for the family. The Vikasana bridge school helps such children to catch up with their education and transition into formal schools. Asha for Education has helped over 50 former child laborers to return to school over the past two years.
WAH budget of $27,500 has been allocated for this project and your WAH donation will help fund the purchase of farm land for this school.
Click here to make your WAH donation.
If you wish to donate by check please send checks drawn in favor of 'Asha for Education' to
Gators for Asha,
300-9, J Wayne Reitz Union,
PO Box 118505,
Gainesville, FL 32611-8505.
Contact uflorida@ashanet.org if you need more information and one of our volunteers will promptly get back to you.
Talk by Arvind Kejriwal - Right to Information Act
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When: 1st June, Friday Where: G 101, HPNP (Health, Nursing, Pharmacy building) Speaker: Dr. Arvind Kejriwal Topic: Better Governance, Fighting Corruption with the Right to Information About speaker: Arvind Kejriwal is an Indian social activist and crusader for greater transparency in Government. He was awarded Ramon Magsaysay Emergent Leadership award in 2006 for activating India's Right to Information movement at grassroots and social activities to empower Indian citizens to fight corruption by holding the government answerable to the people. Currently he is spearheading an awareness campaign for RTI across India. Links: |
Praharsha 07 - The Festival of Hope and Happiness
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Praharsha 07 - The Festival of Hope and Happiness
Praharsha' 07: The festival of Hope and Happiness 2nd Annual cultural show Date: 31st March, saturday Time: 6.30 PM Venue: MSB Shands Auditorium, N2-200 (Map)
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Gate River Run (15K) 2007
Asha UFlorida 9-Mile Run - Train, Run, Educate..
In 2007, for the first time Asha Uflorida did in a new fundraising event - 15 k run ( ~ 9 miles).Team Asha Uflorida participated in Gate river run in Jacksonville on 10th of March. Its is one of the top running events in United states and being part of it was a great personal achievement for all of us as well as we raised funds for education of underprivileged children in India. Asha UFlorida 15 k run is one of the initiatives taken by our chapter to raise awareness and funds for educational projects in India .
Lets Join Team Asha UFlorida. We all of us can do it!! If you want to be
part of Team Asha, please mail Ajoy Saha - ajoy_saha@yahoo.com
(352-328-8108) or mail any of Asha Uflorida/Gators of Asha member.
Let's Train, Run, Educate ...
Shramdaan Fundraiser - Volunteering in Football and Basketball games
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Rights Movement
Right to Education Bill
Supreme Court of India in a judgment in 1993 recognized Fundamental Right to Education for children upto the age of 14 and asked government to implement the same. In 2002, Govt of India amended the constitution to make Education for children in age group 6-14 as Fundamental Right. The current draft bill is meant as the mechanism through which Govt will ensure the fundamental right to everybody. In addition this bill has additional objectives to provide "equitable & quality" education for everybody.
Right to Information Campaign
The National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI) seeks to empower people and to deepen democracy, through promoting people’s right to information. Through the use of this right, it seeks to fight corruption and social apathy, to make governments, and other institutions and agencies having an impact on public welfare, more humane and accountable to the people, and to promote efficiency and frugality.
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