Learning Unlimited Language School

[This page last updated: Apr. 13, 2010]

The International Club of Hancock County

Announces

“We’re Gonna Spring Something On Ya!“

Another Very Diverse Serving of P.I.E. for All!

On Friday, April 23^rd at 7:00 p.m., at the Downeast Diversity Center, 47 Foster St., Ellsworth; 669-4988;

Aidan Kadyrova from Kyrgyzstan, Ramil Mammadhasanli from Azerbijan, and MD Mamunur “Redoy” from Bangladesh are in this area of Maine until May/June as part of the Pacific International Exchange (PIE), a not-for-profit exchange program available in all 50 states.  They are excited to share some special PowerPoint presentations with all of you from their often unknown and very diverse cultures.  Please plan to come and bring a friend.

Potluck refreshments will be served after the presentation.

Northeast India – Remote Mountain Villages in the Foothills of the Himalaya

On Friday, May 7, at 7:00, at the Downeast Diversity Center, 47 Foster St., Ellsworth; 669-4988;

Dr. Kenneth Senter will make a presentation on Northeastern India.  Ken writes:

“In Sept. – Oct. 2009, I was in Northeastern India, an area connected to the Indian subcontinent by a narrow corridor: Nepal and China to the north, Myanmar (Burma) to the east, and on the south Bangladesh.  The foothills of the Himalaya and mountains of Burma are divided by the wide flood plain of the Bhramaputra River.  Remote hilltop villages in the clouds, spectacular scenery, and intriguing people – headhunters in the near past.

This area is not the India known to most of us.  Its peoples are of different racial stock and culture.  They want autonomy.  Ongoing insurrectionist activity is tying down one entire Indian army division.  We were permitted into the area with much difficulty and red tape.   Gun emplacements, armored vehicles, and armed troops were in high profile.  We did not get shot!”

Potluck refreshments will be served after the presentation.

An Extraordinary, Garden-Variety Solution to Poverty and Deforestation in Central America

On Saturday, June 12, at 7:00, at Learning Unlimited Language School, (5 Jellison Ridge Rd., Surry; 667-9482: directions at: www.mrlanguage.com),

Florence Reed, founder and president of Sustainable Harvest International (www.sustainableharvest.org), will make a presentation on the global and local impacts of slash-and-burn agriculture in the tropics and focuses on SHI’s unique and successful model for reversing this harmful trend. Flo will show how this simple approach helps to alleviate poverty, reverse deforestation, mitigate global climate change, decrease illegal immigration, reduce pollution and much more.  Come and find out how you can get involved.

Potluck refreshments will be served after the presentation.