Below the spanish version is the english version.

1400 METROS DE POEMA

16 CIUDADES DE  9 PAISES  CERCA DE 8900 PARTICIPANTES

MÁS DE 40 INSTITUCIONES

32 IDIOMAS UTILIZADOS

Por primera vez en Estados Unidos. Seattle será la 16ª ciudad en albergar este evento internacional. Se trata de un proyecto del artista Miguel Ángel Arenas que consistirá en la composición colectiva y de forma simultánea de un poema de más de 100 metros de extensión. Este poema gigante se va escribiendo en las calles de diferentes ciudades del mundo gracias a la intervención de cientos de personas que continúan los versos que las personas que les anteceden van escribiendo. Esta propuesta se ha llevado a cabo en nueve países, entre los cuales se encuentran México, Noruega, Turquía, España Cuba o Canadá.

Lugar/Location: Seattle Art Museum

Fecha/Date: Friday, November 6th Hora/Time: 8.00pm -12.00pm -

VEN Y ESCRIBE-

1400 METERS OF POEM

16 CITIES FROM 9 COUNTRIES

ABOUT 8900 PARTICIPANTS

MORE THAN 40 INSTITUTIONS

32 LANGUAGES USED
For the first time in USA Seattle will be the 16th city which hosts this international event. This is a project by the artist Miguel Angel Arenas that will involve a hundreds of people in a collective and simultaneous composition of poems with more than 100 meters long. These Giant Poems have been written on the street of several cities in the world. The author writes the first verses of the poem and then people continue it. This project has been done in nine countries, including Mexico, Norway, Turkey, Spain, Cuba or Canada.

Lugar/Location: Seattle Art Museum

Fecha/Date: Friday, November 6th Hora/Time: 8.00pm -12.00pm

COME AND WRITE!

Teaching Spanish to Heritage Speakers:

Pedagogical and Administrative Considerations

La Enseñanza del Espanol a Hispanohablantes:

Consideraciones Pedagógicas y Administrativas

This talk covers important issues related to teaching

Spanish for heritage speakers, addressing Questions

such as these:

What are their linguistic, affective, and academic

characteristics?

What makes them different from foreign language

Iearners?

What placement procedures, instructional approaches,

and materials are most appropriate in working with

heritage speakers?

Location : Chief Sealth High School

Date and t ime : Tuesday, November 3 @ 5 .00 - 8.00 pm

Free a dmission

In En glish and Spanish

CONSULADO

DE MEXICO

EN SEATTLE

KIM POTOWSKI CONFERENCE

Kim Potowski , PhD at. University of Illinois

is a brilliant. linguists pecialized in the

teaching of Spanish to Heritage speakers.

Her general area of interest is the Spanish

in the United States from p erspectives t.hat

have been called sociology of language and

also language policy. Some of her most

important publicationes are: “Language, and Identity

in a dual inmersion school” and ” Fundamentos de la

enseñanza del español a los hablantes nativos en los

Estados Unidos”

Location : Seattle Center , Center House, Room H

Date and time : Monday, November 2 @ 5 .00 pm

Free admission

In Spanish

This conference is a part of the :

Festival Dia de muertos: A Mexican Remembrance

OSTEOPOROSIS 

In 2004 the Office of the Surgeon General
issues the first ever report on the nation’s bone health
- in English and in Spanish.

The IOF – International Osteoporosis Foundation calls it 
“The Silent Epidemic”
Declares October 20, World Osteoporosis Day.

What better time to learn more about the subject 
and what we can do about it.
After all, MUJERES, we are the most affected. 
We are now offered two excellent opportunities:

1) Webinar: www.ybhurtn.com/ . 
On right, go to Recorded Webinars, 
Scroll down to last item:
Bone Health Facts, – Pat Terry RN & Penny Royse RDH. 
35 min., plus six if interested in business opportunity.

2) Wellness Education* – free, one hour seminar - 
Dr. Narain Naidu, world renown Microbiologist. 

a) Saturday, October 17, 7 p.m., 
P.U.D. 2320 California Street. Everett 98201

or

b) Monday, October 19, 7 p.m., 
Doubletree Guest Suites, 
16500 Southcenter Parkway, Tukwila 98188 

* Followed by a
Business Opportunity Workshop 
Attendance – optional – free
Let’s take ownership of our health; we owe it to ourselves.

Carmen Nelson
Independent Nikken Wellness Consultant
Tel. 253-874-3426

Nancy Struthers along with Belen Castellanos (loan officer) will be teaching a First Time Home Buyer Seminar Class this coming Saturday. If you know of anybody who may be interested in attending, please have them contact Nancy Struthers for seat reservation.

DATE: OCTOBER 10, 2009
TIME: 11:00 AM TO 12:15 PM
ROOM: MEETING ROOM
LIBRARY: BLACK DIAMOND LIBRARY
24707 ROBERTS DRIVE
BLACK DIAMOND, WA 98010
360-886-1105

Nancy Struthers
Better Properties
Real Estate Consultant
and Property Management
(206) 595-7188