"Les industries culturelles se sont révélées un instrument propice à la croissance de l’économie. Nous avons toutes les conditions réelles pour transformer notre riche diversité culturelle en un outil efficace pour combattre la faim, la pauvreté et l’exclusion sociale. Nous pouvons donc utiliser ces expériences – les traditions et le savoir-faire qui ont été la nourriture spirituelle de nos populations depuis des siècles – pour créer des sources de bien-être matériel pour elles.”- José Miguel Insulza | Secrétaire général, OÉA




Ignite The Americas 2008 - Official Report

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Hello Everyone.

Sorry for the delay, but the reports are ready.

We really want to hear your feedback on the report. 
Hopefully this captures all that was discussed during the time we had together in Toronto!

English:  ignitetheamericas.ca/ITAReport_en.zip
Spanish: ignitetheamericas.ca/ITAReport_sp.zip
Portuguese: ignitetheamericas.ca/ITAReport_po.zip
French: ignitetheamericas.ca/ITAReport_fr.zip

PEACE.
Che.

Ignite Videos in ALL languages now up!

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Congrats to the whole documentation team...  Enjoy the videos and spread these around!
Short and long versions on each page.

ENGLISH - http://ignitetheamericas.ca/video/ITAvideo_e.html

Meeting with the Director of Culture, Jamaica

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My friends,

Jamaica currently has one ministry for information, culture, youth and sports. The Director of Culture within that ministry is a man called Sydney Bartley. He is Jamaica's representative in the CIC. I am happy to say that he has always been open to meeting with me and he is very much one of the youth's greatest allies in the Americas.

Ignite As Américas 2009

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En el lunes, septiembre día 29, tuve una reunión con Thaís Pessotto, director de relaciones internacionales del Ministerio de Cultura del Brasil y tive la oportunidad de reunirse con el Ministro de Cultura de mi país, Juca de Oliveira. La reunión trató asuntos que se debatirán en una futura reunión oficial en Brasilia, la capital, com los delegados Toddy de São Paulo y Jaqueline de Recife, donde uno de los temas principales es la posibilidad de que Brasil podría ser el próximo país a sediar lo Ignites.

In last Monday, September 29 , I had a meeting with Thaís Pessotto, director of international relations of the Brazilian Ministery of Culture and at that time meet the Minister of Culture of my country, Juca de Oliveira. The meeting was to talk about an official meeting in Brasilia, our capital, with the delegates Toddy from São Paulo and Jaqueline from Recife, where one of the main topics is the possibility of Brazil could be next country to host the Ignite.

Na ultima segunda-feira, dia 29 de setembro, tive uma reunião com a Thaís Pessotto, diretora de relações internacionais do ministério da Cultura Brasileiro e neste momento tive a oportunidade de conhecer o Ministro da Cultura do meu país, Juca de Oliveira. Nesta reunião tratamos dos assuntos a serem discutidos em uma reunião oficial em Brasília, a nossa capital, junto com os delegados Toddy de São Paulo e Jaqueline de Recife, , em que um dos tópicos principais é a possibilidade do Brasil poder ser próximo país a estar recebendo o Ignites.

The Chosen Family

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"The difference between friends and family is that friends are the family you get to choose."
(I don't remember who said this or where I read it)

The Experience

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Ignite the Americas has been an amazing experience so far. I could have never imagined how real this would turn up to be, we all knew the issues, but being able to address them so deeply, and most important of all, being able to help create tangible solutions to them and having a channel of communication open with the OAS has been an incredible opportunity.

Artists around the Americas are often neglected, arts under valued and diminished to the point where we need to step up and create social change. Which is exactly what we're all here for.

A united, ineffable experience....

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Hello world, Hola mundo.

What a beautiful experience I am having, meeting and sharing with so many talented, spirited and truly genuine citizens from across the Americas. To the families, friends and oher people of this world who are not present know that the delgates here have brought with them your energies, your issues, your values, your challenges, your positivity, your strengths, your love.

Bienvenue à Ignite Les Amériques!

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Bienvenue au forum qui s’adresse à ceux qui en ont assez des forums. Bienvenue à la conférence, au sommet, à la réunion, peu importe le nom que vous voulez lui donner, où les présentateurs mettent leur âme, leur cœur, tout leur être. Il s’agit d’un forum qui met à profit l’expérience vécue. Un forum où l’action est célébrée, expliquée, comprise et respectée.