On Saturday, June 18th, three Tamaraneh Society board members participated in Edmonton’s first Africa Connect event, a city wide initiative to connect people doing work in Africa or promoting African heritage, culture and businesses to showcase their work in one place. Held in the Expo building at Northlands, it was a huge success with over 100 booths, 50 music and dance performances, an afternoon full of informative workshops, and more than 3000 people in attendance. Our Tamaraneh booth was busy all day and we won new volunteers and sympathizers to add to our mailing list from this event. It was exciting to be with all the other organizations and to talk with the crowd as they interacted and enjoyed the entertainment. Congratulations are in order for the City of Edmonton and especially for Project Manager Jennifer Freake who did a fabulous job organizing this event. Hopefully this is just the beginning of many more!