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Little hands, brilliant minds
Foundation for Inter-Cultural Dialogue (FID) presents the second Arizona Children's Festival. This unique event lets young artists, writers and performers demonstrate their talent and creativity. This year the festival comes with the theme of 'Friendship'. The motto of the festival, "The ship of friendship never sinks" aims to inspire our next generation to strengthen the bonds of friendship.

FID envisions that young minds reflecting on the ideas of friendship and sharing them through their creativity will lead us on a path to a better future. We hope that the Children's festival will give a platform to adults and children of Arizona to show their unity within diversity. FID invites the "Little Hands" in Arizona to an Artwork contest and the "Brilliant Minds" to an Essay contest. The festival will be commemorated on April 25, 2009 at Mesa Arts Center, Piper Hall, 1:00-4:00 pm.

We invite children, parents and teachers to join us in the commemoration of the festival and witness a spectacular event in which children from different cultures will perform on one stage. The attractions of the festival include:

• Cultural Performances
• Exhibitions
• Artwork Contest Award Ceremony-  "Colors of Friendship"
• Essay Contest Award Ceremony-  "A recipe for Friendship"

Admission is free

About Foundation for Inter-Cultural Dialogue (FID)

The Foundation for Inter-Cultural Dialogue (FID) is an independent and non-profit organization established in 2004 by a group of Arizonans, including engineers, educators, and students. As the name implies, our primary goal is to promote dialogue, mutual respect, and cooperation among different cultures and faiths make up our society. Even though the founders of FID are  read more »