On Oct. 21, the brisk morning air met an assemblage of the media innovation vanguard as its members made their way into the CBC/Radio-Canada's Annual Public Meeting (APM) in Vancouver. The plan was unspoken, but the wry smiles exchanged amongst us were more than enough to acknowledge our purpose. After all, while insidious, our goal was quite simple; infiltrate the CBC and make it more community based, participatory, and awesome.
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Do black votes matter? Reflections on Ottawa's municipal election
I will be voting today but frankly, I am not even sure it matters. I feel awful saying this as someone who works at encouraging members of my low-income housing project to become more civically engaged. But as a young black woman, I really don't think my vote matters to politicians and despite the fact that I come from one of the largest visible minority communities in Ottawa, I also come from one of the poorest, and throughout this election I have heard politicians talking to those with wealth, those who own houses, those who earn enough disposable income to invest in their campaigns. Not people like me. But one positive aspect of this election has been the number of black candidates who are running.
iHollaback!
Hollaback! is a non-profit involved in the movement to end street based gender violence through mobile technology. By using mobile phone apps and crowd sourcing technology, hollaback provides a safe virtual space when folks can share their experiences of gender violence and have it plotted on an interactive map.
Street harassment is a culturally acceptable form of gender violence. Hollaback tracks the violence and gives a folks a forum to break the silence around street harassment while actively resisting it.
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1st Annual Hip Hop & Empowerment Conference: "Knowledge, pedagogy and education"
Feb 22 2012 - 12:00pm
Feb 22 2012 - 3:30pm
Location
Student Lounge, St James Campus, George Brown College
Toronto, ON
Canada
Phone:
647-992-2654
43° 39' 11.6136" N, 79° 22' 59.4624" W
See map: Google Maps
A FREE Conference bringing together the George Brown Community, local artists, educators, and members of the larger community to examine the role of academia, arts, and culture to empower youth. The conference will feature a keynote address, a set of workshop facilitated by community leaders and an interactive networking concert. Hip Hop culture has proven it can change the world one neighbourhood at a time and one person at a time and that power to create social change is coming to George Brown College on Wednesday February 22nd.
Featuring a keynote address from Sam Seidel, educator and author of "Hip Hop Genius"
FREE EVENT with food provided
Contact name:
Mohammad Ali Aummer
Contact email:
From a First Nation contrarian: Breaking the spell, a call for unification NOW
I often reflect why we as indigenous people have not made the rightful distance and progress towards the empowerment of our nations and communities as we rightly should -- given the time and resources that fuel the engines of our collective efforts.
When we do arrive at the destination of the day, I wonder (with a shade of frustration) why it has taken so much time... just past an inch an hour... to arrive at the line drawn by our shared aspirations.
Many are aware of the challenges we face and just as many are aware of the solutions where we must arrive.
So my Relatives, what's the deal?
Young Mothers and Empowerment Forum - FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
May 11 2011 - 4:56pm
May 12 2011 - 4:56pm
Location
Hyatt Regency on King AND Metro Convention Center
Toronto M5V 1J9
Canada
Phone:
905-775-5215
28° 21' 21.204" N, 80° 43' 26.85" W
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Contact name:
Andrea O'Reilly
Contact email:
Coaching for transformation
Apr 17 2010 - 10:00am
Apr 17 2010 - 5:00pm
Location
downtown Toronto
to be finalized
Toronto, ON Canada
Phone:
416-913-8861
43° 40' 12.8388" N, 79° 23' 12.318" W
See map: Google Maps
Training Led by Martha Lasley - co-founder of Coaching That Works and Leadership That Works
ARE YOU...
- Eager for new ways to motivate and empower people?
- Excited about developing the abilities of colleagues, volunteers or clients?
- Passionate about helping people transform their dreams into action?
- Curious about how life coaching can awaken potential in yourself and others?
Contact name:
Henry Wai
Contact email: