Safe Spaces is coming to Canada: May 20 - June1!
From May 20 - June 1, Nish, the founder of Safe Spaces and 3 of her program facilitators will be visiting Toronto and Montreal. While in Canada, they will be participating in a series of workshops and fundraising events to help raise awareness of the organization and the programming they offer. Join us for one of our fundraising events and meet some of the Safe Spaces team!
Fundraising Events: May 26, Saturday 1:30-3:00pm Zumba event at Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6J 1T9 Numerous instructors will take you through a series of high energy dance routines in traditional Zumba style that will stimulate your senses and get your body moving. Following your workout, Nish and the senior girls will show you one of their dance routines as well! Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the door or in advance by contacting Sara @ 416-888-4786. Workshop Series and Keynote Presentations: Safe Spaces will be visiting schools and organizations to deliver tailored workshops and keynote addresss, running activities, sharing stories, playing games and facilitating conversations about gender, health, sexuality, poverty and empowerment. Thank you for helping us raise 1 Million Miles!
Make Your Miles Matter. from Tiffany Hsiung on Vimeo. Safe Spaces: "We are the Change!"How do we identify and recognize change? We feel it within ourselves. It churns up emotion. It makes our hearts race. It challenges us to question everything we thought we knew and forces us to imagine something different. We exercise our power when we begin to turn these new ideas into reality. We’re genetically geared to do it. It’s a part of our survival and our evolution, so why deny it? We’re only human.
This week I had the privilege of participating in a change process, which began by connecting people who were once worlds apart: a talented management team from Aeroplan and a group of fierce young women from the Eastland slums of Nairobi. Aeroplan’s Beyond Miles Program has the profound vision to bring such brilliant minds together to deepen the relationships between their company and the communities that they support. We took this opportunity to redefine “global citizenship”. Read More 
Ground Floors Report Published
This report starts by providing a clear picture of what organizations, groups and young leaders have identified as key learning’s necessary for supporting Youth Organizing.
"SWB has done an excellent job at providing us with a deep and thoughtful understanding of how our sector can work together to strengthen youth organizing. The report offers us an innovative and emerging solution to meet the complex challenges of sustaining and supporting youth work." - Arti Freeman, Ontario Trillium Foundation Read more... Platform.swb.ca
To learn more about our projects, groups and partners please go to: www.platform.swb.ca
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Inspiring Links
TED TALK - Emily Pilloton: Teaching design for change
Designer Emily Pilloton moved to rural Bertie County, in North Carolina, to engage in a bold experiment of design-led community transformation. She's teaching a design-build class called Studio H that engages high schoolers' minds and bodies while bringing smart design and new opportunities to the poorest county in the state.
Stanford Social Innovation Review - Collective Impact
Large scale social change requires broad cross-sectoral coordination, yet the social sector remains focused o the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Harvard Business Review - The Big Idea: Creating Shared Value
The capitalist system is under siege. In recent years business increasingly has been viewed as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies are widely perceived to be prospering at the expense of the broader community.
For more links click here
Designer Emily Pilloton moved to rural Bertie County, in North Carolina, to engage in a bold experiment of design-led community transformation. She's teaching a design-build class called Studio H that engages high schoolers' minds and bodies while bringing smart design and new opportunities to the poorest county in the state.
Stanford Social Innovation Review - Collective Impact
Large scale social change requires broad cross-sectoral coordination, yet the social sector remains focused o the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Harvard Business Review - The Big Idea: Creating Shared Value
The capitalist system is under siege. In recent years business increasingly has been viewed as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies are widely perceived to be prospering at the expense of the broader community.
For more links click here
