“A community is like a typewriter when one piece is off or stuck it doesn’t work…” 11 year old Sparroways Community Participant No community is perfect, every community has its assets and its flaws. There are things that work and things that don’t. Have you ever looked around your community and thought to yourself, “This […]
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Recently, I facilitated the culminating session of a six week, advocacy-based program with the residents of Humewood House Sheppard, a resource centre for young pregnant and parenting women. In this program, we worked towards applying some of the skills that professional advocates use, in order to challenge negative stereotypes and public perceptions of young mothers. […]
On January 19, OJEN teamed up with the Rulebreakers Retreat, hosted by Victoria Village Action for Neighbourhood Change and SafetyNet, to deliver a workshop on advocacy skills from youth from Flemingdon Park and Parma Court in Toronto. Listen below to what some of the participants had to say about stereotypes and the media. (Check out […]
On January 19, OJEN teamed up with the Rulebreakers Retreat, hosted by Victoria Village Action for Neighbourhood Change and SafetyNet, to deliver a workshop on advocacy skills from youth from Flemingdon Park and Parma Court in Toronto. Listen below to what two of the participants had to say about stereotypes and the media. (Then check […]
