Creative Community Organizing in Challenging Times

British Columbia Council for International Cooperation, Volunteer Cooperation Program and Global Affairs Canada

Join the BCCIC and partners for an interactive talk on civic engagement & community organizing in the face of global crises.

Segal Building, SFU Downtown

When: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at 6:00pmWhere: Segal Building, SFU Downtown. 500 Granville St, Vancouver, BC V6C 1W6Creative Community Organizing in Challenging Times is a panel and interactive discussion that dives into the potential of creative (even radical) solutions to tackling global crises. Moderated by Andrea Reimer, this event focuses on the power of civic engagement and community organizing in a time when seemingly unstoppable threats loom large - including the climate crisis, the rise of authoritarianism, political polarization, and closing borders. With the encouragement from a panel of brave and creative speakers, this event aims to leave participants feeling inspired to accept these challenges in their own communities. The objectives of this event are:<ul><li>To showcase creative or radical approaches to community organizing and civic engagement to address global crises</li><li>To hear from diverse and innovative voices</li><li>To facilitate a different type of conversation about threats to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, showcasing what can be done to combat these threats </li><li>To encourage various generations and identities to come together to address complex, high-stakes global issues</li></ul>This event is part of International Development Week (IDW), a national initiative that seeks to inspire Canadians, youth in particular, to learn more about, and contribute actively to, global issues. IDW 2020 will involve several nation-wide events, activities, and opportunities for learning about local-global development issues and initiatives.This event is hosted in partnership with the BC Council for International Cooperation, Amnesty International Vancouver, ORICE, SFU International, UBC&#x27;s Vancouver School of Economics and the Simon K.Y Lee Global Lounge &amp; Resource Centre.Join us on February 5, 2020. Doors open at 6:00pm, event starts at 6:30pm. Refreshments will be provided.Panelists Include:Em Mittertreiner Em is a 2nd year student with Chinese-Dutch roots, organizing for climate justice primarily on unceded Musqueam lands. Place-based learning as a Students on Ice and Youth4Action alumnus has inspired their current work, which includes campaigning for divestment with UBCC350, developing a climate storytelling program at the UBC Climate Hub, and facilitating with Check Your Head. With lived experiences of extensive hospitalization as a chronically ill, suicidal and queer youth, Em is passionate about using their psychology and social justice degrees to explore deinstitutionalized community care within justice movements. Tanvi Bhatia Tanvi Bhatia is a writer, facilitator, and community organizer living on the unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Selilwitulh) Nations. Both her organizing and creative work are centred around migrant justice and anti-oppression. Currently, she is working on the Lost Votes campaign to get voting rights for permanent residents in municipal elections and a research project on BIWOC in the film industry, as well as completing her MFA in Creative Writing at UBC. Her writing can be found in SAD Magazine, BEATS Magazine, the Star, the Tyee, the Ubyssey, and on her Twitter feed, @sometimestanvi.Renee Black Renee is the founder and Executive Director of PeaceGeeks, which launched in October 2011, leveraging her technology background to support peacebuilding and humanitarian response. Renee&#x27;s specialty lies in combining strategy, technology and community partnerships, to collaborate on and execute innovative projects that address critical community needs. Prior to PeaceGeeks, Renee worked in the private sector for 10 years on technology projects focusing on optimizing technology for project and performance performance. She switched career in 2009 to work on the Women, Peace &amp; Security framework with both the United Nations and the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. Her experience with these organizations played a pivotal role in launching PeaceGeeks, pursuing her passion for empowering people to make positive change a lived reality. Renee holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from Dalhousie University and a Masters of International Affairs (Hons) from the University of Ottawa. She is a Fellow of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and winner of the 2017 Google Impact Challenge.Sam Albert Sam has worked extensively in the environmental field, primarily as the youth outreach ambassador with the Blue Dot Movement, a movement dedicated to installing environmental rights as a human right in Canada. He has also worked with the Sustainabiliteens and founded his school’s local environmental club which covers a plethora of grassroots environmental issues. Additionally, Sam was a youth delegate at both the SB-50 UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn and Global Landscapes Forum in New York where he focused on land restoration and nature-based solutions to climate change.

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