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Hello Upstream Recipients,
We hope that everyone is having a great week. We wanted to share some updates with you about reporting and the Community Capacity Building Fund and to also share about some upcoming events in the community.
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Latcho Drom Film Screening (December 10)
As part of the 2023 Waterloo Region Migration Film Festival, Laurier Wellbeing in Film Forum (LWIFF) and Grand RIver Flamenco Fest invite the community to attend a free film screening of Latcho Drom taking place as follows:
Date: December 10, 2023
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Lazardis Hall 1009, Wilfrid Laurier University
This free event is open to the community. No registration is required.
Latcho Drom is about the journey of the Romany people told through musicians and dances of India, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France, and Spain.
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19 Days Film Screening and Panel Discussion
As part of the 2023 Migration Film Festival, the Region of Waterloo is hosting a special film screening and panel discussion of the film 19 Days, a short documentary that follows several refugee families during their first 19 days in Canada
Date: Monday, December 18, 2023
Time: Noon-1:30pm
Location: Council Chambers, 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener.
Event is free. Popcorn and beverages will be provided.
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Monthly Creative Writing with author Shan Powell
Indigenous Poets Society is hosting an Indigenous centred zoom writers circle.
Author Shan Powell is facilitating a monthly zoom writers circle. The writers circle will take place every month at 7pm on the first Tuesday, until June 4, 2024.
Shantell Powell is Turtle clan, a two-spirit author, artist, and swamp hag of Inuk/ Mi’kmaw/European ancestry. She is the Yosef Wosk VMI Fellow for 2023, a SpecFic fellow at the 2023 Roots Wounds Words Winter Retreat, and a graduate of the Writers’ Studio at Simon Fraser University and the LET(s) Lead Academy at Yale University. Her writing appears in Augur, Solarpunk Magazine, Prairie Fire, Yellow Medicine Journal, and more. She is a recipient of the 2022 Waterloo Arts fund for her manuscript in progress. When she’s not writing or making things, she wrangles chinchillas or gets filthy in the woods.
If you would like to participate in the writers circle zoom meetings, please contact Hope Engel.
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SVPWR Knowledge Bite - Navigating the CRA Process
Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region (SVPWR) offers Knowledge Bites, workshops that take high priority topics in the not-for-profit sector, break them down into sizeable 1-1.5 hour sessions, with experts in each field leading the presentation and Q&A session.
Join SVPWR on January 25th as SVPWR welcomes Gwenyth Stadig, a seasoned lawyer specializing in not-for-profit and charity law. Gwenyth will guide participants through the intricacies of attaining charitable status with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Explore the advantages of achieving charitable status and gain insights into why a not-for-profit entity might opt to remain as such.
Date: Thursday, January 25, 2024
Time: 12pm to 1:30pm
Location: Gowling WLG, 345 King St W Suite #600, Kitchener
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Harmony In Diversity: Embracing Our Rainbow Community (December 12)
Join Hearts Open For Everyone, Woolwich Pride and Spectrum for Harmony In Diversity: Embracing Our Rainbow Community workshop focused on building a foundation for understanding and celebrating Woolwich Township's 2SLGBTQIA+ community through valuable insights and engaging activities.
Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: Gale Presbyterian Church, 10 Barnswallow Dr., Elmira
Free to Public. Light Meal Provided.
Register at [email protected]
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Winter Solstice Feast
O:se Kenhionhata:tie is hosting a community Winter Solstice Feast taking place as follows:
Date:Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Time: 6pm to 9pm
Location: Willow River (Victoria Park) pavilion,80 Scheider Ave, Kitchener
The evening will include potluck style dinner, live music, silent auction, and door prizes.
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Region of Waterloo Service Standards Engagement Opportunity
The Region of Waterloo is reviewing the Region’s service standards and needs your input!
Your input will impact how services are designed, collected and tailored to local needs.
Have your say at an info session on December 12 or 14 and be entered into a draw to win a $50 gift card.
Click here for more details.
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Kitchener Public LIbrary - Borrow A Chromebook Collection
With the Borrow a Chromebook collection, Kitchener Public Library customers at all locations will be able to borrow a Chromebook to take home on a 1-week loan. Each Chromebook will come with a mouse, power adaptor, information sheet, and laptop bag. A library card is needed to borrow a Chromebook.
For more information email [email protected] or call 519-743-0271.
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Exploring Worldwide Art Forms
Free program celebrating and exploring the diverse ethnocultural communities in Waterloo Region through dance, stories, music and art. All supplies are included.
Date: Thursdays, January 11-February 15
Time: 6:00pm-7:00pm
Location: 500 Parkside Drive
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