HEALING: Health and Racism Working Group's Annual Symposium
WED, OCT 17, 2012
9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Mississauga Valley Community Centre
LC Taylor Auditorium
1275 Mississauga Valley Blvd.
Mississauga, ON, L5A 3R8
Speakers, hands on workshops, art engagement, discussion
FREE. FOOD provided. ACCESSIBLE venue.
Are you interested in health equity? Thinking about healing? Wondering about the critical connections between healing and anti-racism/anti-oppression?
Join us for Healing: Health and Racism Working Group's Annual Symposium this fall at the Mississauga Valley Community Centre, LC Taylor Auditorium, on October 17, 2012. We are encouraging all participants to bring a non-perishable food item, as we are holding a food drive!
Schedule (as of Oct 8, 2012 - more updates coming!)
9:30 am: Press Conference to announce release of Employment Equity Toolkit
10:00 am: Registration and morning refreshments
10:30 am: Welcome and Keynote
11:00 am: Growing to Heal activity
11:30 am: Equity Connection-building
12:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm: Healing/Learning Stations
3:00 pm: Closing and Thank You
3:30 pm: Event ends
We are excited to be releasing an employment equity toolkit as a continuation of the employment equity work we did from 2010 onwards with Colour of Poverty Colour of Change. Following the launch is a full day of speakers, workshops, art, and engagement.
Please register and join us!
FREE for all to attend.
***if you are connected with a community group or organization and would like to share resources at a table, we welcome you! To have a table, please email healthandracism@gmail.com or call 905 602 4082 x 453. Tables are FREE, but we would ask you to bring a non-perishable food item******
Presented by the Health and Racism Working Group (HaR), an anti-racist advocacy group of frontline workers and community members, interested in the connections between race and health. HaR is hosted at the East Mississauga Community Health Centre (EMCHC).
To register: www.healingsymposium.eventbrite.com
For more information: healthandracism@gmail.com or 905 602 4082 x 453 Contact: healthandracism@gmail.com healing symposium eventbrite page |
