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Here's our current list of all Resource Fairs attendees joining us on May 3:
COVID Safer amiskwaciy Tomorrow Foundation Alberta Capital Airshed New Grocery Movement EPL Tomorrow Foundation John Humphreys Center EFCL Seed Change Packington Bike Club Rotary Club ...more coming soon
We are so excited to have Rotary Club of Edmonton Northeast handing out a FREE BOOK for each kid attending our upcoming Community Garden Opening Ceremony and Resource Fair.
Each book has been thoughtfully selected so there's a wide variety of options for all ages and interests. A big thanks to Germaine for her work putting together this wonderful resource for our community!
We are excited to have confirmed the following organizations as attendees in our Resource Fair:
Alberta Capital Airshed is your Airshed organization responsible for monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the outdoor air quality, including the Air Quality Health Index. ACA actively engages with communities to raise awareness, share data through knowledge translation, and provide education about air quality in our region.
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Act as a resource and support hub for designing and developing community-driven spaces and methods for accessing food Connect Create networks to build collective power and spaces for solution-building and collaboration Advocate Provide an inclusive platform to elevate community calls for food justice and transformative systems change Educate Share knowledge about our food system and the importance and process of shifting to accessible, local, sustainable and just food NGM is guided by the following values in pursuit of our mission: Justice Accessibility Empowerment Sustainability Community We invite you to join us in reimagining what groceries could look like in your community New Grocery Movement [email protected] The John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights (JHC) is dedicated to upholding human dignity by treating access to food as a fundamental human right, not merely a social service. Our work emphasizes food justice, focusing on cultural relevance and long-term resilience rather than short-term relief. A cornerstone of this commitment is the Food Security and Food Justice Ecosystem of Edmonton (FSFJE), a collaborative project aimed at systemic change through resource mapping and policy advocacy. We also support tangible, community-led efforts, like the distribution of microgrants for gardens and culturally rooted cooking programs. JHC has also played a convening and educational role by offering workshops and hosting public events that promote shifting from charity-based food models to dignity-based approaches. JHC’s work also extends into research and storytelling, documenting the lived realities of food insecurity and those addressing it. A recently-released research report on mutual aid in Alberta underscored the crucial but under-supported role of grassroots organizers, many of whom provide food distribution and other essential services in the absence of adequate public systems. JHC’s food work is only one of several other projects that are focused on human rights issues, including online harms and digital literacy, peace-building, policing, anti-racism, advocacy training, and more. You can find out more information about all the current projects JHC is engaged in, news, and upcoming events by visiting our website: www.jhcentre.org or follow @jhcentre on LinkedIn, Meta (FB & IG) and Tiktok! |
