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• All Spoons Project
  Funded 2021-2022 Ubuntu-Mobilizing Central Alberta is a registered non profit with an engaging youth council that is made up of high school and university students. We focus on equity, justice, solidarity and providing access for Black people and other communities that have been historically marginalized in central Alberta. Our mission statement is to act as a bridge and connect communities through advocacy and community building. We have completed numerous projects which focused on gender equity, queer representation, diversity, community advocacy and community engagement. In response to food insecurity in central Alberta amongst historically marginalized communities Ubuntu started the All Spoons Project to share skills and resources for participants to learn how to start and maintain a garden. Visit their website to learn more: https://ubuntualberta.com/
• Evergreen Edmonton: City Community Clean-Ups
  Funded 2020-2021
• FentaNIL Project
  Funded 2021-2022 The FentaNIL Project aims to ameliorate the detrimental effects of the overdose crisis in Edmonton and the greater Alberta, including rural communities, by facilitating free naloxone training, distributing take-home naloxone kits, and educating community members on overdose prevention strategies and synthetic opioids.
• Yard Share YEG
  Funded 2021 Yard Share YEG’s program aims to reduce barriers, empower communities, and increase food security through sharing yard space as a unique alternative to community gardens. Yard hosts and gardeners are matched through an online platform and are provided supplies for continuous support. Gardeners grow food in the host’s yard while sharing a small portion of their harvest with the host as an exchange. This collaboration provides the opportunity for those who are food insecure to share space in which to grow food.
• The Hue YEG
  Funded 2020-2021 The Hue is a QTBIPOC+ Community Hub. Building community and advocating for QTBIPOC+ inclusion, accessibility, and safety in Edmonton.
• Chinese Diaspora Sharing Circles
  Funded 2019-2021 Chinese Diaspora Sharing Circle is an open and inclusive dialogue for overseas Chinese people to safely share their opinions regarding cultural identity, social issues and their life in Canada. The group aims to engage and give Chinese youth ready to speak up and talk about the oppression and traumas faced by and to the Chinese community in Canada.
• Sexual Violence Advocacy and Accountability Network (SVAAN)
  Funded 2019-2020 The Sexual Violence Advocacy and Accountability Network (SVAAN) commits to ending sexual violence in the hospitality and arts industries and the shared communities of their membership through survivor-centered restorative justice
• Indigenous Poets’ Society
  Funded 2020-2022 Their goal is to help promote healing, growth, leadership, connection, and resiliency through poetry. They come together not only to discuss social struggles, but to heal by celebrating connections with land, culture, history and identity. They provide a space where Indigenous poets can feel heard and understood by their own people and sometimes allies. They also support new poets who wish to branch out and share their words with the rest of the world. Poets of all levels, styles, and ages are welcome.
• Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP)
  Funded 2018-2021 Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy is a grassroots network of youth and students who are concerned about the negative impact drug policies have on individuals and communities. They consider problematic drug use in society primarily a health issue rather than a criminal justice issue, and they advocate for appropriate responses to reduce and prevent harm from drug use. They mobilize their members to participate in the political process at all levels, pushing for sensible policies to achieve a safer and more just future, while combating counterproductive drug policies, particularly those that directly harm young people. CSSDP works alongside other organizations and campaigns to support harm reduction, evidence-based legislation, and drug policy reform on local, national and international levels.
• Eritrean Ethiopian Students’ Association (EESA)
  Funded 2018-2019, 2021-2022 The Eritrean and Ethiopian Students’ Association is established for the expressed goal of carrying out activities that create and strengthen the unity of Eritrean and Ethiopian students on campus and equally increase awareness about Eritrea and Ethiopia in the larger Edmonton community
• Students' International Health Association (SIHA)
  Funded 2014-2016 The Students’ International Health Association (SIHA) Local is a student-led organization dedicated to sustainable health promotion and community development.
• Nextfest Workshop
  Anti-O 101 theory workshop at Nextfest Arts Company
• Nextfest Workshop
  Anti-O 101 theory workshop powerpoint presentation at Nextfest Arts Company. Presentation slide title reads "Defining Power"
• Nextfest Workshop
  Anti-O 101 theory workshop at Nextfest Arts Company
• Nextfest Workshop
  Anti-O 101 theory workshop at Nextfest Arts Company
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• Centre For Autism Alberta Students' Association Annual Symposium
  two people working a table for the Centre for Autism Services Alberta