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SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation
Newsletter: September 2024
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Table of Contents
- Upcoming event: Pathways to Accountability
- SHIFT's Fall 2024 event calendar
- Governance Recruitment
- Upcoming Funding Programs
- SHIFT Journal of Social Transformation
- Send content to the SHIFT newsletter
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NEXT WEEK: Pathways to Accountability
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Pathways to Accountability Poster
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Join us for our next event in our Pathways Series, where we here from community members about the approaches they take towards social transformation.
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Pathways to Accountability: navigating communities in conflict with care
Conflict is an inevitable part of working in community towards creating the new futures we want. When conflict arises, our responses to it often perpetuate the very cultures of punishment, separation and exclusion at the root of what we want to transform. Join us to learn alongside three speakers who accompany individuals, groups and communities in moving towards connection, accountability, repair and transformation in response to conflict and harm.
Featuring:
- Dominic Barter: who has been learning dialogical, systemic, community-based responses to conflict for 30 years, starting in the gang-controlled shantytown favelas of Rio de Janeiro.
- Gabriela Gomez: a healing practitioner, researcher and facilitator with experience in the community sector and as a somatic counselor
- Phillipe Koffi: an accredited mediator, certified trainer, and negotiator. He has over ten years' experience in psychosocial intervention, facilitation and coaching.
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SHIFT's Event Schedule: Fall 2024 Season
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We are so excited to be sharing the many events SHIFT has scheduled for this fall!
From showcasing our amazing partners and their work towards systems change, to in-depth conversations about conflict and the community sector, there's something for everyone!
And the list above is just a taste - we'll be rolling out more events so make sure to follow us on Instagram for the latest updates and find out more on our website.
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SHIFT Governance Recruitment
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SHIFT's four new Steering Committee members recruited in 2023
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We are currently recruiting 6 - 8 new members for our participatory, community-led governance structure. Roles are compensated, and anyone can apply.
- The new Research & Advocacy Hub is recruiting Concordia students, SHIFT-funded project team members and people with experience in public policy advocacy to guide the development of community-driven research and advocacy initiatives with SHIFT.
- The Governance Hub is looking for new members who are excited about participatory decision making and collaborative organisational structures, specifically Concordia students & SHIFT-funded project team members.
- The Fund Disbursement Hub is welcoming applications from people with experience in philanthropy, grantmaking or fundraising, particularly Concordia staff, faculty or SHIFT-funded project team members.
Interested? Learn more and apply here:
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Do you know someone who might be a good fit for SHIFT's governance that you want to connect us to?
You can nominate them now, and we'll reach out to encourage them to apply!
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This year, the SHIFT Centre is focusing our funding programs on continuing to invest more deeply in the success and sustainability of our existing partners. To that end, we will only be offering funding through two programs this year, both of which are open only to previously-funded SHIFT partners.
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The SHIFT Journal of Social Transformation
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To celebrate five years of SHIFT, at the end of October we'll be launching The SHIFT Journal, a space on our website to share what we've learned and to publish and highlight the expertise of our partners and community members. We'll be taking submissions for writing, research, and art from our ecosystem about social transformation. Stay tuned!
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Submit your content to the SHIFT Newsletter
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We send out a newsletter every 4-6 weeks, and are happy to promote our wider community's activities & opportunities that are aligned with SHIFT's values, and benefit students, Concordians, and/or SHIFT's wider community members.
Send your requests through this form.
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