Community Updates (18) - Apr 29, 2016

Table of Contents:

1) Bicycle Safety Magic Show - Friday evening Apr 29th in the Gibraltar Room

2) Children's Safety Bike Rodeo - free event Sat Apr 30 from 11am - 2pm

3) BC Youth Week - May 1 -7th - lots of events taking place

4) BC Youth Week Event - Get Your Music On - May 1st from 10am - 5 pm

5) BC Youth Week 's Youth Lahal Tournament - Sat May 7th at 11 am

6) Seedy Saturday in Boitanio Park - Saturday May 14th from 10 am - 2pm

7) Student Employment Opportunity - 2 hrs/week at the Recreation Complex

8) Women's Spirituality Circle's - 3rd Annual Gathering - Sat May 14th 9am - 6pm

9) Anti-Racism and Anti-Discrimination Dialogue Training & Community Partner Workshop - May 16 - 17th

10) WL Wanderers May Schedule

11) Communities that Care - Positive Action Word of the Week(s)

12) Billet Accommodation hosts needed - for visitors of the Elders Gathering Jul 10 - 14th.

13) IndigenEYEZ Youth Camp at Gavin Lake - May 20 - 23rd

14) WorkBC Parents' Guide - available online & at WLES

15) Connect Parent Group - CMHA Family Solutions Program's Parent Group

16) 2nd Annual "Race for Kids" fundraiser - Boys & Girls Club - Jun 4th

17) FETCH Website - for everything that's Community Health

18) Looking for other help and or community resources? Visit www.accesswilliamslake.org

View these updates at the following link: http://cm.pn/1r44

This Monday's Apr 25, 2016 SPC Meeting

This is your reminder for Monday Apr 25th's SPC meeting. Included in the link below is the agenda, and directions to last month's meeting minutes for your review. Hope to see you there!

Location - City of Williams Lake
Time - 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch will be provided

http://cm.pn/1qpm

Meeting Minutes Draft - Mar 21, 2016

Agenda draft - SPC Monthly Meeting

Mar 21, 2016 - 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Location: Central Cariboo Arts & Culture Society

In attendance (from sign-in sheet): Mary Thomas, Marilyn Livingston, Sharon Taylor, Geoge Atamanenko, Bruce Mack and Jessica Knodel.

Accept Minutes & Agenda

During lunch we:
· Reviewed meeting minutes from Feb 29, 2016
Motion to accept the minutes as presented - MFSC

· Review meeting agenda for Mar 21, 2016
Motion to accept the agenda as presented - MFSC

"Dirty Laundry Campaign" Presentation 

Presentation by Margaret Anne Enders, and Marilyn Livingston from the Canadian Mental Health Association on the "Dirty Laundry Campaign" a project from the of the Racism Awareness Network table:
Introduction - Multiculturalism program. Celebrate, but we have heard that racism is very prevalent (e.g. mining decisions)
Opportunities for change, this has been embraced and supported.
Every couple of weeks, highlight one assumption or experience (as found on t-shirts). 

Launch Poster - new pictures can replace each time a new one comes out. Mary Thomas was first feature story (and is here with us today).
The technology portion is appreciated. Can go worldwide with hash tags, use of Instagram and other tech services.
The Tribune was very supportive, and is giving a dedicated full page to this campaign.
Margaret-Anne - Funding has enabled planned workshops for grade sevens (via Peernet).
This campaign, is to normalize the conversation. Not to make it ok, but to make it normal to talk about.

Mary - lots of comments on facebook, people mention the picture in the paper, and then they got to speak with girls group and had a great deep discussion.
Someone needs to finally say... it's NOT ok to talk bad (e.g. speakout williams lake group is negative).
A campaign like this cannot change people who don't want to change. But if it gives people who normally remain silent to speak a voice.
Bruce - What I like about this campaign, it broadens the perspective of what is racism (e.g. pre pay for food not a normal practice anymore), but what impresses me the most, this campaign touches upon other ways racism takes place. At the educational level this is spoken about too (e.g. two C students - pat on the back vs kick in the butt). Expectations on people are hurtful (e.g. that is racism)
T-shirts:
I am not a statistic,
People think I am on welfare,
I get stopped by police more often,
Don't be surprised when I am successful,
People think I get a free ride
I was expected to succeed
The school system was not designed for me
Participants were then asked to choose a t-shirt, then think about how it would feel to wear it all day long. The following questions were proposed in a roundtable fashion:
· How would daily life be different?
· What tasks would be affected?
· How would this reality affect how you move around your community?
· How would it affect how you interact with your children? Your coworkers? Your friends? Your doctor (the health system)? People in government? Authority figures? Strangers?
· How would this affect you emotionally? Where would you find support? Where would you find power?
Open Discussion Open discussion period.

Roundtable Updates
There was not enough people to have this as a free standing agenda item.

Meeting was then adjourned - the next SPC meeting is scheduled for Monday Apr 25, 2016, location TBA