About last night(s) soul-nourishing community events
(1) Seriously- Thank You.
“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion” —bell hooks
Thank you, to the folks who attended, collaborated with, and volunteered for OCP. Thank you for trusting us, for letting us into your community, and being part of our community 🙏🏾
We are living for the social media love - please keep tagging us on social media! Tell us what it felt like for you, because it was soul-nourishing AF for us.
P.S In addition to warming our hearts, the stuff you share is helpful to spread awareness about our work. Plus, it helps us show potential funders, donors, and more that our work is meaningful.
(2) Welcome, Newest Members of The Social Good Crew
If you attended our event, you’re in our inner circle, and nothing says inner circle like a group chat.
By the end of this weekend, attendees will receive an email from us, which will also include an exclusive invitation to join our growing and active group chat on WhatsApp communities*.
Attendees will also get a save the date for a post-event community building and activation zoom for later this month!
Having FOMO? You know we gotchu.
Click here to watch Deconstructing Karen for free on CBC Gem and we’ll host a virtual Culture Club later this month to unpack the film!
(3) Follow…
…Saira and Regina
@here4thekidsaction @rljack12 @sairarao @race2dinner + their Substack: here4thekids.substack.com
It was such a privilege, and not one our team takes slightly, to have two American power houses like Saira and Regina, come to Toronto for two days just to help On Canada Project fundraise. It’s been incredibly affirming to our team and our work, to see two women who are living their values so fully, doing the sort of work we want(/are) to do here in Canada.
…Folks You Saw On Stage
@justineabigail / @livinghyphen @keoshaloveee/ @ourwomensvoices @chloebrown4to @sarahjama_ @samkrish_ @justaskjenny @ginauppal @growingtkaronto (the EPIC flower arrangements!🍉)
…The BTS Crew
Folks from BTS: Our event production queen / @hima_batavia and our weekly volunteer exec @lorrainelamchops @tooba_n @katekourtsidis @emmadoubleu2 🙏🏾💗
As well as @wilson_lin_ @itsjamesprince @__stephrebello
@calvin.campos @yazmeenkanji @romanakassam, @mikaela.justine @amirad
@radhavibes Nisha, Maureen, @kir_kaur , Supreet, Natalie, and more!
And, of course, @gladdaybookshop @re.purpose.it @growingtkaronto for their synergetic collaborations 🙏🏾💗 + @postcards_for_palestine 🍉
And our pals @ancestorsfuture for helping us navigate land acknowledgements a couple of years ago, going from performative to purposeful.
We hope you take the time to check out any public profiles and give them a follow.
Seriously, who we choose to have on our feeds matters, and we invite you to follow folks who not only care about the world but are also doing something about it.
When you think about all the celebrity content we all consume — no shade bc we do it too — following orgs, small businesses and people who are showing up authentically is a way to help balance the content we consume.
(4) It Takes A Village
Many of us are raised to believe “one person can change the world” — and we think this is bullshit.
Because while our individual actions and choices matter, they cannot save the world, believing otherwise sets us up to fail.
If we want better of this world, for ourselves and our shared futures, then we have to tap back into the most traditional ways of being — choosing an “it takes a village” approach, choosing community and collectivism.
We highlight our team, volunteers, and collaborators because they’re our village.
They have shared their unique superpowers, skillsets and talents with OCP. It’s a privilege to work alongside and collaborate with all of them.
If OCP makes a difference in the world it’ll be because of our village, our community - people from early 2020, up to this moment now, who make us better, who support us as we grow, and help us navigate the hard moments.
Just like we’d do for them 🤷🏽♀️💛
(5) On What Comes Next
On Canada Project wants to take an “it takes a village” approach and reimagine collaboration with value-aligned organizations, entrepreneurs and businesses.
We also want to make it easier for everyday people to show up in the values they have, transforming their care and intent into action.
We want to help make it easy for people to know better and do better.
We want to make it easier for you to find value-aligned people to be part of your community.
We want to stop waiting for things to be better and start working at creating the solutions our world needs now.
We’re not going to pretend that On Canada Project knows what solutions to our world's problems look like, but we do know this: those solutions will not be found in isolation.
They’ll be found in community—an intergenerational, intersectional, interdisciplinary community.
That’s what we are building.
That is what we want to launch this year, but we cannot do it without your support .
If anything we said in this post, or at our events, or on our socials has resonated with you - please give $2, or $200, or $200 000 — please contribute it to our work at Oncanadaproject.ca
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