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Empowering the Community to Be SEEN, HEARD, AND TO ACT Our Focus at the EmpowerTHEM Collective is to provide community members with the necessary tools to have a seat at the table, to advocate for and initiate change and to develop economic power through entrepreneurship.

State Voices is committed to creating a fair and just society by advancing racial equity and working to make our democracy more accessible, inclusive, and representative. The State Voices Affiliated Network is a nonpartisan infrastructure of permanent state-based coalitions called “State Tables,” advocates, and organizers fighting for a healthy democracy and political power which includes Black, Indigenous, Latinx, AAPI people, and all people of color (BIPOC). The work we do is guided by a simple mission: using data and technology, people-powered campaigns, and coalitions to collectively build a multiracial democracy that allows everyone to thrive and live in their full dignity.

People for Education: • operates a toll-free parent help line • publishes tips and information for parents in 13 languages • hosts an informative website and open discussion board • conducts an annual survey of Ontario's schools • publishes parent-friendly research reports on a variety of topics • has a network of parents across Ontario • offers workshops and webinars to parents, educators and students • sits at a number of government policy tables • participates in consultations on education • makes policy recommendations • encourages ongoing public dialogue about education & works with the media • brings together parents, trustees, educators and community members at our annual conference to learn, make connections,and hear about the latest education research.

On behalf of our community we bring the best local, national and international authors, poets, playwrights, graphic novelists, spoken word artists and storytellers to Moncton, New Brunswick for a bilingual Festival during the last week in April. Authors feed the imaginations of children, families, students and booklovers through the workshoprs, readings and dialogues, round tables and lectures. All events are open to the public and take place in a wide variety of venues, such as schools, cafés, restaurants, bars, theatres, shopping malls and libraries all over the region. The Frye Festival has made an indelible mark on New Brunswick. It has inspired change and hope and brought our communities together like no other event. The Frye Festival is firmly established in the psyche of the province and will continue to grow, improve and inspire future generations to see the power of the imagination.

Jamie is one sponsor who saw the results of his sponsorship when he met his sponsored child in Ethiopia. "For us, the decision to sponsor Mestewet was easy. Today, she is a beautiful, bright and healthy little girl from Ethiopia. Not long ago I was able to visit Mestewet while stationed with the Canadian Forces in Addis Ababa. As the CCFC worker and I arrived at Mestewet’s mud-walled, thatch-roofed home, a smiling girl waved and excitedly announced our arrival to her mother. We sat in the darkness of their windowless home. They had nothing except one table and a few mattresses. Yet in Ethiopian tradition, Mestewet’s family welcomed us and gave us everything they had – including freshly roasted coffee! I was touched to see my family’s photo in amongst their few belongings. My mother had sent Mestewet some photos and I could see how proud she was to show her friends the pictures of her Canadian sponsors." CCFC matches Canadians with children in need. Please donate now.