Centre for Peace Advancement September newsletter

SEPTEMBER 2019 Enjoy receiving our e-newsletter? Consider sharing, tweeting, or forwarding this month's update. We'd love your help to spread the news about the work that our partners and participants are doing to advance peace!  Share Tweet Forward Reflections from our 5th anniversary celebration Last weekend, we had the pleasure of celebrating the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement's 5th anniversary! We were joined by community members, Centre for Peace Advancement participants and partners, and old and new friends alike! Thank you for joining us on the International Day of Peace, and we look forward to continue forging connections in peacebuilding in the years to come. Click here for the full news item. Highlights Another successful Peace Week in Waterloo Region! Peace Week 2019 was our biggest yet with 14 events listed on our community calendar all across Waterloo Region! Events ranged from rallies to lectures,  charity walks to workshops, yoga to genealogy! During Peace Week, the University of Waterloo hosted the first stop for the Canadian "Get Free" Tour with HeForShe! Students, staff, and faculty from across campus came out to celebrate UWaterloo's successes with meeting their gender equity targets set in 2015, and to challenge our community to continue making significant strides towards gender equity. New names and faces in the Epp Peace Incubator AccessMate joined the Epp Peace Incubator program at the beginning of September! AccessMate works with remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) to create mapping software for those with mobility concerns, with the goal of creating more accessible cities. Incubator participant SheLeads rebranded as Lunaria!  Lunaria provides honest and rewarding suggestions for organizations, through actionable reporting and evaluations. Read more about the significance behind the name, "Lunaria," and details about upcoming changes here. Welcome, AccessMate and congratulations, Lunaria! PeaceTech Living-Learning Community goes live! September 2019 marked the launch of the first PeaceTech Living-Learning Community (LLC) at Grebel! We are very excited to have a dedicated community for students to explore ideas, learn from one another, and focus on how to make tech for good. Students involved with the PeaceTech LLC hail from many different faculties and stages in their degree, all while being immersed in the Grebel community. With the launch of the LLC, we have also launched our PeaceTech blog. The blog space will be devoted to sharing events and opportunities in the PeaceTech sphere, while also sharing reflections on related topics. Check out our most recent blog post here. Celebrating generosity and peace innovation Conrad Grebel hosted a donor dinner in the lead-up to the Centre for Peace Advancement's 5th anniversary celebration! An evening of connection, fun, and gratitude, the program also featured a reflection from Director Paul Heidebrecht on the last five years of catalyzing collaboration. Alongside Paul's talk, attendees had the pleasure of watching the Centre for Peace Advancement's history graphically recorded by first-year Grebelite Maya Morton Ninomiya. Click here for a high-resolution view of Maya's work. Thank you to all of our donors and community partners for your continued support! Saying "See you around!" to Amy Zavitz As the Centre for Peace Advancement Coordinator, Amy Zavitz has been a crucial part of our journey over the past year while Michelle Jackett has been on maternity leave. We know that our participants and partners have appreciated her vision for peace, mastery of detail and positive spirit, and she has become a trusted colleague and friend to many. We are looking forward to working with Amy in new ways as she starts her new role as Kindred Credit Union's Community Engagement Specialist! Upcoming events Exhibit Launch - The Cultural Life of Drones: KW Drone Dialogues Conrad Grebel University College November 14, 2019, 7:00pm A Tamarack Workshop - Turf, Trust, and Collaboration: Practical Tools for Building Trust Conrad Grebel University College  October 17, 2019, 8:30am-4:00pm Employment & Engagement Opportunities Epp Peace Incubator - Mentorship Circle.  The Mentorship Circle deepens and expands the ability of the Centre for Peace Advancement to support members of the Epp Peace Incubator Program. We are accepting expressions of interest from those who have skills and insights to offer participants in the Program and who are looking to engage in Waterloo's innovation ecosystem. Email Paul Heidebrecht to learn more about this exciting engagement opportunity. Learn more about current mentors here. Quote of the month "The Centre for Peace Advancement's work to catalyze collaboration has advanced expansive and innovative practices of peace locally and globally, and we're just getting started." - Michelle Jackett, Centre for Peace Advancement Coordinator Twitter Centre for Peace Advancement Website LinkedIn Aligned values and shared commitment to incubate and advance collaborative, inter-disciplinary, multi-sector peacemaking is at the heart of our partnership with the Kindred Credit Union, and continues to inspire our work. Copyright © 2019 Our mailing address is: 140 Westmount Road North, Waterloo, ON   N2L 3G6 Do you want to receive these updates? Subscribe or unsubscribe

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