Together we can Even It Up! People around the world are calling for greater economic and gender equality. Join Oxfam in Toronto Community Group on June 1 at Metro Hall and add your voice to the discussion. A passionate group of community thought leaders will participate in a panel discussion before facilitating small group round tables. During this event, you will have the opportunity to share your ideas on how we can Even It Up.
SPEAKERS
Carolyn Van,
Program Designer at Ladies Learning Code Carolyn is passionate about contributing and immersing herself in a world of startups, education, technology, leadership, digital communications, innovation and strong communities. Sher works with different companies and organization where she identifies problems and formulates and implements communication, technology and design-based solutions.
Diane O’Reggio,
Executive Director at LEAF Diane has actively supported the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) for many years and been involved with international human rights and development issues, including equity and inclusive education, and advancing gender equality.
Margarita Mendez,
Executive Director at Nellie’s Shelter Margarita dedicated her career to working with marginalized community groups and individuals to address some of the complex issues they experience. Her solutions focus on tackling systemic barriers.
Farah N. Mawani,
PhD Candidate at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Farah has global research, writing, and teaching experience in inequalities in global mental health, social and cultural determinants of mental health, immigrant and refugee mental health, and community-based research. She founded Farahway Global, to move people to action at the nexus of human rights and mental health.
Vicky Mochama
WHY EVEN IT UP?
Oxfam’s vision is a world free from injustice and poverty. Yet today, 80 people own as much wealth as half the world’s population, while nearly a billion people can barely afford to feed their families. The majority of the world’s poorest people are women and girls. There has been considerable progess: Extreme poverty has been cut in half in the past two decades. And the gap in primary school enrolment between boys and girls is decreasing. But today’s extreme economic inequality threatens to undo much of the progress made in making sure people around the world have food on the table, a decent education and health care.
For more information on the Even It Up campaign, please visit the Oxfam Canada website.
WHEN
Wednesday, 1 June 2016 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT) – Add to Calendar
WHERE
Metro Hall, room 310 – 55 John Street, Toronto, ON M5V 3C6 – View Map
FREE TICKETS
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