Events

Wednesday, September 27 @12 pm

Walk with five First Nations from Northern Ontario coming to Toronto to lead a march calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to end unwanted mining activity on their Territories. These five strong First Nations have formed a historic alliance to protect their lands and waters in the face of mounting concerns about encroachment on their territories by mining exploration companies who have been enabled by the provincial government.

This is a family-friendly event. Rain or shine!

Learn more from Free Grassy Narrows

For Our Kids teams and members across the network are joining in for this BC day of action to protect old growth forests.

Listings of local events and materials to help you organize something in your community here.

Join Parents for Climate Victoria for their family friendly rally and "Paint-in"
Thursday, September 28th, 4:00-6:00 PM
Outside MLA Rob Fleming's office
1020 Hillside Ave, Victoria, BC V8T 2A3
More info and RSVP here  

This is a critical moment for forests in British Columbia. Three years have passed since the B.C. government promised to work with First Nations to implement a paradigm-shift in forest stewardship laid out in the Old Growth Strategic Review (OGSR). Yet the B.C. government has not implemented any of the report's 14 recommendations. In fact, most old growth remains on the chopping block.

Will you help hold them accountable? 

MLAs make their way back to the legislature in less than a week after the day of action. Let's send them back to Victoria with a strong mandate to protect old growth forests. 

Join us for a 1 hour meet-up to talk about some of the upcoming actions and events we're organizing as part of the Banking For Our Kids campaign!

We gathered some great ideas and insight from our August meeting with network members, and now we're ready to get started!

Everyone is welcome, whether you're new to the banking campaign or you've taken action before. 

Session One

Systemic Racism in Canada: The History Parents Need to Know

Friday, October 20, 2023

10 am PT / 11 am MT/ 12 noon CT/ 1 pm ET/ 2 pm AT

This training series, developed and presented by Moms Against Racism, resulted from numerous requests from For Our Kids' teams for more support and training on integrating anti-racist values and practices into their community organizing, including how to build more inclusive and diverse teams.

Sessions are open for all local team members and individual parents in the For Our Kids network. Participants are asked to attend all three trainings. Being part of a cohort of learners will help us support each other in applying what we learn across our teams and network in real time.    

Systemic Racism in Canada: The History Parents Need to Know

Session One builds on the concepts introduced in the "How to Raise an Anti-Racist Child" session presented by Moms Against Racism in 2021 and 2022 to the For Our Kids network (note: participation in that training would be helpful, but is not a pre-requisite).      

The main learning objectives are:

1. Review concepts: racialization, racialized, and colonialism
2. Highlight the relation between colonization and racism
3. Review historical to present day examples of racism in Canada
4. Understand the racial impacts of colonization   

Next Sessions:

Session Two: How Racism Shows up in Your Teams

Friday, November 17

10am PT /11am MT/ 12pm CT / 1 pm ET / 2pm AT (1 hour)

Session Three: Using Your Power and Privilege to Dismantle Racism

Saturday, January 20

10am PT /11am MT/ 12pm CT / 1 pm ET / 2pm AT (2 hours)

About the Session Presenter

Kerry Cavers is a community builder and founder of Moms Against Racism. For Our Kids members who have attended "How to Raise an Anti-Racist Child" have experienced Kerry's thoughtful, purposeful, and caring leadership through sometimes difficult examinations of the biases and racism that is ingrained in our thoughts, beliefs and actions.

We are deeply grateful to Kerry for her dedication to providing this more in-depth training series for FOK members. 

The mission of Moms Against Racism is to educate individuals in anti-racism, cultural competence, and decolonization so they have the tools and support to dismantle racism within themselves, their families, and their communities. 

What we heard from members who attended previous workshops with Kerry:

"I found it infinitely valuable and inspiring. Kerry is an amazing speaker." 

"I have much more confidence now on how to continue my anti-racist journey."

The National Meet & Greet is a friendly space to learn more about the For Our Kids network and connect with folks who share your climate concerns. 

We'll talk about what For Our Kids teams are working on, answer any questions, and facilitate a sharing round so that participants can get to know each other. The meeting is one hour long, with 15 bonus minutes after that for anyone who wants to stay longer to chat with the network support team. We look forward to meeting you!

Please register to receive the Zoom link. 

Parents who take a leadership role in their local FOK teams are the roots holding this grassroots network together. We want to support and appreciate you however we can. 

Team leaders' meetings are a way to:

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  get support from each other and from the network team through skill-building and development sessions based on your needs

• connect with each other about the challenges and successes you're experiencing

• collaborate on common issues and actions

• (If you're not part of a FOK team and you're interested in forming one, find out more here and reach out to [email protected]) 

Team Leaders meetings for 2023

These are the proposed meeting dates (to be confirmed). Meetings are for team leaders (or an active representative) from each team in the FOK network. 

We're here to help the grassroots thrive. You can always reach out for support: [email protected]

Session Two

How Racism Shows Up In Your Teams

Friday, November 17, 2023

10 am PT / 11 am MT/ 12 noon CT/ 1 pm ET/ 2 pm AT

This training series, developed and presented by Moms Against Racism, resulted from numerous requests from For Our Kids' teams for more support and training on integrating anti-racist values and practices into their community organizing, including how to build more inclusive and diverse teams.

Sessions are open for all local team members and individual parents in the For Our Kids network. Participants are asked to attend all three trainings. Being part of a cohort of learners will help us support each other in applying what we learn across our teams and network in real time.    

Session Two: Using Your Power and Privilege to Dismantle Racism

1. Review concepts like tokenism, microaggressions, and emotional labour
2. Learn how to be an Upstander
3. Review what to do when we have caused harm

Next Session: 

Session Three: Using Your Power and Privilege to Dismantle Racism

Saturday, January 20

10am PT /11am MT/ 12pm CT / 1 pm ET / 2pm AT (2 hours)

About the Session Presenter

Kerry Cavers is a community builder and founder of Moms Against Racism. For Our Kids members who have attended "How to Raise an Anti-Racist Child" have experienced Kerry's thoughtful, purposeful, and caring leadership through sometimes difficult examinations of the biases and racism that is ingrained in our thoughts, beliefs and actions.

We are deeply grateful to Kerry for her dedication to providing this more in-depth training series for FOK members. 

The mission of Moms Against Racism is to educate individuals in anti-racism, cultural competence, and decolonization so they have the tools and support to dismantle racism within themselves, their families, and their communities. 

What we heard from members who attended previous workshops with Kerry:

"I found it infinitely valuable and inspiring. Kerry is an amazing speaker." 

"I have much more confidence now on how to continue my anti-racist journey."

Session Three

Using Your Power and Privilege to Dismantle Racism

Saturday, January 20, 2024

10 am PT / 11 am MT/ 12 noon CT/ 1 pm ET/ 2 pm AT  - (2 hour session) 

This training series, developed and presented by Moms Against Racism, resulted from requests from For Our Kids' teams for more support and training on integrating anti-racist values and practices into their community organizing, including how to build more inclusive and diverse teams.

Sessions are open for all local team members and individual parents in the For Our Kids network. Participants are asked to attend all three trainings. Being part of a cohort of learners will help us support each other in applying what we learn across our teams and network in real time.    

Session Three: Using Your Power and Privilege to Dismantle Racism

1. Examining power and power imbalances
2. Key concepts such as white fragility, white exceptionalism, intersectionality, allyship, accomplice-ship, and racial justice
3. Highlight some strategies to dismantle racism

About the Session Presenter

Kerry Cavers is a community builder and founder of Moms Against Racism. For Our Kids members who have attended "How to Raise an Anti-Racist Child" have experienced Kerry's thoughtful, purposeful, and caring leadership through sometimes difficult examinations of the biases and racism that is ingrained in our thoughts, beliefs and actions.

We are deeply grateful to Kerry for her dedication to providing this more in-depth training series for FOK members. 

The mission of Moms Against Racism is to educate individuals in anti-racism, cultural competence, and decolonization so they have the tools and support to dismantle racism within themselves, their families, and their communities. 

What we heard from members who attended previous workshops with Kerry:

"I found it infinitely valuable and inspiring. Kerry is an amazing speaker." 

"I have much more confidence now on how to continue my anti-racist journey."