Hello everyone! I hope you all had a good weekend and is enjoying the weather (wherever you may be!)
So it’s been a couple of months since we launch the JHC blog and made rapid changes to the information as we went along. If you don’t regularly peruse the pages on this blog, you might miss out on initiatives and work that we’re doing and the services that we offer. I’ll take today’s Recap Monday to “recap” what new stuff and services we have going on as a refresher.
1. Volunteering:
The JHC does not normally take casual volunteers because we have a tiny office and are very self-sufficient. We don’t believe in wasting people’s time with volunteer activities that don’t mean anything. However, if you’re looking for something to do this summer that is both fun and related to human rights, we are now seeking volunteers for our Youth Educators for Human Rights program. This involves coming out for a one-day of training in human rights games then going out on sessions with our Rights in the Sun coordinators to deliver workshops to summer camps throughout the summer. You’ll get a certificate from us at the end of the day and it’s a fun, outdoorsy kind of way to implement human rights education at a local level. You can sign up for this volunteering opportunity here.
2. Youth Voices Publication
The Youth Voices Publication is an online blog collaboration project stemming from the 2009 Global Youth Assembly. We are looking for blog posts, video responses and other digital media answering the question: what does it mean to build a community. The submissions made will be posted here on this blog and then compiled into an e-book that will be delivered to our government funders and other key policy-stakeholders. We’re still looking for contributors so if you know of any youth who wants to write, talk or sing (or whatever!) about their vision for building a human rights community, get in touch with us today!
3. Ignite Change Now! Rural Youth Program
The JHC is launching a campaign throughout the remainder of 2010 focused on bringing the rural youth voice to the forefront of policy discussions and engaging rural youth in positive leadership and social action in their communities and throughout the province. The Rural Outreach Coordinator is able to go out into rural communities to deliver a program that links human rights and citizenship together, which fits with the Social Studies curriculum.
4. Human Rights Cafe Dialogues
If you ever want to just sit and talk about specific human rights issues, this is the event for you. On the first Sunday of every month (correction–USUALLY the first Sunday of every Month–the next one doesn’t take place until May 16th) we hold these dialogues at the Three Bananas Cafe on Sir Winston Churchill Square from 1:00-3:00 p.m. on specific themes designed around specific International Days. For some reason, we hear a lot of interest in the Cafes but no one comes. Let us know if you’re interested in this by RSVPing to Carrie (carrie@jhcentre.org) for the next one about World Press Freedom Day (a dialogue facilitated by the very awesome, very fun Ted Kerr).
5. Products
The JHC offers teaching resources and workshops, all found under the “Products” section. We’re working on a few new resources (to be released later in the year) but in the meantime, you should check it out and see if there’s anything you like. Eventually we’ll also introduce t-shirts and other cool stuff.
So that’s it for now with Recap Monday. Hope you have a great week and we’ll be back on Friday with Friday MashUp!
