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Social Justice Archive
From our archives, a list of Social Justice seminars held
at Fairlawn, as well as photos from rallies, demonstrations and seminars ...
National Housing
Day Demonstration and Rally, November 2011
`Housing is a
Right!`
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Event |
Finding Our Social
Identity |
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Date |
this seminar was held on Oct. 18, 2011 |
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Sponsor |
Adult Education and Social Justice |
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Description
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Finding our social identity
Who are we and how do others see us?
The “Power Flower”
is a tool developed by Canadian social change educators when working
with groups to “identify who we are (and who we aren’t) as individuals
and as a group in relation to those who wield power in our society.”
The centre of the
power diagram is divided into 16 segments, each representing one facet
or category of our social identity (sex, race, education, sexual
orientation, social class, etc.) This centre is surrounded by a double
set of flower petals, one outer, one inner. The outer petals describe
the dominant or powerful identities in society. The inner petals are
filled in by participants and describe the social identity of each
individual. The object of the exercise is to discover how close, or how
distant, each person is to the dominant identity of their current
society. The more inner petals match the outer (dominant) ones, the more
social power that person possesses.
Find out how much
power you have in your relationships with others by analyzing your power
in several categories:
http://www.united-church.ca/files/minstaff/pastoral/guidelines/training_tool-for-everyone.pdf
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Presenter |
This evening was co-sponsored by the Adult Education
Committee and the Social Justice Committee and was led by Rev. Dr.
Greer Anne Wenh-In Ng, Professor Emerita of Christian education,
Emmanuel College U of T and member of this congregation. |
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Provincial All Candidates
Meeting for Eglinton-Lawrence at Fairlawn, Sept. 21, 2011
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Stand up, Speak out to
eradicate poverty, Sept. 14, 2011
A seminar with Peter Clutterbuck of 'Poverty Free Ontario'
Rev. Deborah Hart of Eglinton St. Georges and Rosemary Pryde of Fairlawn
Local Study and Action on Poverty Eradication in Toronto
More
than 60 congregants of the Eglinton St. George’s and Fairlawn Avenue United
Churches gathered on Sept. 14 in North Toronto to hear and discuss the
proposals of Poverty Free Ontario for eradicating poverty in the province
within this decade.
The
SPNO’s Peter Clutterbuck made a presentation on Poverty Free Ontario and
took questions from a very engaged and committed audience.
After
question period, those assembled worked in small groups to identify what
action they might take to bring their concerns about poverty forward to
candidates running for election.
At the
end of the evening, on behalf of SPNO Peter Clutterbuck presented Rosemary
Pryde and Jannie Mills with a Poverty Free Ontario T-shirt (one of only
three produced) as a gesture of gratitude for the funding contribution of
Fairlawn Avenue United Church, which enabled SPNO to support cross-community
organizing on Poverty free Ontario in 16 communities throughout the
province.
Peter Clutterbuck
Social Planning Network of Ontario
Jannie Mills and Rosemary Pryde, past and current chairs of
the social justice team
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All
Candidates Meeting, April 27, 2011
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Social Justice strategy session,
March 30, 2011
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Fairlawn Reads: Lives (Still) in the Balance, Sunday, Feb 6,
2011
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Social Justice Sunday Jan. 30,
2011 with guest speakers: Debra
Dineen and Phil Nazar
from CRC -- the Toronto Christian Resource Centre. We focused
on our commitment to social justice, to
building a more "just and sustainable world". The Toronto Christian
Resource Centre has worked with people who are marginalized and living
in poverty in Regent Park in downtown Toronto for many years. Fairlawn
Avenue United Church has provided over $1.5 million to their 40 Oaks
affordable housing project and several of our members serve on the Board
of Directors and in other volunteer capacities. Phil and Debra reported
on the stark reality of persistent poverty in this wealthiest of cities
and provided an opportunity to think about what our faith calls us to do and
be. The service was led by Debra Dineen, Executive Director, and
Phil Nazar, Housing Manager, from the Toronto Christian Resource Centre
and Worship Leader at Regent Park United Church.
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Tackling Poverty panel discussion Wed. Oct. 13, 2010 seminar with
Kathleen Wynne, Gail Nyberg and Michael Mendelson to discuss the
social assistance program in Ontario and what's being done to
overhaul the system. Details in the Winter 2010 issue of
Community Life
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All candidates meeting Oct. 6, 2010 provided an
opportunity to ask social justice and other questions
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Meeting with MPP
Cheri DiNovo June 29, 2010 for her input on the best way to get our voice
heard in the provincial sphere
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The Stop Meeting
April 13, 2010: How to survive for a week on the Food Hamper that
one gets at a Food Bank
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Social Justice Workshop on Poverty Reduction, Wed. Feb, 3,
2010 with Jonah Schein from 'The Stop'
A stimulating evening of discussion and action: Jonah Schein from 'The
Stop' led the discussion on poverty reduction with input from two people who
have experience with poverty, Michele Carrier and Maureen Arlain. This was followed by a time for each of us to write letters to politicians. Read the report
Cost of Poverty: An analysis of the economic cost of poverty in Ontario
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Social Justice Sunday, Sun. Jan 31, Guest sermon by
Nick Saul of 'The Stop'
http://www.thestop.org/ and their 'Do the Math' campaign
http://www.dothemath.thestop.org/
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From Vision to Action:
a panel discussion on how we can move into action by being agents for
change, Apr. 29, 2009
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Introduction to KAIROS, with Gail Turner, Feb. 8,
2009 (see
Kairos web
site)
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Michael Blair, guest sermon and seminar on making social justice a
living commitment in our congregation, Jan. 18, 2009
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Advocacy in Action, with Kathleen Wynne, Nov. 12,
2008
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Spiritual Roots
of Social Justice and Green Action, Oct 25, 2008
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