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NEW: Youth Drop-in Program

December 18, 2024December 18, 2024admin

With Great excitement we are happy to announce we will be launching a Youth Drop-in Program in 2025! This Program is possible thanks to the Telus Community Boards Grant.

Youth Drop-in will provide youth aged 11 to 14 a safe space after school, in a supportive and inclusive environment to learn, connect, and navigate challenges they may be experiencing.

We will be focused primarily on supporting marginalized youth including those who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, BIPOC, visible minorities, living with a disability, or experiencing poverty.

Youth Drop-in will be a safe and soft landing space to seek support if you are experiencing bullying, harassment, abuse, or neglect.

Stay Tunes for details!

-NDWC Team

Solstice Celebration

December 5, 2024December 5, 2024admin

It’s that time of year again! Join us at the Nelson & District Women’s Centre to celebrate the changing of the seasons.

As the snow starts to blanket our town we, at the Women’s Centre, are reflecting on these thoughtful words:

“The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.” – Rumi

We continue to strive to listen to the natural world and to the understandings of others in order to gain a deeper understanding of compassion, empathy, respect, and reciprocity.

We will be holding this years festivities across two days:

Tuesday December 17th, 2024: 11am to 3pm

Festive beverages and a solstice meal at the Women’s Centre with live music from local musician Catbird – get ready to feel festive!

Thursday December 19th, 2024: 12pm to 2pm

Our annual Solstice gift Shop! Come and choose a gift for a loved one or a treat for yourself!

Crafternoon Update:

October 17, 2024October 17, 2024admin

We are excited to announce our Crafternoon hours have been extended by 1 hour!

Crafternoons are now: Thursdays from 12pm to 3pm.

Supplies and lunch provided!

Drop-in: Queer Connect!

October 15, 2024October 17, 2024admin

Welcoming 2SLGBTQIA+ and Allies to Participate!

NEXT EVENT:

October 23, 2024: Autumn Nature Walk / Walk on the Rail Trail

Meet us at Mountain station Parking lot at 3:30pm!

Traveling Speaker Series

September 20, 2024September 20, 2024admin

On October 10th at 7pm at The Nelson and District Women’s Centre, WKWA will be hosting the Traveling speaker series: Feminist Resistance to Parents’ Rights.

AJ Withers is the Ruth Wynn Woodward Junior Chair of the Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies department at Simon Fraser University. Withers explores how social relations of power and oppression work and how people can better resist them. Recently they have been examining anti-trans and parents’ rights organizing and their connections to authoritarianism and white nationalism.

Tickets are FREE: to register click here