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
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
Were Hiring!
Exciting opportunity alert! The West Kootenay Women’s Association is on the lookout for enthusiastic individuals to join our vibrant team and make a real impact in our community. If you’re passionate about empowerment and ready to contribute to positive change, explore our current openings below and be part of something meaningful!
2024 Annual General Meeting
Its time for our Annual General Meeting!
Become a member and use your voice to help guide WKWA forward.
Thursday September 12, 2024
Nelson & District Youth Centre (608 Lake Street)
50 Year Anniversary Celebration!
The West Kootenay Women’s Association’s Coordinating Collective is excited to announce our 50th year Anniversary celebration that will be hosted at the Nelson Museum on September 13 from 5pm to 7pm!
We will be celebrating the valuable work that the Women’s Centre has done in our community over the past 50 years as well as our vision for the future!
Our goal is to honor and celebrate the leaders that have played a role in starting the organization and who have given their time, talents and resources to enrich the lives of the Nelson community.
The event will be held at the museum. There will be mingling non alcoholic drinks and appetizers.
We can’t wait to see everyone there!