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Category: Anti-Racism

Mission Support Grant Application 2023

by | Jul 11, 2022 | Affirming, Anti-Racism, Camps, Children & Youth, Climate Change, Community, Funds & Grants, Indigenous Justice, Learning Opportunities, LGBTQIA+ and Two-Spirit people, Mission & Service, News, Regional Council, Resources, Social Justice, The United Church of Canada

Mission Support Grant Application 2023

Here is the Mission Support Grant application for 2023. The deadline for submitting an application is 12:01 am Tuesday September 6th, 2022. Completed application packages can be sent to Kathy Douglas at KDouglas@united-church.ca Upon receiving your email, Kathy will let you know she has your application. If you have not heard from Kathy within 3 working days, please be in touch with her to ensure she received your email. If you have any questions or concerns as you fill out the application,...

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Call for Applications – Ontario Grant

by | May 4, 2022 | Affirming, Anti-Racism, Community, Funds & Grants, LGBTQIA+ and Two-Spirit people, News, Resources, Social Justice, The United Church of Canada

Call for Applications – Ontario Grant

The Ontario Grant to Support Anti-Hate Security Measures for Faith-Based and Cultural Organizations is now accepting applications for 2022-23. Organizations that applied for the grant in 2021-22 can apply again for 2022-23. The deadline to apply is August 31, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. EST. As with the previous round of the program, the grant can go towards expenses such as security equipment or training to respond to hate-motivated incidents. Funds must be spent on eligible expenses by March 31,...

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Racism in the Church

by | Jan 5, 2022 | Anti-Racism, Community, Events, Learning Opportunities, News, Online Gathering, Resources

Racism in the Church

The Islington United Church Anti-Racism Working Group is pleased to present a free speaker series in January 2022 on Racism in the Church, designed to educate ourselves and help us take action on racism within our church, the community, and the wider Canadian context. We hope you will join us. For more information and to register: islingtonunited.org

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Advent and Christmas Greetings from President Mark Laird

by | Dec 21, 2021 | Anti-Racism, Community, Indigenous Justice, LGBTQIA+ and Two-Spirit people, News, Regional Council, The United Church of Canada, Worship

Advent and Christmas Greetings from President Mark Laird

Advent Greetings one and all,     I must admit I struggle with Advent sometimes…this season of waiting….I’m excited for Christmas now!!  I also struggle with the juxtaposition of waiting and the themes for each Sunday: Hope, Peace, Joy and Love.  Waiting to me sounds like a passive word, but we can’t be passive in our search for Hope, Peace, Joy and Love.  Our brothers and sisters in BC and Nova Scotia are not feeling hope or love because others are doing nothing.  Any hope they are feeling is...

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Racism is a Pandemic

by | Dec 15, 2021 | Anti-Racism, Community, Indigenous Justice, Learning Opportunities, LGBTQIA+ and Two-Spirit people, Online Gathering, Regional Council, Social Justice

Racism is a Pandemic

Horseshoe Falls Regional Council is having a Sunday Evenings Discussion Group focusing on Indigenous Justice and Reconciliation as a part of an Anti-Racism series. As the discussion group is online, geography is no longer a barrier to participate in events across The United Church of Canada. Horseshoe Falls President Robert Lawson has invited anyone from Western Ontario Waterways to join in. The discussions are twice a month on Sunday evenings from 7-830pm, starting on Sunday January 16th. For...

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