Tuesday, January 28, 2025, from 12 PM to 1 PM EST – this event is exclusive for employees and board members of our Community Partners.
Live Captioning will be provided by 3 Play Media Canada.

Building community happens at a national, regional, and local level. Utilizing a case study between Chroma NB and Pride at Work Canada of an event in Woodstock, New Brunswick, we will be discussing how to build reciprocal relationships between organizations working at different levels. This event created space for the local community including those who were already supporters and space for others to become supporters.

During the discussion we will delve into how we build community in a changing political climate across different levels of focus. We will address where our mandates overlap, where they connect, and where they synchronize. To finish the discussion we will address how we sustain this work when politics impacts funding.

Learning Objectives:

• Explore the case study of the event in Woodstock, NB put on by Chroma NB and Pride at Work Canada.
• Discuss how to collaborate across national, regional and grassroots organizations.
• Develop a better understanding of their own organization’s position in community building and potential solutions to how we sustain this work in the face of a rapidly changing political environment.

Target Audience:

• Non-profit staff and volunteers across national, regional, and grassroots organizations
• Community workers and advocacy roles
• Non-profit executives and managers, and board members

Presentation:

Alex Ash (they/them), Executive Director, Chroma NB

Alex is a passionate advocate for community, grassroots movements for change, building connections, and the power of learning. They have a background in education, coaching and facilitation, and have worked in both the public and not-for-profit sector . They are actively working to cultivate and support collaborative networks through knowledge sharing and capacity building, in order to create new systems of care and imagine futures for Queer and Trans folks across the country and beyond.
They are currently pursuing a Masters in Justice Studies at Royal Roads where they hope to gain valuable insight into the Social Justice landscape across so-called Canada. Alex strives to collaborate in all areas of their life and is driven by a desire to create safe space for all members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

Quinn Blue (he/him, they/them), Program & Engagement Coordinator, Pride at Work Canada

Quinn Blue is a professional in 2SLGBTQIA+ education and programming. Quinn spent over a decade working in the student movement, having held equity and inclusion-focused roles at the University of Ottawa and at Algonquin College. His formal education is in Women and Gender Studies and in Teaching Adult Learners. They’ve volunteered extensively with the Ten Oaks Project, which taught them about the incredible value of community building. Quinn is passionate about change-making and learning.

Accessibility:

• Spoken language: English
• Automatic translation: English to French
• Close captioning provided: English and French
• Format: Virtual (Zoom in webinar mode)
• Engagement type: participants invited to engage via chat (no audio or video)
• Please register below additional accessibility requests. Any questions may be sent to quinn.blue@prideatwork.ca.

This event is exclusive for employees and board members of our Community Partners. If you would like to register after the deadline, please send an email to events@prideatwork.ca.