Attendance: Tasha Felix, Lisa Leuty, Jodie Schafer, Jacqueline Maurice, Gloria Pfeifer, Laura Westman, Chelsea Herman, Robin Walsh, Kaitlin Kostiuk, Madison Hawkes, Ashley Laplante, Julie Tench
Meeting held by Zoom
For meeting information contact Jacqueline Maurice 3062927037 mauricj@psac.com
- Land Acknowledgment and Harassment Statement
- Acknowledged
- Review Agenda
- Reviewed and accepted
- Presentation by Prairie Harm Reduction – Julene Rawson
Can help support financially, but also through their Christmas hamper program (Carly, operations manager, operations@prairiehr.ca) or can do donations of diapers and formula (sizes 4-6); winter gear such as mitts, jackets, blankets, toques, scarves, hotpockets
Main number 306-242-5005; Family services (Julene) 306-270-9602
- Review minutes of last meeting
- Minutes accepted
- Financial Update – Tasha
- Bank balance $ 843.14
- Other business
- Tasha is going to try and host a packing party for feminine products for Moon Time Sisters
- Jodie updated on the Town Hall she attended. There are some more training coming up and folks can sign up https://prairies.psac.com/courses/regional-committee-training-pan-prairie-virtual-course-2
- Tasha will do up a poster to help spread the word to collect products for Prairie Harm Reduction for baby products and winter gear.
- Do we want to have Naloxone training in January through Prairie Harm Reduction?
- In person or maybe hybrid meetings? Might be good to have this start in the new year. Can also look at having the meetings at 5?
- Do we do monetary donations for the organizations that attend our meetings and do presentations. We don’t always have it in the budget, but this year we should be able to provide a donation to Prairie Harm Reduction. The group agreed a donation of $100 to Prairie Harm Reduction.
- Next meetings with suggested topics:
- November 23rd @4:30 Food Bank presentation
- Meeting Adjourned at 5:41pm
Why Regional Women’s Committees?
- to inform and educate women on the political, social, economic, and workplace issues that affect them;
- to speak for women with a strong, common voice and advocate policies that promote all women’s rights;
- to mobilize women to participate in the union and take action on the issues;
- to empower women with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to exercise effective leadership;
- to support women through a network that links them to each other, to the union, and to the community; and
- to work side by side with racialized & Aboriginal women, lesbians, bisexual & transgender women and women with disabilities to advance real equality and make the PSAC an inclusive union.
- Regional Women’s Committees make things happen. Some typical projects and activities might include:
- conducting special education seminars and skills building workshops;
- developing and distributing information leaflets sponsoring guest speakers;
- publishing a Regional Women’s Committee newsletter;
- working with other community groups to hold conferences and issue forums;
- sponsoring or participating in demonstrations, rallies, marches and other activities designed to focus public attention on important issues; conducting strategy sessions to plan and coordinate support for collective bargaining demands and for convention resolutions.