WINNIPEG REGIONAL WOMENS COMMITTEE Living Calendar 2024/2023

PSAC WINNIPEG REGIONAL WOMENS COMMITTEE (WRWC)

LIVING CALENDAR 2024/2023/2022/2021

Updated NOV 2023

2024

JAN
15 – Annual General Meeting Audited Financial Statements 2023 & Approval WRWC Budget 2024
Budget – $90 for food & drinks for In-Person mtg

FEB
28 – 8th Anniversary of Phoenix – support Winnipeg Area Council

MAR
9 – International Women’s Day – Inspire Inclusion
Room booked for 9 March to hold a Women’s event for up to 30 women.
10:00-4:00 with morning for education workshops, lunch, afternoon of booth/activites (tarot readings, raki, massage, public health-blood pressure, mental health-resources, food activity, craft activity, card making activity) Offer mileage.
International Women’s Day Resources (internationalwomensday.com)
BUDGET $1700 lunch and activities

15 – Willow Place Women’s Shelter donation of PSAC Café Justicia Coffee to promote fair trade with grassroots and Indigenous rights and the Social Justice Fund.

BUDGET $100 for Justicia Coffee

APR
8 – WRWC virtual mtg – Guest Speaker Idea

8 – Willow Place Women’s Shelter donation of PSAC Café Justicia Coffee to promote fair trade with grassroots and Indigenous rights and the Social Justice Fund.
BUDGET $100 for Justicia Coffee

22 – WRWC Mtg  – Cleanup Earth Day – April 22 at 242 Lizzie St. Winnipeg
In 2018, the former Lizzie Park in Winnipeg’s Centennial neighbourhood was renamed in honour of prominent Indigenous activist Leslie Spillett.
Now called Giizhigooweyaabikwe Park, for Spillett’s traditional name — an Anishinaabemowin word that means “ribbons in the sky” or Painted Sky Woman
(and is pronounced GAY-zhee-GUHK-wab-EE-kway).
“I’m nobody special. I’m just an ordinary person, but I know that ordinary people do extraordinary things.”
Spillett is the founder and executive director of Ka Ni Kanichihk, which provides programs and services to Indigenous people in Winnipeg’s inner city.
She’s also been an advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and started the Keeping the Fires Burning fundraiser, which supports efforts to preserve Indigenous traditional knowledge.
“It was beautiful, for me, to know that we could have a space where our children could come here and look at an Anishinaabe name and see themselves reflected in that name,” Spillett said.
“And maybe encourage them along the way to learn their language if they don’t know their language, and also to get their name if they don’t have a name.”
BUDGET $200 MAMA Clan donation for feminine products (tampons,pads)
BUDGET $200 supplies, food, drinks for volunteers for event

MAY
26-31 PSAC National Triennial Convention

JUN
9 – PSAC Pride Parade Float/March participate with Human Rights Committee

JUL

AUG

SEP
2 – Labour Day participate with the Wpg Area Council

16 – WRWC virtual mtg – Guest Speaker Idea

16 – Teulon Elementary School Breakfast Program – this is a donations based program for those children in need.  It is open to all children so not to highlight any specific child’s situation.  But the majority are those families in need of help feeding their families.  The school supplies a cold breakfast in morning before school and then have supplies on hand for lunch recess break of granola bars, crackers, bread for toast ect. for those children that may need a lunch top up.
The WRWC serves PSAC members that live outside the city limits.
BUDGET $200 – Breakfast Food Donation to Teulon Elementary School

OCT
31 – Bear Clan Halloween safe gathering event
BUDGET $100 Donation of Treats
15 – SOCKTOBER
Helping to Raise Others Up we will participate in the 4th annual SOCKTOBER organized by You Matter Canada.  All sock donations will be given to local community organizations in November to hand out to those in need. 

NOV
13 – WRWC Mtg – In-person mtg – Budget planning for WRWC 2025
BUDGET $90 for food & drinks for In-Person mtg
16 – Wpg Santa Parade Float/March participate with Area Council

DEC
6 – MFL Women’s Committee Memorial Lunch 11-2
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women
BUDGET $280 for 8 tickets to luncheon = one table

16 – Winter Wear Drive – West Central Women’s Resource Centre
Collecting of new or gently used items or money to support this drive.

16 – Christmas Hamper Drive Donations – North Point Douglas Women’s Centre
Collecting items such as toys, adult gifts, food hamper to support this drive.
BUDGET $300 to top up donations received for Hamper

2023

JANUARY 23 – WRWC Mtg – Hybrid mtg
Annual General Meeting Audited Financial Statements Approval of WRWC Budget 2023

2023 Budget – $90 for food & drinks for in person mtg

FEBRUARY 28 – Phoenix Day of Action
Support Area Council and Workplaces with 7th Anniversary of Phoenix

MAR 8 – International Women’s Day
Tentative – PSAC Prairies Regional Women’s committee workshop
Participate in an event Locally or Regionally with PSAC Prairies Women
PSAC Café Justicia Coffee donation to Willow Place Women’s Shelter to promote fair trade with grassroots and indigenous rights and the Social Justice Fund.

2023 Budget item $100 for Justicia Coffee

MAR 18 – Non-Violent Physical Crisis Intervention – Anna Pazdzierski
Care, Welfare, Safety, and Security of Everyone
This is an 8hr course that teaches you how to handle yourself in a crisis at work.
The cost would be $30 for book and official certificate.  This is a required course for those in teaching or health care.

2022 BUDGET APPROVED $710 for course $30 Lunch $10 Instructor $110 (15 participants)

MAR 31- APR 2 – PSAC National Women‘s Conference
Attending – Nicole Papineau WRWC rep

APRIL 22 – WRWC Mtg  – Cleanup Earth Day – April 22 at 242 Lizzie St. Winnipeg

In 2018, the former Lizzie Park in Winnipeg’s Centennial neighbourhood was renamed in honour of prominent Indigenous activist Leslie Spillett.
Now called Giizhigooweyaabikwe Park, for Spillett’s traditional name — an Anishinaabemowin word that means “ribbons in the sky” or Painted Sky Woman
(and is pronounced GAY-zhee-GUHK-wab-EE-kway).
“I’m nobody special. I’m just an ordinary person, but I know that ordinary people do extraordinary things.”
Spillett is the founder and executive director of Ka Ni Kanichihk, which provides programs and services to Indigenous people in Winnipeg’s inner city.
She’s also been an advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and started the Keeping the Fires Burning fundraiser, which supports efforts to preserve Indigenous traditional knowledge.
“It was beautiful, for me, to know that we could have a space where our children could come here and look at an Anishinaabe name and see themselves reflected in that name,” Spillett said.
“And maybe encourage them along the way to learn their language if they don’t know their language, and also to get their name if they don’t have a name.”

2023 BUDGET $200 MAMA Clan donation for feminine products (tampons,pads)

2023 BUDGET $200 supplies, food, drinks for volunteers for event

APRIL 27-30 – PSAC Prairie Regional Women’s Retreat

MAY 15 – WRWC Mtg – “Beds For Kids” Campaign
Guest Speaker to talk about campaign – Faye to Organize
Donation Drive of Twin Bedding

JUN 04 – Participate with Human Rights Committee in the PSAC Pride Parade Float

JUN 09-12 – PSAC Prairies Regional Convention

JUN 28 – WRWC Mtg  – BBQ meeting invite REVP
Giizhigooweyaabikwe Park with Smokin Bobs BBQ w activites
Open invitation to all members

2023 BUDGET $400 – $10 food (30 people) $100 activity supplies

SEP 4 – Labour Day – Participate with the Area Council in support of Labour Day

SEP 11- WRWC Mtg  – Guest Speaker “kNOw Poverty“
Make it History, End Poverty in Manitoba knowpoverty.ca
Province of Manitoba released its renewed poverty reduction strategy, Pathways to a Better Future: Manitoba’s Poverty Reduction Strategy.  Over 108,000 Manitobans living in poverty.

In addition to the overall strategy, we believe that Manitoba’s plan needs action on 5 key themes.

These priorities were based on broad community consultations. These key policies will have the greatest impact on both addressing the depth of poverty, and in affecting the widest number of people experiencing poverty.
Minimum Wage: Raise the minimum wage to a poverty line wage of $15.53 per hour
Social Housing: Build at least 300 new social housing units annually for five years
Livable Basic Needs Benefit: Double the basic needs allowance for Employment and Income Assistance recipients
Child Care: Create at least 12,000 subsidized childcare spaces with priority in low-income neighbourhoods
Mental Health: Double the funding allotted to community-based mental health services for low income Manitobans.

Teulon Elementary School Breakfast Program – this is a donations based program for those children in need.  It is open to all children so not to highlight any specific child’s situation.  But the majority are those families in need of help feeding their families.  The school supplies a cold breakfast in morning before school and then have supplies on hand for lunch recess break of granola bars, crackers, bread for toast ect. for those children that may need a lunch top up.
The WRWC serves PSAC members that live outside the city limits.

2023 Budget $200 – Breakfast Donation to Teulon Elementary School for cereals

OCT 16 – WRWC Mtg – SOCKTOBER
Helping to Raise Others Up we will participate in the 4th annual SOCKTOBER organized by You Matter Canada.  All sock donations will be given to local community organizations in November to hand out to those in need. 

2023 BUDGET $100 to top up donations received

OCTOBER 31 – Bear Clan Halloween safe gathering event

BUDGET Donation of Treats $100

NOV 13 – WRWC Mtg – Hybrid mtg – Budget planning for WRWC 2024

2023 Budget – $90 for food & drinks for inperson mtg

November 25 – December 10 – 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence

DEC 6 – National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women

MFL Women’s Committee Memorial Lunch 11-2

2023 BUDGET $300 for 10 tickets to luncheon = one table

DECEMBER 11 – WRWC mtg

Winter Wear Drive – West Central Women’s Resource Centre
Collecting of new or gently used items or money to support this drive.

Christmas Hamper Drive Donations – North Point Douglas Women’s Centre
Collecting items such as toys, adult gifts, food hamper to support this drive.

2023 BUDGET $300 to top up donations received for Hamper