Women of Colour Collective
MANDATE
The Women of Colour Collective seeks acknowledge, appreciate and celebrate women of colour. We also seek to provide a safe space for women of colour free from discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, linguistic background, creed, gender, sexual orientation, ability and class. We strive to create awareness of all the challenges that women of colour experience and create options for dealing with such challenges. We believe in acknowledging and respecting the differences among women of colour from all over the world, including women of mixed racial backgrounds, as a way to create unity within diversity and to establish multicultural awareness. With these aims, we strive to promote educational development and personal well being through the creation of a feeling of solidarity between us.
The Women of Colour Collective hosts discussion groups, social events, workshops, and training.
If you are interested in becoming involved with the Women of Colour Collective as a participant, please contact us at wocc@uoguelph.ca.
EVENTS
Past (and upcoming) events include discussion panels, workshops, movie nights and potluck dinners.
WORKSHOPS
Workshops are events where the group gets together with a guest facilitator who facilitates discussion and activities exploring a specific topic. Some of these are closed workshops for Women of Colour only. Some possible workshops become open to the WOCC through The Guelph Resource Centre for Gender Empowerment and Diversity include:
•anti-oppression
•peer and crisis support
•conflict resolution
•consensus decision-making
•anti-ableism
•effective workshop planning
•trans/gender 101
Volunteering for the Women of Colour Collective Organizing Committee provides opportunities to learn and develop the following skills:
•Grant writing
•Peer and crisis support
•Event planning
•Group facilitation
•Fundraising
•Bookkeeping
•Public relations
•Designing pamphlets/website
•Leadership
The WOCC Organizing Committee positions include:
•Communications Officer
•Public Relations Officer
•Finance Officer
•Resource Coordinator
•Social Events Coordinator
•Secretary
•The Guelph Resource Centre for Gender Empowerment and Diversity/ Women of Colour Collective Liaison
The Organizing Committee meets every two weeks to discuss issues as they relate to the WOCC. All members are encouraged to attend these meetings. If you are interested in any of these positions, please contact WOCC
The Women of Colour Collective seeks to provide a safe space for women of colour free from discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, linguistic background, creed, gender, sexual orientation, ability and class. We strive to create awareness of all the challenges that women of colour experience and create options for dealing with such challenges.
Please contact:
The Women of Colour Collective
c/o UC 107
University of Guelph, ON
N1G 2W1