Nonprofits at 2:00 brings nonprofit professionals and other community leaders together in conversation about relevant issues. These gatherings provide you with timely information, meaningful discussions, and actionable insights – and provide the space for nonprofit professionals and leaders from other sectors to come together to discuss important issues in the community.
Session Details
Engaging in advocacy is an opportunity for nonprofits to share their priorities with the public, represent communities, advance policies, and promote investment into meaningful objectives. Nonprofits advocacy benefits communities and nonprofits by increasing awareness of issues and creating broader engagement and impact.
At the next Nonprofits at 2:00, Esmahan Razavi moderates a panel of some of Calgary's and Canada's leading nonprofit advocates as they discuss their advocacy journeys – what worked, what didn't work, and how they shaped their strategies in response. Get tips on starting grassroots advocacy campaigns, advocating during an election cycle, and how your nonprofit can advocate for the issues that matter most.
SPEAKERS
Esmahan Razavi | Champion Communications & PR
Chris Henderson | Everyone’s Canada, Y Station Communications & Research
Michelle Robinson | VOICES, Sovereign Spirits, Native Calgarian
Nagwan Al-Guneid | The Next 30, Ask Her YYC
Daniele-Jocelyne Otou | Apathy is Boring
TICKET INFORMATION
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registration note
This event will be held on Zoom, and registration is through Eventbrite. You will receive an email from Eventbrite with the Zoom meeting link to the address you used to register.
about the speakers
Esmahan Razavi
Esmahan is an Associate Principal at Champion Communications & PR. Her political experience spans all orders of government, including running for municipal council in 2017. She has worked as a political staffer for the Government of Alberta, and most recently as a public affairs consultant in British Columbia. For her outstanding work in politics, Esmahan was named one of the top 50 Arab women in North America by the Arab Women of Excellence Awards in 2019.
Esmahan is a trained mediator and a passionate community builder. She has served on the boards of a number of not-for-profits at a local and national level. She has also co-founded two organizations, including Ask Her, an organization dedicated to increasing the number of women running municipally in Calgary. In 2017, Esmahan was recognized by Chatelaine as one of Canada’s 33 Women of the Year for her work on Ask Her. When she’s not working or volunteering, Esmahan enjoys spending time with friends and family.
Michelle Robinson
Michelle is:
a facilitator for Mending Broken Hearts: Healing Unresolved Grief through the White Bison, Wellbriety Training Institute
a volunteer on the Calgary Police Service Indigenous Justice Committee
the volunteer Indigenous liaison for 12 Community Safety Initiative that runs the only open to the public Indigenous book club, Chapters and Chat for over five years
a cochair of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & Two Spirit Calgary committee
Assistant Producer for Calgary Animated Objects Society (CAOS) to encourage youth to go to post secondary through opening a RESP, and encouraging folkx with low income to utilize the Canada Learning Bond.
a co-founder of VOICES, a group advocating for the Two Spirit, and queer people of colour in Calgary
is the Calgary Chair for the Indigenous Peoples’ Commission in Alberta.
was the 1st First Nation to run for city council of Calgary and ran as the candidate for the Alberta Liberal Party for Calgary East April 16, 2019.
Cofounder of Sovereign Spirits, an Indigenous non-profit for Two Spirit, Indigiqueer and LGBTQ2IA+
Michelle is a proud mom, volunteered in her daughter’s activities and now homeschools. Michelle also has a podcast called Native Calgarian on its 3rd year.
Nagwan Al-Guneid
Pronounced Najwan, Nagwan is a professional with a Master’s of Science in Sustainable Energy Development and 10+ years of Canadian and international experience in stakeholder relations, strategic communications, and policy within multinational organizations and nonprofits. Her masters research focused on Addressing Climate Change through Collaboration between the Public and Private Sectors.
She is a co-founder of theNext30.ca, a former public member of the City of Calgary BiodiverCity Advisory Committee, and the past president of Ask Her YYC. Nagwan is currently manager for policy innovation and government relations at the Energy Futures Lab and a 2020 Young Women Energy winner.
Daniele-Jocelyne Otou
Daniele-Jocelyne developed a passion for Brand Development and Marketing upon the creation of her own platform for women. After obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Human Relations and Org. Development from Concordia University, she went on to provide organizations - big and small - with her brand strategy and social impact expertise.
Now a seasoned professional in the field, she followed the call to community work and is currently specializing in Social Innovation Design at Penn State University, while leading the Communications and Innovation strategy for youth-led organization, Apathy is Boring. Her hope is to help leaders, organizations, and institutions come up with innovative, human-centred solutions to the challenges we are collectively facing as a society.
stay tuned for more info about the panelists!
Nonprofit Industry and Banking Expertise from ATB
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