International Women's Day: Hybrid Community Event
This event explores Diverse Youth Voices in Leadership, featuring guest speaker: Cheyenne Sundance and an acoustic set by Evangeline Gentle
Event Details
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Thursday, March 9, 2023
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Online and at 347 Burnham St, Peterborough, ON
Cost: FREE
Join us in person or online for a community event that celebrates International Women's Day 2023 - Thu, Mar 9, 2023 - 05:30 p.m. - 08:00 p.m. This event is free to attend, and registration is required.
This event explores Diverse Youth Voices in Leadership, featuring guest speaker: Cheyenne Sundance and an acoustic set by Evangeline Gentle.
Cheyenne is the owner/executive director of Sundance Harvest and a full-time farmer of a three-location farm spanning three acres in south western Ontario. Her CSA is produced by over 20 farmers who she directly and closely mentors. Cheyenne Sundance started her farm in 2019 due to a lack of awareness of fair pay and discussion on a diversity of concerns of equality in agriculture from the worker, youth, Black and women’s lens. She is the inaugural president of the National Farmers Union Black, Indigenous and People of Colour caucus. She has also successfully started up the Sundance Harvest Black Business and Farm sister incubator program and its sister - which is fully subsidized for new Black farmers. Cheyenne has no previous farming or educational experience as she left high school. Cheyenne has never worked on a farm before starting Sundance Harvest at 22. She has true working-class roots and a deep interest in workers' rights, community land trusts, and the idea of the commons for the betterment of all.
We are also grateful that Anne Taylor, Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabekwewag Services Circle, and Sarah Lewis for attending and sharing with us.
Sarah Lewis (she/her) is an Anishnaabe Kwe (Ojibwe/Cree) spoken word artist, activist, musician, community organizer and mother. She has ancestral roots in Curve Lake First Nation, Ontario as well as Pukatawagon, Manitoba. She was appointed as Peterborough’s inaugural Poet Laureate in 2021 and has been featured on CBC Arts, Global News, and stages across the world. Sarah utilizes poetry as an act of resistance, giving voice to the resurgence of Indigenous communities and how Indigenous people are reclaiming their identities, culture, strength and sovereignty. She encourages other aspiring poets to speak their truth, and to envision a decolonial society where sexism, the patriarchy, capitalism and racism do not exist.
Contact Info
Brought to you by the Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC) and the Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre (KSAC), with community partners. Please Contact Champlain College Office for more information.
Location: CC 202.4
Phone: 705-748-1011 x 7788
Email: champlain@trentu.ca