Events
Thank you for supporting the fundraising initiatives of grandmothers groups across the Campaign! Browse the calendar below to learn about the many online, in-person and multi-day events that grandmothers groups are organizing, as well as Campaign-wide events.
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Contemporary African Voices
Please join us on Zoom for our 2026 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN VOICES event!
Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek, with her novel, We,The Kindling, in Conversation with Garvia Bailey, followed by a Q & A
Live On Zoom on Thursday, April 9, 2026, at 10 AM PDT/ 1 PM EDT
Registration is required. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/contemporary-african-voices-tickets-220144948467 Recording available from Thursday, April 9 to Thursday, April 23, 2026
Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek is a Kenyan-born Ugandan-raised diasporic poet and scholar. She has lived in Canada for more than three decades and is an Assistant Professor in the Black Studies Program at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, joint-appointed in Gender Studies and English. She is an award-winning author. We, The Kindling is her first novel; it was long listed for the 2025 Giller Prize.
There is no charge for this event. Donations to the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign are welcome and greatly appreciated. To make an online donation, please click here: https://slf.akaraisin.com/ui/grandmotherscampaign2026/p/90a585f5c42049119759eccc7af8c18a Donations of $20 and more will receive a charitable tax receipt directly from the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
This online event is presented by 5 SLF Grandmothers Groups: East Van Gogos, Tikun Olam Gogos, VanGogos, and Welisa Gogos in Vancouver; and One World Grannies in Ottawa.
For more information, please contact vangogos1@gmail.com