Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign

Discovering Birds & Finding Happiness in Nature (Online)
2022-03-31 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
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Capital Grannies Canadian Museum for Human Rights Tour
2022-04-02 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto)
This virtual tour of the museum in Winnipeg is an opportunity to view its exhibits and galleries, as well as its stunning architecture, with an experienced tour guide. The gallery exhibits range from Indigenous perspectives and the right to safety and justice for Aboriginal women in Canada, to human rights in a global setting, with a gallery examining the Holocaust. The tour also presents powerful human rights stories, including those of Nelson Mandela and of the Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF) Grandmothers Campaign and the Hillcrest AIDS Centre. Join us to learn about human rights, activism, and how to inspire change.

Kingston Grandmother Connection’s unique African-oriented online store opens again April 3-29, 2022.
2022-04-03, 2022-04-29
Fine handcrafted items for Mother’s Day, Easter, Birthdays: large woven African baskets, African cloth placemats, distinctive light-weight nuno-felted scarves, soap and shampoo bars, note cards and more.
Pick up in central Kingston every Saturday, or get delivery.
All proceeds go to Help Lesotho and the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign, helping African grandmothers and their families.

April Grandmothers Campaign-Wide Call (Online)
2022-04-21 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
Join the SLF Grandmothers Campaign team and members of grandmothers groups from across the Campaign for a Zoom call to share ideas and events, support one another and learn more about activities happening within the grandmothers movement.
RSVP to campaign@stephenlewisfoundation.org for the Zoom link or use the sign-up form in the members only section of the website.

No Be From Hia: A Homecoming Tale of a Family
2022-04-27 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Toronto) | Online
Join host Bianca Marais as she engages in conversation with Zambian writer Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda about her debut novel, No Be From Hia. Meet the Ayomides and the Kombes – Zambian-Nigerian-Jamaican powerhouse families brought together by migration and torn apart by tragedy and secrets. In a search for identity, love and acceptance – two ordinary girls travel from London to Lusaka to Lagos in order to save their family and discover their destiny. This event is the third in the Contemporary African Voices webinar series.
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May Grandmothers Campaign-Wide Call (Online)
2022-05-19 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom

Contemporary African Voices-Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
2022-05-26 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Vancouver) | Zoom
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, Zimbabwean award-winning novelist, filmmaker and academic, in conversation with Garvia Bailey, followed by a Q&A.
We are delighted to invite you to another Contemporary African Voices online event. We believe we come to know a country by reading its authors. This event is a fundraiser for the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign which supports community-based organizations in sub-Saharan Africa who are turning the tide of HIV and AIDS. Thank you for your support.
Recording available from Thursday, May 26 to Thursday, June 9, 2022.
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu is a writer, filmmaker and academic who holds a PhD in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University, as well as masters degrees in African Studies and Film. Her first novel, The Theory of Flight, won the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize in South Africa. Her novel, The History of Man, is the second book published in her trilogy. She was recently awarded a prestigious 2022 Windham-Campbell Prize which is administered by Yale University.
Garvia Bailey is a Toronto-based, Jamaica-born journalist, producer, broadcaster, and former CBC host who is inspired and driven by the power of sharing our stories.
Donations of $20 and more will receive a charitable tax receipt directly from the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

For the Love of Grandmothers Fitness Challenge (May 1 to June 30)
2022-06-01 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto)
It’s not to late to join the fun! The Greater Van Gogos invite members, their friends, family and supporters to join them in a fitness challenge from May 1st to June 30th. We hope to raise $50,000 in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers Campaign. We’ve done it before and we can do it again!
Click here for more information and ways to participate.

Salt Spring’s 14th Annual Scrabble Fundraiser
2022-06-07 08:00 - 2022-06-11 17:00 (America/Vancouver)
We will be hosting games, dinner and a silent auction over 3 days in June. On June 7, 9 games and prizes from 2 to 4 pm at Portlock Park Pavillion, and games, a chili dinner, silent auction and cash and carry tables from 5:30 – 9 pm at the Lions’ Bradley Hall. Silent auction items will be listed on https://saltspringexchange.com/ We also invite donations through an online appeal on the Grandmothers site here.

Visiting Zimbabwe: A Conversation with Idah Mukuka Nambeya & SLF Partners (Online)
2022-06-10 11:00 - 12:15 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
For decades, community-led responses have been supporting and empowering people living with or affected by HIV and AIDS. These remarkably effective programs have only deepened over time, as their connection to their communities ensure they are cutting the AIDS pandemic off at its roots.

Idah Mukuka Nambeya, Senior Advisor to the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, has visited and worked with community-based partners since the Stephen Lewis Foundation was founded. Recently, she travelled to Zimbabwe on her first international trip since 2019 to meet with The Musasa Project, Midlands AIDS Service Organization (MASO), and Chiedza Child Care Centre.
We invite you to a dynamic, virtual conversation between Idah and leaders from each of these organizations. Learn how they are continuing to support and uplift their communities throughout the challenges of the dual pandemics of HIV and AIDS and COVID-19, and how they see the future of their work.
Don’t miss this important conversation on June 10th at 11 AM Eastern Daylight time, 8 AM Pacific Daylight time, 5 PM Central African Time.

June Grandmothers Campaign-Wide Call (Online)
2022-06-16 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom

Raising Monarchs (Online)
2022-06-23 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto)
On June 23, 2022 at 1:00 PM ET, Ingrid Janssen will be giving a presentation on Raising Monarch Butterflies.
Ingrid is a horticulturist, speaker, blogger and master gardener. She has been gardening for most of her life and is a passionate, some would say “crazy gardener”. Her presentation, ‘Raising Monarchs: How I Became a Monarch Mama’, is a story about an iconic butterfly and the role that gardeners can play in its survival.
Donate at https://slf.akaraisin.com/ui/grandmotherscampaign2022/p/RaisingMonarchs.

Tricks of the Trade with Steven Levitt
2022-09-19 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
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Enjoy an informative and entertaining presentation with Steven Levitt, a recent “baking from the soul” finalist on The Great Canadian Baking Show. Steven will be demonstrating his tips ‘n tricks designed to entice the baker in you to layer it up and layer it on!
A live Q & A to follow. Steven’s final masterpiece will be auctioned and personally delivered (GTA location).
A recording of this event will be available until Thursday, September 29th.
Your donations will help to support community-based organizations who are leading responses to HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. These organizations empower and provide vital resources to grandmothers who are raising children whose parents died of AIDS.

Grandmothers Campaign Monthly Zoom Call
2022-09-22 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
Join us for our monthly Grandmothers Campaign Zoom call to hear updates from grandmothers groups, updates from the Stephen Lewis Foundation, and an update from the Diversity, Inclusion, Recruitment and Retention Committee.
Email campaign@stephenlewisfoundation.org to RSVP.

October 6-30th: Silent Online Auction for a One-of-a-Kind Contemporary Mosaic
2022-10-18 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-10-25 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto)
Bid on “A Mosaic Quilt” in Support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation

This auction is the first of its kind for Ontario Mosaic Artists (OMA) to commemorate the late Jean Loney. Jean was a founding member of the Grandmothers of the Grand, and a fellow mosaic artist from Fergus Ontario. She participated in OMA’s first group exhibition in 2021. Her artwork focused on birds and the effects of climate change. Jean’s presence and her beautiful mosaics will be missed by many.
To honour Jean’s memory, 17 of the artists participating in OMA’s Putting the Pieces Back Together exhibition collaborated to produce a mosaic quilt of sorts. Each artist created up to 3 sections which were then assembled to create a unique mosaic. It was an enriching project that allowed the artists to work together, even remotely, to produce this one-of-a-kind artwork.
The mosaic, entitled A Mosaic Quilt will be up for auction to raise funds for the Stephen Lewis Foundation will be up for auction beginning on Thursday, October 6th, and will end at 5 pm on October 30th.
Learn more, and place a bid here: https://go.rallyup.com/slf-auction/Campaign/Details

Feeling Amazing - Session 1
2022-10-27 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
Top tips for nutrition, exercise and stress management with Dani Chenier, a Quebecois naturopathic practitioner.

FINAL DAY: Bid on "A Mosaic Quilt" in a silent auction supporting the Stephen Lewis Foundation
2022-10-30 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | online
Bid on “A Mosaic Quilt” in Support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation (Bidding ends TODAY at 5 PM Eastern!)

This auction is the first of its kind for Ontario Mosaic Artists (OMA) to commemorate the late Jean Loney. Jean was a founding member of the Grandmothers of the Grand, and a fellow mosaic artist from Fergus Ontario. She participated in OMA’s first group exhibition in 2021. Her artwork focused on birds and the effects of climate change. Jean’s presence and her beautiful mosaics will be missed by many.
To honour Jean’s memory, 17 of the artists participating in OMA’s Putting the Pieces Back Together exhibition collaborated to produce a mosaic quilt of sorts. Each artist created up to 3 sections which were then assembled to create a unique mosaic. It was an enriching project that allowed the artists to work together, even remotely, to produce this one-of-a-kind artwork.
The mosaic, entitled A Mosaic Quilt will be up for auction to raise funds for the Stephen Lewis Foundation will be up for auction beginning on Thursday, October 6th, and will end at 5 pm on October 30th.
Learn more, and place a bid here: https://go.rallyup.com/slf-auction/Campaign/Details

Feeling Amazing
2022-11-10 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
An Energizing Class with Trish Curling – a Toronto based Yoga Teacher.

Grandmothers Campaign Advocacy Webinar (Online)
2023-01-17 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Toronto)
Join us this month for a special webinar on the topic of advocacy and the Grandmothers Campaign, hosted by the Stephen Lewis Foundation and GRAN.

Email rsvp@stephenlewisfoundation.org to receive the link to the webinar, happening January 17th from 12:30 – 2pm ET.

Explore Southern Africa - History/Politics
2023-01-26 13:30 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
From Hope to Despair: The journey from the magic of Nelson Mandela to the corruption of constitutional democracy 25 years later. Mandela’s vision during the apartheid era was for the eradication of racism and for the establishment of a constitutional democracy. He pictured a South Africa in which all its citizens had equal rights and where every adult would have the right to vote for the government of his or her choice.
Judge Dennis Davis will discuss how this vision has been achieved and the rocky road forward for the new democracy in South Africa as well as democracies in other African states and around the world.
Judge Davis is a Judge of the High Court of South Africa and Judge President of the Competition Appeal Court of South Africa. He has held professorial appointments at both the University of Cape Town and University of the Witwatersrand and has lectured at Harvard, NYU, Georgetown and Melbourne Law Schools as a visiting professor. He is the author of 11 books – his latest is LAWFARE 2019. He was a member of the team drafting the new South African constitution and is the host of a South African TV show ‘Judge for yourself with Dennis Davis’ focusing on human rights issues.

Yoga in Support of African Grandmothers (In Person, Online)
2023-02-04 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto)
We invite you to join us for a 1-hour yoga class where you can stretch,
energize, and relax during a nurturing gentle practice that fosters deep
well-being. All levels are welcome. No experience is necessary.
The class will be taught by Joanne Gormley, a long time teacher in the
community, and a member of Grannies for Good, a chapter of the
Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis
Foundation.
By donation. Suggested amount $20-$30 ATTEND IN PERSON or VIA ZOOM
To donate and for more information go to https://slf.akaraisin.com/ui/grandmotherscampaign2023/p/eea29da842514aedae2946c41bcf04b0

February Campaign Call
2023-02-16 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
All members of the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign are welcome to join us for our monthly Zoom call! This month we’ll have a fundraising sharing circle, and invite groups to come and share a fundraising event or idea that has been fun and successful for their group. We’ve had requests for events that can be organized easily by smaller groups.
Email campaign@stephenlewisfoundation.org to RSVP and receive the Zoom link.

Explore Southern Africa - Food
2023-02-16 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
Flavours inspired by Southern African cuisine
Baking demonstration by Evis Chirowamhangu and Carole Ferrari

Trivia with VanGogos
2023-02-25 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Vancouver)
Ready for some February Fun which will stimulate your brain and perhaps give you some laughter? Please sign up to play Trivia with the VanGogos! Form your own team or have us assign you to a team!
Saturday, February 25 on Zoom from 3:00 pm PST to 4:30 pm PST/6:00 pm EST to 7:30 pm EST
Proceeds to the SLF Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign
The event will run approximately 1.5 hours. No prizes, just Bragging Rights.
Last day to sign up: Feb. 22
Event Format
• 3 rounds of 12 questions. Each round formatted as 4 questions, a break out with your team to discuss answers, and then return to the main Zoom room for the answers and the next 4 questions, etc.
• 4 or 5 people per team (form your own or we can assign you to a team)
• Questions will be given verbally and also entered into Chat. NOTE: To view the questions once you are in the breakout room, click the Chat button again. (This feature is not available on all devices.)
• Participants should have pen and paper handy.
• Winners will get a Certificate of Trivia Glory emailed to them.
How to Join
Contact Arline at aoishi@telus.net with the following information:
• Your name and email address (if replying for a team, name and email for each person playing with you). Participants will be emailed a Zoom link just prior to Feb. 25
• If you are playing with a specific team or want us to assign you to a team
• If more than one person is playing from one computer, the names of both people.
• Your team name, if applicable.
Contact info: Arline at aoishi@telus.net
How to Pay
*Let Karen know the following information when you pay:
• That the payment is for Trivia
• If paying for more than yourself, who the other players are
• If making an additional donation, the amount of the donation
Where to send your Money:
• etransfer $15 to Karen Coulter at karenocoulter@gmail.com.
• Mail a cheque to Karen Coulter.
308-1876 W. 6th
Vancouver, B.C.
V6J 1R6

Explore Southern Africa - Memoir
2023-03-09 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
Tea, Scones, and Malaria, Zimbabwean author Katlynn Brooke interviewed by Lesley Block.

March Campaign Call
2023-03-16 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
All members of the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign are welcome to join us for our monthly Zoom call! This month we’ll talk about recruitment, and invite groups to come and share strategies and ideas that have been successful for their group.
Email campaign@stephenlewisfoundation.org to RSVP and receive the Zoom link.

Contemporary African Voices (online event)
2023-04-13 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Vancouver) | Zoom
We are delighted to invite you to another event of Contemporary African Voices! We believe we come to know a country by reading its authors. This time we will take you to Uganda. This event is a fundraiser for the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign which supports community-based organizations in sub-Saharan Africa who are turning the tide of HIV and AIDS. Thank you for your support.
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Ugandan award-winning novelist, in Conversation with Garvia Bailey, followed by a Q&A
Live On Zoom on Thursday, April 13, 2023, at 10 AM PDT/ 1 PM EDT
Registration is required. Please click here to register.
Recording available from Thursday, April 13 to Thursday, April 27, 2023
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is a Ugandan novelist and short story writer living in Manchester, England. Her second novel A Girl is A Body of Water (published as The First Woman in the UK) is earning accolades on both sides of the pond. Please click here for an initial meeting with Jennifer. Short interview about A Girl is a Body of Water.
Garvia Bailey is a Toronto based, Jamaica born journalist, producer, broadcaster, and former CBC host who is inspired and driven by the power of sharing our stories.
Massy Books is our bookstore partner in Vancouver and Makumbi’s book, A Girl is a Body of Water, is in stock on their bookshelves now. Please visit https://www.massybooks.com/ or check with your local independent bookstore.
There is no charge for this event. Donations are welcome to the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign. To make an online donation, please click on the DONATE button above the tracker which shows our fundraising progress. The PARTICIPANT is listed as CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN VOICES. Donations of $20 and more will receive a charitable tax receipt directly from the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Commercial Drive Branch #12 of Vancity Credit Union through their Community Branch Partnership grant.
This online event is presented by SLF Grandmothers Groups in Vancouver: East Van Gogos, Tikun Olam Gogos, VanGogos, and Welisa Gogos.
With warm wishes and heartfelt gratitude,
Contemporary African Voices committee
For more information, please contact vangogos1@gmail.com

International Grandmothers Gathering
2023-10-24 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Canadian Museum for Human Rights, 85 Israel Asper Way, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 0L5, Canada
The International Grandmothers Gathering will take place in Winnipeg at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, October 24–26, followed by an evening event on October 27 at the museum to celebrate the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s 20th anniversary, featuring the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign quilt.
This is a momentous time to gather, engage, connect, and invest in the future and the strength of the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign. We will hear from inspiring speakers, including grandmothers and staff from the SLF’s community-led partner organizations, who are at the forefront of grandmothers’ movements in countries across sub-Saharan Africa. Together we will renew our commitment, refresh our knowledge, and rejuvenate our spirit.
