Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign

Grandmothers Campaign Call (Campaign-wide)
2021-11-18 12:30 - 13:30, 2021-12-16 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom

The Story of Paul Simon's Graceland (Online)
2021-12-02 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
Event is free. Donations welcome. Registration required.
Dr. Mike Daley will relay the story of Paul Simon’s unique album Graceland, a milestone in worldbeat music. He will discuss the controversial process by which Simon incorporated the work of South African musicians, with live music, video clips and recordings, featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Q&A will follow.
Dr. Mike Daley holds a PhD in music from York University and has lectured at several universities and retiree learning programmes around Toronto. He is a musicologist, specializing in the history of popular music.

The Road to Your Best Age in 2022 (Online)
2022-01-15 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Vancouver) | Zoom
Welisa Gogos will be hosting their second annual Wellness Webinar! The Road to Your Best Age in 2022 with Active Aging Coach, Patti Bishop.
Join Patti, BSc, RHN for a 90-minute wellness workshop focused on women over 50. Join us and learn more about Patti’s three pillar approach to aging, fitness and wellness: MOVE STRONG ~ FUEL STRONG ~ THINK STRONG
There will be a combination of inspiring information and movement. Following the presentation, participants will be invited to take part in a free three-day wellness challenge.
Event tickets for “Age Strong in 2022” are $15.
Your support can reach even further! Instead of purchasing a $15 ticket, you can choose to make a donation of $20 or more and you will receive a tax receipt.
For more information or to register visit Welisa Gogo’s Facebook page or email us at welisagogos@gmail.com

Gugu Gogos Stain Glass Online Sales (In-Person pick-up)
2022-01-18 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
The Gugu Gogos are selling a limited number of stain glass African violets and feathers. The African Violets are selling for $20.00 and the feathers are $22.00. Note that purchases must be picked up in either North Toronto, Scarborough or Whitby.

January Grandmothers Campaign-Wide Call (Online, all are welcome)
2022-01-20 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.

Contemporary African Voices
2022-01-27 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Vancouver) | Zoom
We are delighted to present the award winning South African writer Rešoketšwe Manenzhe, author of the book Scatterlings, in conversation with Garvia Bailey. Q&A to follow.
To Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/contemporary-african-voices-tickets-223033367807
To Donate: https://slf.akaraisin.com/fundraise1/contemporaryvoices

An Evening with Canadian blues singer and guitarist JACK SEMPLE (Online)
2022-02-14 19:00 (America/Regina) | Online
Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers Regina invites you to a memorable musical event on Monday, February 14th at 7:00 p.m. CST, featuring Regina’s own multiple award winning recording artist, Canadian blues singer and epic guitarist Jack Semple. Initially lead guitarist in the late 80’s for Toronto based R & B funk band, The Lincolns, Semple performs extensively throughout Canada and the United States both as a solo artist and with The Jack Semple Band.
A ‘fireside conversation’ between local singer songwriter & G4G member, Bev Zizzy, and Jack Semple will kick off the event, providing an opportunity to get up close and personal with two artists talking about a shared passion. This will be followed by a 45 minute musical set, previously recorded from the comfort of Jack’s home, to be enjoyed in the comfort of yours.
The link to the concert will be provided 24 hours in advance.
Ubuntu is an African philosophy that embraces a shared humanity. Solidarity is born out of the Ubuntu spirit, through which we feel the experiences of others as deeply as our own, in a way that inspires us to take action. G4G Regina members and supporters feel the Ubuntu spirit with communities that support the life-enhancing programs run by African grandmothers and the community-based organizations who support them. Donations to the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers Campaign are welcome. Tax receipts are issued for donations of $20.00 or more. Click here to donate.
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February Grandmothers Campaign-Wide Call (Online)
2022-02-17 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom

VanGogos Trivia Fundraiser (Online)
2022-02-26 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
VanGogos are hosting our first online trivia event of 2022!
Saturday, February 26 at 2 PM PST on Zoom
$15 per person
Proceeds to the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign
The event will run approximately 1.5 hours. No prizes, just Bragging Rights.
Last day to sign up: Feb. 23
You can put together a team of 4 or 5 people from your grandmothers group,
from your family and friends, whoever you like! It is lots of fun and it will challenge your brain! Our awesome Quiz Masters are Arline Oishi and Marilyn Williams, of VanGogos.
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. 26
• 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.

How to Create a Beautiful Garden: Tips from a Master Gardener
2022-03-07 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Toronto)
Robert Pavlis, well-known Master Gardener, will provide gardening tips while he shares how he developed Aspen Grove, his 6-acre botanical garden in Guelph. The garden features 3,000 varieties of plants. Robert specializes in soil science and has been an instructor for Landscape Ontario. He is a garden blogger, author, artist, and chemist.
Live On Zoom on Monday, March 7, 2022, at 7 PM EST/8 PM AST/8:30 PM NST/6 PM CST/4 PM PST/
Webinar participants will be able to ask questions and local residents will have the option to actually tour Aspen Grove and meet Robert in person on June 12, 2022.
There is no charge for this event, but registration is required. Donations to the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign are welcome and greatly appreciated.
Donations of $20 and more will receive a charitable tax receipt directly from the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

March Trivia Madness
2022-03-08 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Regina) | Zoom
Celebrate International Women’s Day 2022 and join us for an evening of Trivia fun on a Canadian theme!
Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. CST by Zoom
Round up a team of 4 or 5 people, create a fun name for your team, and email g4greginatreasurer@gmail.com to register. Fee: $10 per person

A Tapestry of Food, Family and Forgiveness (Online)
2022-03-10 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
A Tapestry of Food, Family and Forgiveness features Nigerian Canadian author Francesca Ekwuyasi and Canadian literary critic Donna Bailey Nurse sharing a conversation about Francesca’s debut novel “Butter Honey Pig Bread.”
Francesca is an author and a multidisciplinary artist from Lagos, Nigeria. Her novel, “Butter Honey Pig Bread” was long listed for the Giller Prize in 2020, and was voted one of the CBCs 10 Best Canadian novels of 2021. Our organization is very important to her as she was raised by her grandmother and she greatly respects all the work the SLF does for African grandmothers.
Donna focuses on Black Canadian literature and Black women’s writing. She is frequently heard on CBC’s radio show The Next Chapter with Shelagh Rogers. She is a literary journalist, lecturer, a critic for Book Television, and the author of two volumes of connected writing, “What’s a Black Critic to Do?” and the editor of Revival: An Anthology of Black Canadian Writing. Donna is currently working on a People’s History of Black Canada.

March Grandmothers Campaign-Wide Call (Online)
2022-03-17 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom

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

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.
Click here to register.
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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
Click here to register
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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 (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
