Minutes of KWPeace Perspectives Planning Potluck, 17 August 2016

Event announcement: KWPeace Perspectives Planning Potluck

KW Peace potluck meeting August 17, 2016

In attendance: Louise, Wilson, Shiv, Laura, Sue, Ester, Gehan, Mo, Emily, Roger
Planning for Perspectives on Peace: Positive Approaches to Local Change
- Schedule of day:
  - 9:30am-10:00am: mingle, arriving time
  - 10:00am-11:00am: Keynote
  - 11:00am-11:15am: Coffee Break
  - 11:15am-Noon: Q & A
  - Noon-1:00pm: Lunch
  - 1:00pm-2:30pm: “Lightning rounds” – groups share with all, either by giving short spiel at front of group or going around to small discussion groups
  - 2:30pm-3:00pm: “Thunder rounds” – 4-5 big discussion groups
  - 3:00pm-4:00pm: reconvene
- Possible categories for Thunder Rounds:
  - Environment
  - Democracy
  - Anti-Poverty
  - Spirituality
  - Social Justice
- Maybe pose a question at lunch to think on throughout the afternoon
  - In your personal life, what can you do to enact positive change (specific action)
  - What can prevent you from doing it?
- What is the vision of this event
  - To strengthen our relationships as groups, as well as get the public involved/ showcase what we’re doing
  - Maybe as groups this will give us an idea of what people want to get involved with, where there’s energy
  - Make sure we focus on positive energy- we can make a difference!
- Venues
  - St. Johns is not available
  - Other options – Registry Theatre, KPL?
    
    Registry is more theater like, not well suited. KPL probably has a significant fee.
  - City hall is still 1st choice
  - Stirling – still under reno and we’d need insurance
  - Back ups – council chambers in city hall or Queen Street Commons, if we did it in the evening
    
    UPDATE: City hall rotunda is not available. Other alternatives suggested were Victoria Park Pavilion, City hall Council Chambers, or Queen Street Commons. Need to find venue ASAP. Still important to people that we stick with the Oct 1st date to coincide with international days of nonviolence
- Bob is working on registration, will get it working soon so we can start inviting people
- Supplies needed
  - Coffee pot- borrow from Stirling?
  - Pens, paper, flipchart for facilitators of big groups/discussion groups
- Publicity materials
  - Matt to make, will distribute once we confirm venues
  - Please email your group logo to Emily/Matt so we can include in publicity
  - Publicity plan
    - Distribute through group contacts/mailing lists
    - Sue will spread to Mennonite Churches
    - Post on community events pages
    - Put up posters
    - Contact Seminary at the Church Colleges and Laurier
    - Emily will make Facebook Event
    - Post on CPA website through CPT (Ester)
    - Emily will circulate draft of invitation to send out
    - Press release
    - Need to start our full push of advertising on Sept 7th
- Groups we have so far
  - Committed
    
    CTP, SHEN, Nonviolence Fest, Divest Waterloo, Cross Cultures, Green party
  - Maybe
    
    Vegan and animal save groups, Amnesty International Group 9, Food not Bombs
  - Others to contact
    - Student Christian Movement
    - Sustainable Youth Canada
- Attendance
  - We hope to have at least 30, plan for 100
  - Hopefully registration will give us an idea
- Next meeting: Friday September 9th at 6:00pm. Probably Stirling, back up is CPA at Grebel

INVITATION TEXT

For community members:

KW Peace presents: Perspectives on Peace: Local Approaches to Positive Change

KW Peace invites local groups and community members working for positive change in the Kitchener Waterloo Community to join us for a day of sharing, collaboration, and action. The event will be held on October 1st at _________ from 9:30am-4:00pm.

There’s so much positive action happening in KW and we want to celebrate it by getting together and learning from each other! Come prepared to be inspired by the incredible people working our out community, and share your own work and passions to inspire others. Although our work may seem very different on the surface, all of us are working to improve life for those around us, battle injustice, and create positive change in Kitchener-Waterloo.

The event will begin with Keynote Speaker Dr. Simon Dalby, CIGI chair, whose work focuses climate change, political ecology, geopolitics, global security, environmental change, militarization, and the spatial dimensions of governance. Then after the speaker we will have sharing by local groups about their goals and projects, and collaborative visioning for the future of our community. Lunch is provided at no cost.

This event is put on by KW Peace, a collective of peace and social justice groups passionate about working together and finding ways to encourage collaboration in our community. Please visit our website at kwpeace.ca, where we also have an event calendar that advertises events related to peace and social justice. Check out what’s happening, or post your own events!

To register, please fill out the form at kwpeace.ca. Contact Emily Mininger (e.mininger@gmail.com) if you have any questions.

For groups:

KW Peace presents: Perspectives on Peace: Local Approaches to Positive Change

We are you as a local community group to be a part of our event. We are looking for groups who are interested in sharing a bit about their group’s work either in small discussion groups or by giving a 5 minute explanation in front of a group. We also need discussion facilitators as well, but that is optional. If you’d like to participate or have questions, please contact Emily Mininger (e.mininger@gmail.com). Please RSVP by September 1st.

To register, please fill out the form at kwpeace.ca. Contact Emily Mininger (e.mininger@gmail.com) if you have any questions.

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