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SUMMARY:Hello Neighbour: a Skill-share Afternoon
DESCRIPTION:WAHC’s Youth Council is proud to present Hello Neighbour: a Skill-share Afternoon\, a free afternoon of skill-sharing workshops. To combat an increasingly isolated world\, Hello Neighbour invites you to participate in workshops on building solidarity with migrant workers\, vermicomposting\, creative recipe writing\, and more\, and reflect on these experiences as tools for building hope\, capacity\, and solidarity. This event is family-friendly\, free\, and food will be provided. Beginners welcome! Schedule\, RSVP link\, and additional session info can be found below. 						\n				\n				\n				\n			Schedule		\n				\n				\n				\n							Doors open | 1:00Low-Sensory Zone | 1:30 – 5:00All-ages drop-in collage and wheatpaste stationSession 1 | 1:30 – 2:15Creative Recipe Writing Workshop with Triple Futures CollectiveFibre Arts with EmilySession 2 | 2:30 – 3:15Vermicomposting (composting with worms)Building Solidarity with Migrant WorkersSession 3 | 3:45 – 4:30Coping Skills for Activists with KateCreative Recipe Writing Workshop with Triple Futures Collective						\n				\n				\n				\n					\n				\n				\n				\n			Additional Session Info		\n				\n				\n				\n					\n							\n					\n													\n															\n								\n														\n												Session 1 | 1:30-2:15\n					\n					Creative recipe writing workshop with Triple Futures Collective Triple Futures Collective invites you to reflect on the relationship between food\, memory\, resilience\, and community by participating in our recipe-making/writing workshop\, wherein we will guide you through the process by encouraging written and/or visual recipes that can be rooted in food or personal storytelling. We hope to explore the possibilities that foodways–which are the cultural and geographic transmission of food/recipes/practices–can grant us. Fibre Arts with Emily Details TBA. \n				\n							\n					\n													\n															\n								\n														\n												Session 2 | 2:30-3:15\n					\n					Vermicomposting with Megan Learn about vermicomposting\, composting with worms! Megan will show us her worms and teach us about the work they do to care for the soil. Bring your own small pots/containers to bring soil home. Building Solidarity with Migrant Workers | Migrant Workers Alliance Migrant workers feed and care for our communities. You’re invited to join this session to learn how non-migrants can respond in powerful\, everyday ways. From fighting back against anti-migrant racism in our workplaces\, to joining migrant-led demonstrations\, this session offers a menu of support options for building solidarity with migrants – toward the liberation of all. \n				\n							\n					\n													\n															\n								\n														\n												Session 3 | 3:45-4:30\n					\n					Coping Skills for Activist with Kate  This discussion-based session will be about coping skills for activists and non-activists alike. The hope is to learn from each other about what helps us cope\, what does not help us cope\, and to discuss ways to build community resilience. One topic of discussion will be Mutual Aid Self/Social Therapy (MAST) developed by the Jane Addams Collective. Participants do not need to have any prior knowledge or skills to attend. This workshop is not intended to be a therapy session or to provide any form of professional help and is not intended for children.  Creative recipe writing workshop with Triple Futures Collective Triple Futures Collective invites you to reflect on the relationship between food\, memory\, resilience\, and community by participating in our recipe-making/writing workshop\, wherein we will guide you through the process by encouraging written and/or visual recipes that can be rooted in food or personal storytelling. We hope to explore the possibilities that foodways–which are the cultural and geographic transmission of food/recipes/practices–can grant us. \n				\n							\n					\n													\n															\n								\n														\n												Low sensory zone | 1:00-5:00\n					\n					Our low sensory zone will be set up in the WAHC backyard by Gioia\, Lana\, and Payton.  As you navigate and absorb the workshop\, step into the garden to pause\, reflect and create. Contribute your voice and share your mind through words and images\, while learning to wheatpaste — a low-barrier postering technique with a long political history. \n				\n								\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					\n			\n		\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					\n			\n						\n		\n				\n				\n				\n				\n							WAHC wishes to acknowledge the Ontario Arts Council\, the City of Hamilton\, the Province of Ontario\, the Canada Council for the Arts\, CUPE National\, Canada’s Building Trades Unions\, OPSEU/SEFPO\, the Provincial Building and  Construction Trades Council of Ontario\, and Teamsters Local Union 879 for their support of our exhibitions and ancillary programs.
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