You are invited to meet KAIROS staff in Kamloops and learn more about local and national KAIROS work on reconciliation, migrant justice and our Women of Courage: Women, Peace and Security. Please join us for one or both of the times listed below.
Kamloops United Church
421 St. Paul Street, Kamloops
3-5:00 pm – Presentations by Dawn Maracle and Shannon Neufeldt, discussion to follow7:30 pm – Reception and further discussion
Dawn Maracle and Shannon Neufeldt, KAIROS staff people, will be visiting Kamloops from Thursday, September 20 to Friday, September 21. The main focus of their visit will be to familiarize and engage people in the interior of BC with the work of KAIROS on Reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, Migrant Justice and the Women of Courage: Women, Peace and Security program.
Dawn Maracle is the Indigenous Rights Coordinator for KAIROS working from Toronto, ON. Dawn is Mohawk from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in Southern Ontario. For close to 25 years she has worked with Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations and communities in Canada and internationally on issues related to Indigenous education, activism, women’s rights, health and governance. Some of these organizations include Native Child & Family Services Toronto, the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Ryerson University and the Assembly of First Nations. Dawn is a researcher, writer and lecturer and has experience with curriculum development, public speaking, facilitation, and training. She has been facilitating the KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) since 2015 and more recently began helping to grow the KBE network by training facilitators.
Shannon Neufeldt is the KAIROS Member Relations and Network Coordinator
also working from Toronto, ON. Her job is to support the work of the grassroots networks across the country and to maintain the link to the churches in all the justice work. Shannon presents on and develops worship resources for all aspects of KAIROS’ work. In addition to supporting the reconciliation work that Dawn will present, Shannon will share information about the Migrant Justice initiatives and the Women of Courage program which includes our global partners.