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AHC's Seed Grant Ceremony - Event Recap

AHC's Community Development Department hosts its first Seed Grant Ceremony

Here at AHC, we aspire to make stronger, healthier communities and a part of doing that is by providing ambitious community initiatives with resources to grow.

Earlier this June, our Community Development department hosted AHC’s first ever Seed Grant Ceremony after completing their largest grant cycle yet. The ceremony allowed us to celebrate nine community groups who were approved for $2000 seed grants from the Community Development Advocacy Committee (CDAC) after months of support from our Inclusive Communities Program.

Representatives from all nine groups attended to accept the grants which will support their unique community projects and had the opportunity to bond over their collective interest in community well-being and share what drove them to start their initiative. Many heartwarming stories were shared about the importance of connection, social supports, education, and keeping cultural customs and traditions alive. You could feel the passion and care in the room and everyone who attended was clearly inspired and invigorated by each other's projects.

There were also many references to the gratitude each group felt for the Inclusive Communities Program and the support they received from our hardworking Community Animators. We are so appreciative to have been able to support these groups in preparing their grants and building their initiatives and we look forward to continuing to help them as they grow.

Our sincere congratulations to Eritrean Muslim community Association, Kyrgyz Association in Canada, Mental Health Awareness, Mindful Minds,  Sierra Leone Association of Alberta, Burundi Community Association of Canada, Bashi Community association of Canada, Congo Canadian Youth Association, and World Cooking for their hard work and accomplishments. We know they will do great things for their communities.

If you have a passion for community development or making a positive impact and want your own chance to access capacity-building supports, click here for more information.

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Land Acknowledgment

As an organization working towards improving peoples’ well being, we acknowledge our presence on Treaty 6 territory and Métis Nation of Alberta Region 4, a traditional meeting grounds, gathering place, and travelling route for the Cree, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Métis, Dene, Ojibway, Anishinaabe, Nakota Sioux, and Inuit, as our responsibility to extend support for healing to our Indigenous Community members during this difficult times. 
We acknowledge all the many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit whose footsteps have marked these lands for centuries and whose histories, languages, and cultures continue to influence our vibrant community.

As an organization, we commit ourselves to continue to acknowledge, learn, understand, and create opportunities to educate our staff, volunteers, and community members about the lived experiences of First Nations, Inuit and Métis, walking the path of reconciliation.

Action for Healthy Communities Society of Alberta (AHC's) Diversity and Inclusion Statement

AHC is a proud proponent of diversity in the workforce, and we support an inclusive workplace that values the diversity of ideas.

AHC fosters diversity and inclusion at all levels of our organization. It is among the cornerstones of our core values of inclusion, collaboration, participation, personal development, innovation and excellence. We understand that equity deserving individuals and communities possess huge potential for growth and development but facing myriad of challenges which can be addressed through their capacity building by hiring and retaining individuals with an array of competencies, talents, experiences, and ideas to propel the innovation that drives our success. 
A diverse workforce and inclusive culture help us strengthen performance and inspire creative solutions. We believe the attention given to diversity and inclusion makes us more responsive, agile, trustworthy and innovative.

AHC's diversity and inclusion policies aim to foster an inclusive space that encourages more meaningful engagement among all program participants, employees, volunteers and other stakeholders to strengthen our performance.
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