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RECAP: AHC's 2nd Annual Community Experience Sharing Forum - Building Inclusive Communities: A Common Vision

This past November, AHC's Community Capacity Building Program hosted their 2nd Annual Community Experience Sharing Forum - Building Inclusive Communities: A Common Vision

With a focus on fostering a strong sense of community and celebrating the power of collaboration, the day saw community members and leaders with diverse backgrounds come together, share their varied experiences, and collaborate on ideas grounded in intimate knowledge of community interests and barriers.

Some of the highlights of the day included a showcase of grassroots groups making a difference in the Edmonton area, a lively panel discussion, led by Dr. Abu Conteh, on community development practices and systemic work that is necessary to remove barriers faced by too many citizens and initiative leaders, and engaging speeches on the importance of community and inclusivity from Edmonton Mayor, Amarjeet Sohi and Dr. Lucenia Ortiz among others.

Among other things those who attended also got to watch entertaining multicultural dance and music (often performed by some of the presenting grassroots groups), learn about the research-backed impacts made by AHC's Community Capacity Building Program, and honour the Capacity Building Team for the passion and dedication they show to all groups they support.

Thank you for all those who came out and shared your essential knowledge with others - community development would not be worthwhile without the community members at the centre.

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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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