June 29, 2010 at 6 PM
533A Gladstone Ave.
(Working Women Community Centre)

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March 12: Evening of art, culture, music and food

*Latin American/Latina Feminisms Course*

Are you curious about Latin American women’s movements? Do you want to learn about Latina feminisms? Or, about Latinas in Canada? If the answer is yes, join us this fall for our Latina and Latin American Feminisms course where we’ll explore these questions and much more.

The course starts Tuesday, October 6, 2009 and will be held every Tuesday from 6:00pm to 8:00pm until November 10, 2009 in a convenient downtown location at St. George and Bloor Streets (St. George subway).

In the course’s six sessions we’ll look at Latin American and Latina women’s history from a variety of perspectives including political organizing, feminist activism and cultural production and representation.

This course is open to all Latinas, between the ages of 18 and 29.

If you would like further information on the course or on how to register, email us at latinafeminism@gmail.com or call Magaly at 416-531-2411 ext.248.

The deadline to apply for course registration is September 8, 2009. Registration is limited so contact us soon!

This course is organized by MUJER’s Research Committee and is sponsored by the Centre for Women’s Studies in Education, OISE, University of Toronto.

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On April 26th MUJER participated in the Youth Challenge Fund, YCF Marketplace at the Rogers Centre. The purpose of the YCF Marketplace event is to showcase the successes of 92 youth-led and youth-driven initiatives.

The public was invited to stop by our information table and show their support for our rising Young Latina Leaders as they demonstrated their leadership capacity and spoke about the urgent need of programs like ours to community members and powerful entities, such as politicians, potential funders, and the media (consequently powerful adults who make important decisions on young people’s lives).

We also be presented a 15-minute “Prisoner of Silence, Be Free” presentation throughout the day.

Event: YCF, Market Place
Date:  Saturday, April 26, 2008
Time:  10am – 5:00pm
Location:  Rogers Centre – Gate 5, One Blue Jays Way, Toronto

On March 12, 2008 MUJER invited Latina Youth between the ages 13-17 to participate in a workshop to discuss the signals of violence, the cause of violence, the impact of power and control in relationships, as well as the services available in the GTA.

Schedules: 11am – 12:30pm or 2:30pm – 4:00pm.

Place: MUJER's office, 687 A Bloor St. W., (Bloor and Christie)

On March 7th 2008 we celebrated International Women’s Day, commemorating the contributions of Latinas with an evening of art, culture, open mic and much more! This night we also presented our trainees with their certificates for their Leadership Trainings. The event took place from 5 to 9 p.m at MUJER's office (687 Bloor St W.).

MUJER had a Re-launching event on September 21, 2007. 50 diverse women from the Latin American community in the GTA, funders and political figures attended this exciting event.

At MUJER, we are extremely proud of the progress we have been able to make considering our limited resources. Our event was an opportunity to celebrate MUJER’s past and present accomplishments with our partners, volunteers, founders, funders, and staff. It was also an occasion to develop new alliances and partnerships. It was a chance for our youth to meet our political leaders working in and for the development of women. Attendants met some of our socially engaged young leaders, who have demonstrated a commitment to promoting the development of women through their involvement with MUJER.

The afternoon was full of sharing stories on how MUJER has touched the lives of different women. Women from different generations, beliefs and backgrounds came together and shared why MUJER is an important organization for them and why it must continue.

On behalf of MUJER, we thank you all for coming out and demonstrating your ever lasting support.

When: Saturday November 25th, 2006
Where: Bloor Collegiate Institute
What time: 1:00 pm-5:30pm

When: Saturday November 26, 2005
Where: Bloor Collegiate (1141 Bloor Street West)
What time: 1:00 pm-5:30pm

What is a Forum?

"A public meeting or presentation involving a discussion and often including audience participation"

Why a Forum on promoting healthy relationships?

The level of violence among youth, school drops-outs, teenage pregnancy, violence against women and children, are escalating issues in our city. The situation for people of Latin American origin in Toronto is not very much different: women, children and youth experience violence; our youth are lacking sufficient self-confidence and self-esteem; adult role models around them may not demonstrate healthy relationships. In this context and as a matter of prevention we need to do something involving the community, including male and female adults who are the shapers of youth, but with an emphasis on youth who are definitely the future of any society.

What is the Forum about?

We are planning to have a whole afternoon dedicated to explore issues of violence versus healthy relationships throughout activities such as workshops (music videos, theatre, journalism), discussions, graffiti, photographic exhibits and literature readings. We expect to identify issues, mechanisms and strategies for promoting healthy relationships in our community. The aim of the Forum is to engage members of Toronto's Latin American community in discussions, reflection and actions on how to prevent and end violence in our relationships and to promote healthy, equal relationships.

So, you are strongly encouraged to get involved in this initiative. We believe that each person has a say in this issue, and we invite you to share with others what you have to say.

Mujer has identified an escalation of violence against women and children in our community. Issues of violence facing young women are often a reflection of larger social problems. It is Mujer's goal to strengthen the community response to the increasing violence in intimate relationships experienced by teenagers and young adult women in the Latin-American community in Toronto. Training was geared towards young Latin-American women on how to promote healthy relationships and how to address, prevent and end violence.

Mujer is proud to have offered the training program to Young Latin-American women:

• Between the ages of 18-25 years old (flexible).
  
• Committed to become an activist against violence against women.

The Leaderships Training included:

The receptive group of people who attended the event have commented on " the wonderful time", "the excellent music - both live and DJ", and that it was "very well organized". They look forward to the next party organized by MUJER and we are also looking forward to our next event!

We want to express our special thanks to our many donors and sponsors, musicians, DJ, to Lula Lounge. We send a BIG THANK YOU to our committed volunteers for their time and generous contribution in helping MUJER to continue its work with and for Latin-American Women.