CFUW HAMILTON

Please join us

Tues., Nov 17, 2015 , 7:30pm @ 1020 Upper James St., The Cresmont
Guest Speaker:   Susan Jasper, Founder & CEO, Telling Tales

Susan is the Chair and Founder of the Telling Tales Festival held in September at Westfield Heritage Village. This is the largest children’s literary festival in Ontario. Going into its 7th year, it is a model for cooperation and partnerships with many community partners. In September 2014 the attendance topped 6,000. The CBC has recognized this festival as one of the best in Canada.

CFUW Burlington,and partner, A Different Drummer Books welcome author Camilla Gibb  as she discusses her new book,

This is Happy.

Wednesday November 25, 2015 @ 7:00 pm

Admission: $25.00

St. Christopher’s Anglican Church, 662 Guelph Line Burlington

Tea, Coffee, Homemade Treats

(doors open at 6:30pm)

For complete details : https://cfuwburlington.wildapricot.org/event-2061967

Bryan Prince Bookseller would like to invite CFUW members to tomorrow night’s reading with the 2015 Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Prize finalists at Hillfield Strathallan. Complimentary tickets will be made available to anyone wishing to attend.
Details can be found here:

IFOA Hamilton, Oct 29: Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize Finalists

We continue to offer our support for Insasmuch House Hamilton, an emergency shelter for women and children in crisis due to abuse and homelessness.

Below you will find the link to Inasmuch House  along with the a PDF download showing CFUW policy and highlighting our advocacy programs regarding Gendered Violence.

https://mission-services.com/about-our-work/support-for-women/

CFUW Policy & Gendered Violence

Tues., Oct 20, 2015 , 7:30pm @ 1020 Upper James St., The Cresmont

Guest Speakers:

Lynn Wright, Educator, Canadian Nurses for Africa

Gail Wolters, Founder & President, Canadian Nurses for Africa

This nurse led organization based in Burlington conducts medical missions in Africa. The mission of the organization is to provide free medical care to communities in the Kakamega and Vihiga counties of Kenya.

Our meetings are Free and Open to the Public

The federal Election will be held on Oct 19, 2015. We encourage all members and everyone else that we know to vote and to be proactive about offering rides to those who may not otherwise be able to get to the polls.

Please check out the CBC Pledge to Vote Campaign

http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/pledge-to-vote/

As a direct result of our annual national resolution process, all CFUW clubs and members are urged to advocate on behalf of CFUW policy.

Below you will find a listing of the current Advocacy Issues from our CFUW National Website as well as a link to the CFUW online policy book.

Advocacy Issues

http://www.cfuw.org/Portals/0/Advocacy/POLICY%20BOOK%202014.pdf

Locally the club has a very active advocacy group. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Action and Advocacy group, check out the meeting times and contact information in our CFUW-Hamilton Happenings newsletter.

The federal election is Oct 19, 2015. Everyone who is eligible to vote should have received their voter information card by October 1st. For voter information please click on the Elections Canada Website shown below.

http://www.elections.ca/home.aspx

To view the pictures and write up of our 90th Birthday Celebration please click on the link below.

https://hamilton.snapd.com/event/872714#/

CFUW is a national organization of nearly 10,000 women who work together for the advancement of public education, the status of women, and human rights. It promotes cooperation, networking, lifelong learning, and the leadership of women in all fields.

Our local CFUW–Hamilton club hosts monthly meetings to inform and inspire; provides a wide range of interest groups; and engages in letter-writing campaigns and advocacy.

Program for 2015-16 cfuw