Re-Opening Questionnaire

The primary guidance from the Government of Alberta to places of worship, is this: "To best prevent the spread of COVID-19, places of worship are encouraged to continue hosting services and faith-based activities online or through creative mechanisms." We anticipate that this will be the case throughout stages 2 and 3...and...we also want to hear your hopes and needs as we consider our gradual step is toward resuming in-person activities.

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Click here for Worship Committee Questionnaire~ - please complete by June 30th.

Many thanks to Robin Slater for offering "Robin's Web" as a feature in our Newsletter, as part of our efforts to be a more broadly inclusive Community of Faith.

ROBIN'S WEB

CONNECTING DIVERSITY

As summer is approaching and our feet itch to move outside, here are some activities to keep you engaged on the days you choose to remain inside. Although it might seem like we’re over the crisis, we still need to examine our collective responses to the pandemic. And, keep dreaming of a better way…..

June is Pride Month - take an opportunity to learn more about 2SLGBTQ. Did you know the term Two-Spirit is unique to Indigenous peoples and holds significant history? Check-out this video.  click here~

Throughout the month of June, experience some of the diversity and vibrancy of Indigenous traditions, languages, and arts through unique Indigenous-inspired at-home activities. A new activity has been posted each week on the Canadian Museum of History website. 

With news that select cinemas are set to reopen in Alberta on June 26, Calgary International Film Festival is wrapping up its “at Home programming” on Monday June 29. View two films streaming now, that tie into the Web’s diversity mandate:  

Thinking about change into the future: 

How a feminist approach could lead to a stronger COVID-19 recovery. COVID-19 is not impacting all Canadians equally — the most marginalized communities are bearing the brunt of it, both economically and in their vulnerability to the virus itself. These are patterns our government should not ignore, because they illuminate deep inequities in our society that need to be addressed with policy change. That’s why YWCA director, Maya Roy and the whole YWCA, are calling on all levels of Canadian government to implement an intersectional feminist response to COVID-19. Intersectional feminism recognizes systems that put some populations — people of colour, women, people with disabilities, for instance — at a disadvantage, socially or economically. Roy says that in order to rebuild our communities to be stronger, more inclusive, and more resilient after the crisis is over, policies must be designed with the people at the margins in mind. She says there are four key actions to make this response a reality. click here~  

What a "Feminist" Approach to Fighting COVID-19 Might Have Achieved. Imagine a global security structure based on principles of cooperation, human security, pragmatism, transparency, and inclusivity. Renowned Israeli legal scholar, Ruth Halperin-Kaddari and Ambassador Donald Steinberg favor building a global security structure based on feminine principles of cooperation, human security, pragmatism, transparency, and inclusivity. click here~

‘Where Do We Go From Here?’ Power, properly understood, was nothing but the ability to achieve purpose, said Martin Luther King, Jr. “It is the strength required to bring about social, political and economic change.” “Now, we got to get this thing right. What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and that love without power is sentimental and anemic.” click here~