DISTRICT ‘IDEA’ GRANTS TO COMBAT HATE, VIOLENCE, DISCRIMINATION
MUSKOKA — Muskoka is providing more than $22,000 to help combat hate, violence and discrimination against Indigenous women and girls.
It’s part of funding from the district’s IDEA Advisory Group (IAG) to support nine projects through its IDEA community grant program.
IDEA promotes inclusion, diversity, equity and anti-racism or anti-hate.
“We’re grateful for the dedication and passion of the IAG in supporting these nine deserving recipients,” said District Chair Jeff Lehman.
IDEA grant recipients benefit youth, seniors and individuals with disabilities.
A total of $22,500 will be split between these nine organizations:
- $3,500 to Muskoka Pride to purchase diversity signage. The signs will say “Hate has no place here”
- $2,500 to Community Living Huntsville for disability employment awareness and outreach
- $2,500 to Hope Arises Project Inc. for its With Women: Taking Back and Celebrating Self initiative, which focuses on combating hate, violence, and discrimination against Indigenous women and girls.
- $2,500 to Hospice Muskoka to help with diversity training
- $2,500 to Mind-Aid to support its public education campaign, At the Crossroads: Youth Mental Health in Muskoka
- $2,500 to Muskoka-Parry Sound Coordinated Sexual Assault Services to help develop a community-based workshop to address colonial mindsets in how social service programs are delivered
- $2,500 to TimberBeast Productions to help them create Connected – A Human Library Experience. It’s designed to give a voice to stories that have been silenced through societal and symmetric oppression.
- $2,500 to YWCA Muskoka to support its Girlz Unplugged program
- $1,550 to the Muskoka Queer Film Festival to support its 2023 event
