The Solidarity Network is a news service with the purpose of reporting the activities as well as the ideological and political views of different Communist and Workers' Parties on National and International issues, including the Communist Party of Canada. Click here for more information.JOIN THE CPCNow is the time to take down this reactionary Harper Tory government. The Communist Party aims to unite the labour movement with other people's forces to strengthen the struggle for jobs, peace, democracy and popular sovereignty.
Welcome to the Cerebral Palsy Association of ManitobaCPAM is an independent non-profit organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. The Association offers information, referral, support, advocacy and use of its library to anyone affected with CP or to those interested in or working with people affected by CP.Challenge yourself and others to step it up this September!Log 10,000 steps a day.This is a unique chance for youto participate in a global health and wellness event.Steptember - Health & Fitness Event to Benefit Cerebral Palsy AssociationsSteptember is the perfect team building activityfor any family, group or companyEveryone can participate regardlessof age and fitness ability.We invite you to take advantage of the many mutual benefits that Steptember will provide.Not only will it promote team work, raise morale, increase physical activity levels andproductivity, participating in Steptember is an opportunity to have fun and raise funds for agreat cause!This year we have more countries on board than ever before
MMPAThe mandate of the Manitoba Magazine Publishers' Association (MMPA) is to represent and promote Manitoba magazines, undertaking projects that can best be done collectively or cooperatively on behalf of its membership. So whether it's a professional development conference, lobbying for better conditions for publishers or launching a direct mail campaign showcasing Manitoba magazines to the public, the MMPA is the voice for magazine publishing's future in our province. The MMPA's operations are under the control of a voluntary board of directors.Members elected to the Board include:PresidentBrenda Johnstone, Convenience & Carwash CanadaPast President
ArtspaceCreate. Connect. Collaborate.Artspace is located in the eponymous Artspace Building (also called the Gault Building) in Winnipeg's historic Exchange District.The 55,000 square foot former wholesale warehouse is a place to create, connect and collaborate. It is home to many of Winnipeg's most interesting, important, and innovative artists and arts organizations, including Jazz Winnipeg, Prairie Fire Magazine and the highly-regarded indie film venue Cinematheque. Artistic cooperationArtspace excels at building community. By providing its members, tenants, and the Manitoba arts and cultural community at large with shared administrative support, affordable creation, production, exhibition and administration space, as well as arts management services , Artspace alleviates the isolation of creative practice, encourages collaboration and improves organizational efficiency. The cultural face of the Exchange DistrictArtspace makes deep and enduring positive contribution to the development of arts and culture in Manitob,a and is the major contributor to the Exchange District's standing as a historic and cultural destination.Artspace Inc. and the Artspace Building are the result of the Core Area Initiative a collaboration between Winnipeg's arts community and the three levels of government, targeted at revitalizing the Exchange District
Submitted by Prison.Libraryon May 11, 2014 - 2:00pmWant to learn more what the Prison Libraries Committee (PLC) has been up to this past year? Interested in volunteering? Hungry for pizza?Join us on Tuesday, May 13 at 4:30pm in the Cabinet room for an informal meeting and opportunity to chat and get to know other Prison Libraries Committee members. Read more the committee on our webpage .If you can't make the meeting but still want to support the committee, we are collecting books for the Remand and Women's Correctional Centre! Check out our wishlist and bring a book to the conference - we will have a book bin at our PLC booth!
The Manitoba Association of Playwrights is a non-profit organization that supports playwrights & playwriting in Manitoba.HistoryMAP was formed in 1979. Over the past 35 years it has played a crucial role in the development of plays and playwrights in Manitoba. MAP nurtures excellence in Manitoba playwriting and champions playwrights and plays. Core Valuesplaywriting is an art form that has the power to entertain, to educate, to startle and to transform society.the creation of new plays is crucial to the existence of a living theatre.playwriting thrives in a safe environment that supports and encourages creative freedom and exporation.playwriting potentially has as many voices as there are people: the diversity of unique artistic visions makes us stronger. [Rory Runnells photo credit: Michael Roberts, dualityphoto.com]Rory Runnells has been the coordinator and artistic director of the Manitoba Association of Playwrights for most of its existence as an organization.Rory is the face of MAP.
Please join the Manitoba Writers' Guild in welcoming our Disability Project Writer-in-Residence, Kate Grisim, on Thursday, May 15 from 11 am -3 pm at the MWG Office. Light refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome!As the MWG Disability Project's first Writer-in-residence, Kate Grisim will be in the Manitoba Writers' Guild offices 30 hours a week, working with interested writers who would like some general editing, commenting, or critiquing of their original work. Kate's area of specialty is writing about experiences of marginalization, but all writers are welcome to visit her and discuss their work.For more information, please email kendra@mbwriter.mb.ca or writerinresidence@mbwriter.mb.ca204-944-8013 or visit www.mbwriter.mb.caMWG welcomes Kate Grisim – Writer-in ResidenceThe MWG is proud to announce its Disability Project Writer-in-Residence, Kate Grisim.As the MWG Disability Project's first Writer-in-residence, Kate Grisim will be in the Manitoba Writers' Guild offices 30 hours a week, working with interested writers who would like some general editing, commenting, or critiquing of their original work.