LET’S’ Executive Director taught 2 workshops for the Vancouver Foundation May. The workshops were very well received, which led to an invitation for Heather to join Vancouver Foundation’s latest initiative, the Just and Sustainable Futures Fund, as a Community Advisor. The fund is a grant stream that directly lives in the Grants and Community Initiative department’s newly developed North Star, “[to] invest in the self-determination of people most impacted by systems of oppression, to support the conditions for a just and sustainable future to emerge for all.”
In our invitation, our role in the initiative was explained: “As part of this initiative, you will collaborate with a diverse group of passionate individuals who are all driven by the same goal: to empower and uplift those most affected by systems of oppression. This is not just a project; it’s an opportunity to be at the forefront of creating impactful, long-lasting change within our community.
Your role will involve story-gathering and systems mapping through stories, harnessing your unique skills in deep listening, and innovative thinking to help shape a grant stream that truly reflects the needs and aspirations of our community members across British Columbia.”
Heather was asked to help to shape the design and future of this granting stream, by contributing collaborative energy towards gathering and mapping stories that would be used to create the grant prototype. They were asked to participate in deep listening, storytelling & sharing by individual community members.
(A group of diverse community members.)