Dear ORICE community,<\/p>\n
We wanted to invite you to Action Amplified: The ORICE Annual Symposium on Global Community Engagement. <\/em><\/strong>The symposium will take place next Thursday, October 19th, 2023 from 5:00-9:30 pm<\/strong>. See below for more detail, we hope to see you there!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thursday, October 19th, 2023 | 5:00-9:30pm PDT <\/strong><\/p>\n Liu Institute for Global Issues<\/strong><\/p>\n Join us for the ORICE Annual Symposium! This year\u2019s theme, \u201cAction Amplified,\u201d<\/strong> aims to critically explore questions related to social, ecological, and economic challenges on local and global scales.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The symposium will feature a keynote talk <\/strong>from Ash Peplow Ball on “How to Build a Movement”<\/em><\/strong>, and concurrent sessions featuring presentations from UBC students<\/strong> who participated in immersive community-based placements over the summer in East Africa.They will share their learnings, challenges, and reflections from their experiences with community-based research and learning programs.<\/p>\n Registration is free<\/strong> and light refreshments will be served<\/strong>! More information about the event can be found on ORICE\u2019s website<\/a>, as well as our social media<\/a> pages. If you have questions, please contact ubc.orice@ubc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n REGISTER HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Keynote – “How to Build a Movement” with <\/em>Ash Peplow Ball<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Ash Peplow Ball<\/strong> (Executive Director of Women Transforming Cities<\/a>) will speak to \u201cHow to Build a Movement\u201d <\/strong>and will touch on the central themes of climate action, democratic participation, and movement building rooted in decolonization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n A lot of the challenges we are collectively experiencing today can feel overwhelming, and opportunities to create change can be hard to find. Through the story of a 200-year-old tree<\/a>, Ash will highlight how to identify your strengths as a changemaker, cultivate active hope, and get involved in the everyday movement building that just might be happening on your own street!<\/p>\n Featured Concurrent Session<\/strong><\/p>\n The Gender+ Paradigm: Implications for Research and Everyday Life<\/strong><\/p>\n How do our identities shape our experiences? Do the intersections of our identities affect how research is conducted? If so, how? Why does this matter to our everyday lives? <\/em><\/p>\n Housed under UBC ORICE, the Gender+ in Research Collective<\/strong> works to build a community for rich dialogue in which gender and other identity intersections, including race, class, sexuality and ability, are considered when conducting community-engaged research. Join us for this discussion session about the Gender+ in Research Collective as we speak to what gender+, intersectionality, and positionality <\/strong>mean and their importance to research and everyday life!<\/p>\nAction Amplified: ORICE Annual Symposium on Global Community Engagement<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/h2>\n