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Dance with Pride with Naach for Fun
"I want Naach For Fun to be an “all inclusive community”. It wouldn't matter what people identify as or what they look like, Naach For...
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Project Empower Circle
- May 1, 2021
- 4 min
How to Be an Intersectional Environmentalist…and Why There is No Other Way to Be One
By: Josephine Agueci "While the basis of environmentalism is taking action to protect the environment, I have noticed that many of us in...
Project Empower Circle
- Apr 22, 2021
- 2 min
Sustaining Oneself to go the Distance (By Catherine Nassralla)
"How can I operate thoughtfully and with more respect for myself, in a way that serves me perpetually? How can I give of myself to others...
Project Empower Circle
- Apr 9, 2021
- 4 min
The Process Lab: Progoti, Building Social Impact with Fashion
“I want to built this brand so that people can vote with their wallets” - Nurjahan Progoti is a Canadian social-enterprise that delivers...
Project Empower Circle
- Mar 23, 2021
- 5 min
Dear Me - Look How Far You’ve Made It (By Sharon Shaji)
“To help heal the old you, to hold space for the current you, and to honour the future you." - Carine D.
Project Empower Circle
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
5 Empowering Women You’ve Probably Never Heard of!
Happy Women’s History month! We wanted to bring to light a few empowering women past and present who we look up to. Check out these 5...
Project Empower Circle
- Mar 5, 2021
- 6 min
The Process Lab: Cultivating Social Impact as The Standard of Business with Talia Antonietta
“To be a better leader in society you have to be willing to step outside of your comfort zone and to be committed to growth in your...
Project Empower Circle
- Mar 4, 2021
- 2 min
What Mental Health Means to Us
What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation.” - Glenn Close During this past year, two...
Project Empower Circle
- Feb 27, 2021
- 5 min
What Allyship Means to Me
Allyship is an action. It’s about taking a stand. It’s about building relationships and taking accountability. But most importantly, it’s...
Project Empower Circle
- Feb 26, 2021
- 4 min
Breaking the Bamboo & Glass Ceilings with Cissy Ma
“Yes, people from minority groups might break through, but how long will it take to break through? Should it take this long to break...
Project Empower Circle
- Feb 9, 2021
- 5 min
The Process Lab: Building Resilience as a Serial Entrepreneur - Deon Stokes of The Ambition Planner
“What keeps me at having the ability to do things is being intentional about my time. If I'm going to do it, I'm going to be present, if...
Project Empower Circle
- Jan 24, 2021
- 5 min
A Conversation with Kyla Bolden, Founder of Wiz Kid Coding and Co-founder of Wizzy Esports
Many initiatives and organizations spring out of a recognizing a gap in one's experience. For Kyla, this meant creating an educational...
Project Empower Circle
- Jan 22, 2021
- 4 min
GynAware: The Co-founders' Personal Journeys and Inspirations (Part 2)
In this blogpost, GynAware co-founders, Ida Derish and Meera Kanagalingham, talk about their personal journeys to starting a business...
Project Empower Circle
- Jan 14, 2021
- 4 min
Hustle Culture: A Reflection from STEM by Pallavi Dutta
Hustle harder? Good things happen to those who hustle? Keep on hustling? These phrases are a staple in hustle culture that continues to...
Project Empower Circle
- Jan 10, 2021
- 5 min
GynAware: The Journey of Two Women’s Health Advocates to Creating a Business (Part 1)
"What we have achieved so far has required grit and power and lots of determination to continue despite the occasional failures. And in...
Project Empower Circle
- Dec 28, 2020
- 4 min
My story: How passion + confidence can change lives, by Arissa Roy from Project Power Global
"If you are reading this, and you have an idea or something you want to do/see/change, take this from me, the person who spent 2+ years...
Project Empower Circle
- Dec 27, 2020
- 4 min
The Process Lab: Promoting yourself on Social Media with Hannah from The Aesthetics Studio
"I was not always the best at promoting myself…but once you start it snowballs from there." - Hannah Wang, Creator of The Aesthetics...
Project Empower Circle
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
Community (a poem)
A Poem by Tyneisha Ternent a.k.a. Ty the Poetess Community community to me is a marvelous noun something we create ourselves and want to...
Project Empower Circle
- Dec 15, 2020
- 4 min
The Process Lab: Community-Focused Gift Giving with Alexandra Pourvali from Gively Studio
Gively Studio is a gift-giving service that began as a subscription box model and has evolved into a holistic life-style brand.
Project Empower Circle
- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
Holding Space: Providing a Safe Space for Mental Health (by Hansa Raja-Jones)
"The ethos of Holding Space is to provide a safe, non-judgemental space for parents to come together; to be supported, to chat, to...
Project Empower Circle
- Dec 9, 2020
- 4 min
The Art of Holding Space with Heather Plett: Conversation Takeaways
"Holding space is the practice of compassionately witnessing, accepting, and supporting someone without judgement, while retaining your...
Project Empower Circle
- Nov 25, 2020
- 4 min
The Process Lab: Building an Approachable Brand with Lauren Griffith from Scrub & Butter
"Scrub & Butter is your friend from down the street, not intimidating, not scary, just really friendly and open” - Lauren Griffith Scrub...
Project Empower Circle
- Nov 20, 2020
- 5 min
StudioMEMA: Minimal Polymer Jewellery
Have you ever dreamed of working alongside your best friend? While you might not think about it every day, chances are you thought about...
Project Empower Circle
- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
Aiza's Teddybear Foundation: Connecting Communities (By Aiza Abid)
I have always had a deeply rooted desire to bring peace, justice and healing to the lives of children in need. Growing up, I witnessed...