Our Mission: Second Story Women's Centre supports women and gender-oppressed people, provides safer spaces, and advocates for social change.
Our Vision: Gender equity and safe, healthy relationships on the South Shore.
Our Vision: Gender equity and safe, healthy relationships on the South Shore.
Highlights
The Giving Season is here....
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Giving Tuesday is November 30. Thanks to an anonymous donor, anyone who makes a donation to Second Story during the month of November will be entered into a draw for a two-night stay at a gorgeous Lunenburg County Air BnB cottage!
We are also happy to report that we have a new donation page that allows you to direct the funds you are donating to Second Story to specific programming areas and will send you an automatic tax receipt! Click Donate to find out more and make a donation! 
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Fundraisers
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We are so fortunate to have so many lovely members of our community who are working to raise money for the Centre this giving season!
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Melissa Morrison Jewellery will be donating 20% of the proceeds from the sales of their stunning 'GRIT' earrings in the month of November!
...And the folks at Lunenburg Consignment are still selling jewellery with some of the proceeds coming to SSWC! Thank you to everyone for their generosity! |
Programming Announcement!
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📣📣 We're so excited to announce our new Creative Corner Workshops! 🎉🎉
Every other Friday we will be doing a small creative project (craft, art piece, creative expression) with a small group at the Centre. All "skill levels" will be able to join in and enjoy each other's company while making something fun! Check out secondstory.ca/programs for all the details! |
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Howler Award
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Congratulations to Jessika Hepburn, recipient of the 2021 Howler Award!
The Howler Award is given to a woman, girl or gender-oppressed person who is an exemplary, fearless community leader; an inspiring and hopeful champion who has found their voice and used it to mobilize others to effect change on issues of concern to women. During the award presentation, Jessika urged everyone to read Audre Lord's speech, 'THE USES OF ANGER: WOMEN RESPONDING TO RACISM,' from her keynote presentation at the 1981 National Women's Studies Association Conference, which we really appreciated and wanted to make more widely available here. Thank you, Jessika! You can read Audre Lorde's speech HERE, and head over to secondstory.ca/whats-new to learn more about Jessika and the work she does! |
Gratitude
"All the staff make me feel very calm and very welcome. I have used all their services and would highly recommend another woman to the centre for their help!"