It Starts with me
It Starts With Me has a wealth of creative and engaging activities planned that allow you to speak your voice and challenge you to create a movement towards a discrimination free society. It doesn't just start with ONE, but ALL, and that includes YOU.
Saturday July 14th. VPL. Be there.
It Starts With Me:
Dialogue with a Purpose
9:00-9:30am: Registration (create your own name tag) and Refreshments
10:00am: Opening Ceremonies
Morning: Workshops (choose two workshops to attend out of our four interactive and engaging workshops. Click HERE for more details
Flash Mob Preparation
1:30pm Lunch
Afternoon: Guest Speaker and Dialogues
Dialogues – What did you learn? What do you think? What will you do next?
Interactive Flash Mob Outside of the library
Wrap up and presentation of prizes
Guest Speaker: Romi Chandra Herbert
Romi Chandra Herbert's advocacy and passion have created amazing ripples of change in the community. It started early - when Romi formed the first Gay Straight Alliance in his Maple Ridge high school, a model of peer support that has been replicated all across the Province. Romi continues his leadership in the community through his work as a coordinator, trainer and facilitator at such organizations as PeerNetBC, Qmunity, the Northshore Multicultural Society and the Justice Institute of BC. He has led countless training sessions educating businesses, schools, labour and youth about issues of diversity, anti-oppression, homophobia and anti-racism. Romi is an inspiration to youth and the community for his advocacy for and commitment to an inclusive and caring society.
John Yap was first elected in the riding of Richmond-Steveston in the 2005 provincial election. He was re-elected on May 12, 2009.
Yap previously served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Clean Technology to the Minister of Energy and Mines, as the Minister of State for Climate Action and as the chair of the Government Caucus. He was also a member of the Treasury Board, the Legislative Review Cabinet Committee, as well as the Select Standing Committees of Public Accounts Crown Corporations and Finance and Government Services.
Also Featuring: John Yap
