RECENT EVENTS
Women for a Just Peace
in Palestine, Israel and At. Home
On April 26, Women Wage Peace Winnipeg and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights will host an event called "Women for a Just Peace in Palestine, Israel and At Home". The conference will bring together Winnipeggers from diverse backgrounds to learn about women's efforts in pursuing peace and justice in Israel, Palestine and here in Winnipeg.
Frances Ravinsky from Community Works will facilitate a workshop at the event called "On Being an Ally: A Story Exchange". Take this opportunity to share your own stories through oral and writing exercises. Your stories matter.
Details about afternoon workshops and the evening ‘key-note speaking event can be found at https://humanrights.ca/program/women-just-peace-palestine-israel-and-home.
Please do join us.
CCEDNet Gathering Conference
Community Works was pleased to be part of this year’s CCEDNet Gathering Conference in October called Imagining our Future: Moving Towards Transformative Action. We introduced participants to digital storytelling in our workshop called Strangers No More: Stories of Culture and Identity. Thanks so much to Amna Burki for screening her story “Under My Ammi’s Wings” and for offering her profound reflections.
Under My Ammi's Wings by Amna Burki
Singing for Mass Connection:
A Weekend Workshop with Melanie DeMore
Our September 13 & 14 workshop at the Ukrainian Labour Temple called "Singing for Mass Connection" with the inimitable Melanie Demore exceeded our wildest dreams! Here are some photos from the weekend:
Helping Children through Grief and Loss
On August 7-8, 2025 Community Works returned to Birdtail Sioux First Nation to facilitate this workshop. This is our second visit to the community and we're delighted to return. Thanks to Tyler Hanska for inviting us back. Much thanks to all those who participated in the workshop - for your courage, honesty, thoughtful reflections, and for the stories you shared
that left the facilitator (Frances from Community Works) much wiser.
And thanks for the jokes. Great jokes.
Frances Ravinsky was delighted to be invited back for a second year of leadership at Earthsong adult singing camp hosted by United Church in Meadowood in Winnipeg, July 14 - 18, 2025. https://ucim.org/earthsong/
Participants were invited into the story circle to share stories from their own lives using different art forms as primary storytelling languages. Four storytelling workshops were structured around ecologist Joanna Macy’s themes of Coming into Gratitude, Honouring our Pain, Seeking Wisdom, and Going Forth. Frances shared some teachings on the use of personal storytelling for personal and collective healing and wellness and as maps for action.