Attend these free webinars and develop skills that will support you in rooting your solidarity-building work in intentionality and purpose.
This series is presented by Zakary-Georges Gagné in collaboration with guest community-builders from across Turtle Island.
Register to this webinar series now to get access to the first-event and to be the first to know about the upcoming webinars!
Join Zakary and Guest Community-Builder Anna Balagtas on November 22 for the first free webinar of this series!
This series is open to all community-builders, nonprofit leaders, and grassroot organizers across Turtle Island that are looking to do introspection on how they build solidarity within their movements.
All webinars center 2Spirit and QTBIPOC perspectives around community, solidarity, and sustainability.
During this first webinar, participants will:
Develop a better understanding of what organizational solidarity is and reflect on its limitations in a capitalistic society.
Discuss the do’s and the don’ts of organizational solidarity.
Define a pathway to creating initiatives with a backbone - and with impact.
Learn About Zakary
Zakary-Georges Gagné (she/they) is a bilingual artist, author, activist, consultant, and public sector professional specializing in community development, solidarity building and public awareness. With a Franco-Quebecois and Cree heritage, Zakary proudly carries her Indigenous, trans-feminine and Francophone identities.
Zakary is interested in finding ways to facilitate and implement intersectionality approaches in various French and English-speaking settings, such as advocacy, community, and academic spaces. Her work is particularly focused on improving the lives of people of sexual and gender diverse peoples, Indigenous and racialized peoples, and francophones in minority settings.
Learn About Anna
Kamusta! Ako si Anna Balagtas (she/they) and I'm a Queer + Pinay femme radical birthworker, project doula, educator, communications creative, and community organizer.
I'm the founder of Pocket Doula and Director of Cornerstone Birthwork Canada and I support emerging careworkers and reproductive health organizations in radicalizing and decolonizing their practice through heart-centered mentorships, queer reproductive justice, and community organizing. In my work, I use creative and collective means to disrupt and dismantle the many systems of oppression that hinder our liberation.