{"id":2117,"date":"2012-05-07T14:23:27","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T19:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2019-02-09T16:48:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T21:48:08","slug":"may-update-getting-invovled-in-interchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/?p=2117","title":{"rendered":"May update: Getting involved in InterChange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/?attachment_id=2127\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2127\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2127\" title=\"InterChange ToolKit - 7\" src=\"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/InterChange-ToolKit-7-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/InterChange-ToolKit-7-231x300.jpg 231w, http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/InterChange-ToolKit-7-791x1024.jpg 791w, http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/InterChange-ToolKit-7.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a>Dear members of the InterChange family,<\/p>\n<p>The last few months have been a very busy time for InterChange and I wanted to let you know some of the things that are going on and to invite you to get involved, if you\u2019re not already.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the highlights:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>PROJECTS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been working hard on the following projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Building a Culture of Peace inToronto<\/li>\n<li>Toolkit for Peacebuilders<\/li>\n<li>Food and Peace project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can find out more about all of these on our website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.interchange4peace.org\/\">www.interchange4peace.org<\/a>.<br \/>\nThere are many ways to get involved, and I\u2019ll suggest just a few.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Building a Culture of Peace in Toronto<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>propose a workshop<\/li>\n<li>invite InterChange to bring a workshop to your community<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0volunteer at a workshop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact <a href=\"mailto:community@interchange4peace.org\">community@interchange4peace.org<\/a>\u00a0for more information or to get involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Toolkit for Peacebuilders<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>submit your resource(s) to share, using the form printed on the project description<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact <a href=\"mailto:community@interchange4peace.org\">community@interchange4peace.org<\/a>\u00a0for more information or to get involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Food and Peace:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>submit a post about your involvement with Food and Peace<\/li>\n<li>invite Rebecca, project co-ordinator, to interview you and\/or attend your event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact <a href=\"mailto:%20rebecca.ballen@utoronto.ca\">rebecca.ballen@utoronto.ca<\/a> for more information or to get involved.<\/p>\n<p>Also watch out for more on a new project, <strong>Health and Peace<\/strong>.\u00a0 Anthea, the coordinator, has posted her initial blog on the website and will be giving more information soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>COMMUNICATIONS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website<\/strong>: If you haven\u2019t been on our website for a while, I know you\u2019ll be pleased to see all the information, messages and ideas. Please read our website and tell others about it, send us your stories and or photos, and feel fee to comment on any of the information online. As usual, we\u2019re always pleased to hear your suggestions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook: <\/strong>Thanks to an infusion of new energy and the recruitment of 2 new administrators, our<br \/>\nFacebook page is very lively. Please check us out at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/InterChange4Peace\/166030813430244\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/InterChange4Peace\/166030813430244<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re already a Facebook member, make InterChange your friend and \u201clike\u201d any of our posts.<br \/>\nAlso, we would really love to receive news and information from our members all over the world, so please send your postings! If for some reason you can\u2019t post things directly, please send them to <a href=\"mailto:community@interchange4peace.org\">community@interchange4peace.org<\/a>\u00a0and we\u2019ll do it!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brochure: <\/strong>InterChange is developing a new postcard-style brochure. It\u2019s posted on our Facebook page, so do take a look and give us your feedback. We intend to print them in Toronto as soon as we get the go-ahead from our members, and we\u2019ll send the file to the other local centres to customize for your own use.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>TORONTO<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> LOCAL CENTRE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Torontolocal centre has been very\u00a0active, with regular working meetings, working on the Building a Culture of Peace project and planning for local events. If you\u2019re interested in getting (more)<br \/>\ninvolved, contact us at <a href=\"mailto:community@interchange4peace.org\">community@interchange4peace.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We also have 2 key volunteer opportunities:<\/p>\n<p>Local centre Co-ordinator, <a href=\"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/?p=2101\">http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/?p=2101<\/a>,\u00a0 and<\/p>\n<p>Volunteer Co-ordinator <a href=\"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/?p=2096\">http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/?p=2096<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll find these on our website under the \u201cGet Involved\u201d tab. Of course, there are many other<br \/>\nopportunities, so please get in touch!<\/p>\n<p>We would also love to hear more about the other local centres, so please do send your news.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>STRATEGIC PLANNING<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to those of you who responded to the survey and we\u2019ll getting back to you with next steps very\u00a0soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) AND BOARD ELECTIONS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As you\u2019ve noticed, we\u2019ve been busy, but we do plan to have our AGM and Board elections soon\u2014likely in<br \/>\nJune. More information soon, but in the meantime, please get in touch if you are thinking of running for the board yourself and\/or have someone you\u2019d like to nominate.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to hearing from you all,<\/p>\n<p>Peace &amp; friendship,<\/p>\n<p>Anne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear members of the InterChange family, The last few months have been a very busy time for InterChange and I wanted to let you know some of the things that are going on and to invite you to get involved, if you\u2019re not already. 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