Muslim Children's Aid & Support Services

📣❤️📣❤️📣Hi Everyone! We are so happy to announce another amazing guest facilitator Amira Abutaa!
Amira Abutaa is a mental health professional who is passionate about supporting newcomers and youth in her community. She is currently serving her community as a Newcomer Youth Advisor with the YMCA, and as a certified counselor with Abrar Trauma and Mental Health Services.
Amira is a Palestinian woman, born and raised in Ontario. She feels deeply connected to the struggle against settler-colonial occupation and oppression. She is a strong advocate for the human rights of Palestinians, as well as the human rights of the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island. She finds purpose through being a positive influence in people’s lives and firmly believes that change on a collective level alwas starts at the individual level.
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📣📣📣 And another Amazing Guest Facilitator!! We are thrilled to announce that Jenna Robar will be joining us at the Never Again Youth Summit 📣📣📣

Jenna Robar (she/her) is a community activist from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, currently serving in the role of Manager of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at the YMCA and is also the Deputy Director at Books, Art, Music (BAM) Collective. Seasoned in speaking up for what she believes in, she has spoken in the House of Commons, with the UNAC, and with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Jenna has also served on the Prime Minister’s Youth Council, providing non-partisan advice on issues of importance to people in what’s currently Canada.

📣 We are super excited to share our first Guest Facilitator Judy Rebick 📣

Judy Rebick is one of Canada’s best-known feminists and activists. She is the founding publisher of rabble.ca. An author, her latest book is a memoir, Heroes in my Head. She is the former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women and was a spokesperson for the pro-choice campaign that won legal abortion in Canada in the 1980’s. Judy is also an anti-Zionist Jew who has been active in solidarity with Palestine for many years. Reminder to book your tickets by visiting bit.ly/NeverAgainYouthSummit

📣We are thrilled to announce our Keynote speaker for the Never Again Youth Summit!!!! 💛📣

Join us in welcoming b. h. Yael!! She is a Toronto based filmmaker and installation artist. Yael’s films have exhibited nationally and internationally, and have shown in various settings, from festivals to galleries to community and activist groups, as well as at various educational venues. She is a recipient of numerous arts grants and awards. Yael’s work deals with the many intersections of identity and family; it has focused on activist initiatives in Palestine/Israel, as well as apocalypse, geopolitical and environmental urgencies. A book about her work, Family States, released in 2021, edited by Mike Hoolboom and published by ConverSalon is available for download at bhyael.ca. Her films are distributed by Vtape and the b.h. Yael collection streams online through Cinema Politica. Yael is Professor of Integrated Media at OCAD University, where she co-programs arts lectures and media screenings titled Art Creates Change.

Check out our latest event for Charity Week!

To promote our vision of unity, we will be hosting a calligraphy workshop in Mississauga! ✒️🎉

Tickets are pay what you can, with the proceeds going towards our donation for Charity Week. 💕

Tickets are limited, so make sure to click the link in our linktree to sign up! 🎫

https://linktr.ee/MCASScommunity

Registration for our Connections Stitched with
L❤️ve program is open for the new year!

Sign up today at the link in our bio!

Don't miss out on your chance to learn something new, share your experiences and celebrate your heritage! ✨

Across many cultures, Muslim women have been taught embroidery and other handiwork from their mothers or grandmothers.

Connections Stitched With Love will continue this tradition by bringing virtual lessons on Zoom to learn how to knit and crochet!

Our new program will:
- providing opportunities to meet new women, and make new friends
- connect women to share daily lives and lived experiences
- introduce sharing and learning amongst women of different faiths
- build self-confidence and self-worth
- support a sense of accomplishment from learning a new skill and producing beautiful creations.

Instructor Ekbal al Khatib will join the sessions to facilitate instruction and conversation.

Program participants will make beautiful creations that will in turn be donated to low-income seniors.

At the conclusion of the program, participants, recipients, program leaders, and their loved ones will gather to celebrate their training!

QUESTIONS/CONCERNS:
If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them here: [email protected] or 289-355-8522

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Big shoutout to all the amazing organizations, volunteers, and donors that helped us make this happen! 💞❤️

We're so grateful to be able to help support our community with Syrian Canadian Foundation and Penny Appeal Canada!! ❤️❤️

This Ramadan SCF partnered with Penny Appeal Canada, Ramadan Giving, and Muslim Children's Aid & Support Services to support 390 refugees through iftar and food package deliveries across the GTA.✨

We're grateful for our incredible community partners and the community’s support! ❤️