For the second year in a row, the Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation and the Institute for Change Leaders have partnered to announce the Jack Layton Activism Award!
For the second year in a row, the Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation and the Institute for Change Leaders have partnered to announce the Jack Layton Activism Award!
Jack Layton was a leader and visionary advocate for progressive change, as well as a practical “doer” who worked at all levels. He deeply believed in our collective power to organize for transformative change.
A key component of the Jack Layton Legacy initiative, a partnership between the Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation and the Institute for Change Leaders, is to support and encourage groups and individuals who are committed to organizing for change in their community.
In line with this purpose, the Layton Legacy initiative is delighted to open nominations for the 2022 Jack Layton Activism Award! This initiative is designed to amplify the activism we see all around us; to support, grow, and move forward with the changes we want to see. You can learn about the 2021 Layton Activism Award winner, Christopher Nkambwe, here.
Nominations are now open for the second annual Layton Activism Award, to be awarded in August 2022. To nominate someone, please use the form below. We encourage you to share this opportunity with individuals and groups who might be a good fit, and we strongly encourage self-nominations!
Let us know what you and your group are doing and why. Describe and share your passion for change, and that of your group/organization. Your involvement not only helps grow the movement overall, it opens up opportunities for your group to access needed resources and training as you continue your activism.
The winner will receive an award of $5,000.00 and an opportunity to receive organizing for change training with the Institute for the Change Leaders.
The deadline to apply is July 18, 2022.
Interested? Apply here: https://www.douglascoldwelllayton.ca/layton-award-nominations
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As promised we’ve got lots of news to share with you this month. The Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation had a banner year in 2023. We produced more special events, original content, research projects, and educational materials than ever before!
This year we’re building from that success. You’ll see us in more places with more exciting programs for you to participate in throughout the year. All of this growth is thanks to our supporters like you.
We hope you enjoy our update this month.
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We hope you have had a good start to the year. We’ve got lots of important information and event announcements to share with you this month.
Thank you to those who supported us last year with a donation and helped us advance social democracy! You allow us to continue the important work we do, being the only charity in Canada to promote social democracy and carry on our founders' legacies. With your support we were able to create new research, establish an annual lecture series, new scholarships, new training for activists, and an interview series with social democrat leaders. And, this year we have even more content to deliver and special event plans to share with you.
Your charitable tax receipts are on the way!