Next Up
Winnipeg
Call
for Applications
Next Up Winnipeg is a
leadership program coming to Winnipeg this January. Next Up supports and trains
young people committed to social and climate justice. To access the application
form online, please visit: http://www.nextup.ca/next_up_manitoba
Please share widely. Deadline
for applications is January 9th, 2015. This 5 month part-time
program is completely free.
For more information, you can
contact the Next Up Winnipeg program coordinator Nadia Kidwai at: winnipeg@nextup.ca
Or visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/nextupwinnipeg
About the program
Next Up was created by a
community of people who wanted to help emerging leaders develop new skills,
ideas and approaches around social and environmental issues. The program is
intense. Over 5 months, we’ll dive into a number of topics and disciplines,
combining theory, practice, deep thinking, and hard skills. We’ll look at some
of the most pressing Canadian policy issues both foreign and domestic—and
consider progressive ways to solve them. We’ll look at how change is made in
society. We’ll meet some of the most innovative change-makers in Manitoba —
from the non-profit, labour, business and public sectors and from Indigenous,
settler and newcomer communities— who are working for a better world.
For the 2014 - 2015 year,
Climate Change will be our lens for the program. Not every session will be
exclusively about climate change, but we will look at how climate change is
impacting the issues and solutions that we explore in the program:
How will climate change impact
Indigenous communities, public services, homelessness and poverty, immigration,
democracy, food, our economy and how we approach our individual areas of focus?
What is climate justice and how do we build it? We will look at what climate
change means for social change work in Canada and globally as well as what kind
of action is needed.
You don’t have to be an expert
on climate change to apply for this year’s program - just curious and ready to
work for change.
Who should apply?
If you are:
• Between 18– 32
• Passionate about
changing the way the world works, and committed to being active at the centre
of social change
• Certain that there
are better ways for us to take care of each other and the planet
• Willing to take a
risk, join a team, and learn more about yourself
• Someone with
leadership qualities (though leadership experience is not necessarily
required)
What level of commitment is
required from me, and when?
By joining Next Up you’re
committing yourself to an extraordinarily rigorous and exciting program.
The program runs
from January 23, 2015 – May 26, 2015.
During that time you
will:
·
Attend one
evening session per week (Tuesday evenings 6-9pm)
·
Attend one day-long weekend session per
month (Saturdays from 10-4pm)
·
Connect with various community leaders
during mutually convenient times
·
Explore and take action on an issue or
topic of social change that you’re passionate about.
Next Up Winnipeg’s local partners
include the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba (CCPA) and the
Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCENDET) Manitoba. We are
grateful to funding and support from the Winnipeg Foundation, United Way of
Winnipeg, Manitoba Government and General Employees Union and the United Food and
Commercial Workers- 832.
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Nadia
Kidwai
Program Coordinator
Next
Up Winnipeg
(204) 995 2853
(204) 995 2853
