Daughters of the Vote opportunity and Call to Action

Thursday November 22, 2018

Good morning to you all,

It has been some time since I sent out an email and I just wanted to touch base briefly with you today. An important opportunity for young women in our community who are interested in politics has a deadline of today. I apologize for not getting this out sooner! It is not a terribly complicated application and one young women from each riding will be selected to go to Ottawa in the spring and participate. Please look around you and see if someone might be interested and help them make the application. 

Here is the link:

http://www.daughtersofthevote.ca/

Below are some other links you might be interested in, that I have been researching a  bit.

https://www.equalvoice.ca/

https://www.canadianwomen.org/

http://www.ncwcanada.com/

https://www.womenofinfluence.ca/category/associations-for-women/#.W_a3qhNKjOQ

A few of us are planning to meet to talk about how to best support women locally who are thinking of politics in their lives. I know we just finished a municipal election, but we have a Federal one that will be here soon enough and honestly, we need the next 4 years to get an excellent group of women groomed and supported for the next election. Let's not decide at the eleventh hour because some CURRENT burning issue is driving you to engage. Make a decision to get engaged now....this doesn't mean YOU need to run, it just means you think this is important and can see yourself involved in some way. If that is you....I want to connect with you. We want to create a network that can support all of us as we go forward.

Are you or is someone you know always thinking about politics? Have you thought of running and why? Do you follow your government at the level you are most interested in? Do you go to council meetings? Do you watch them online? Do you meet with your candidates ( at all levels) and ask questions? If your only connection to politics is from behind your computer, then you are not really engaged. So let's meet, lets talk and see what transpires from there!

We will be calling a meeting of a few women just to start the conversation, and if you are interested please reply to this email and we will set a date to have a first face to face. 

If you didn't see the overall result of the Huron County Municipal Election here is a good link for you.

http://www.northhuron.on.ca/2018-municipal-election-results

These are the women elected/acclaimed in Huron County....let's CELEBRATE them!! 

NORTH HURON

Anita Van Hittersum

HURON EAST

Zoey Onn

Dianne Diehl

Brenda Dalton and Gloria Wilbee,

MORRIS-TURNBERRY

Sharen Zinn

CENTRAL HURON

Marg Anderson

Alison Lobb

ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH

Gloria Fisher

Anita Snobelen

Jennifer Miltenburg

GODERICH - NONE

BLUEWATER - NONE

HOWICK

Megan Gibson

Linda Henhoeffer

SOUTH HURON

Marissa Vaughan

Dianne Faubert

Barb Ferguson Willard

SCHOOL BOARD

REPRESENTATIVES

On the school board front, Colleen Schenk has been acclaimed as the North Huron area’s Avon Maitland District School Board trustee.

And if you know them or if they are in your municipality, reach out and congratulate them! Get ENGAGED. Ask them if they need any support and follow through.

Something missing.....it would appear we have NO elected women at the County Council for the next 4 years. 

The Inaugural Session of the Corporation of the County of Huron  Council will be held on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 1:00 PM. in the Court House Council Chambers in Goderich.

A Warden will be elected from the members of County Council to have the honour of being the Warden of Huron County for 2019-20.

The public is encouraged and welcome to attend this historic event.

One more thing before I go...the nominations are open for the Inspiring Women in Huron event - who inspires you? Nominate them. And here is something to think about for when you write the nomination.....Julie Sawchuk at our recent Women in Rural - Farm Radio Forum at the R2R conference in Blyth

http://www.northhuron.on.ca/conference-recreates-rural-radio-forum-program?id=928&fbclid=IwAR2iGZzTIy4OiMmEleTU6aTr8_YFtqz1WYD51m12l_3Xsr3XlxoRbqfQrDo 

challenged the intention of the word 'inspiring' or 'inspired'. Asking people when they say to her,'you really inspire me', to actually say what it is she inspired YOU to do. What change(s) did you make that were inspired by her. So when you write that nomination ( and DO IT!), describe what changes you made because that woman inspired you to make them. Let be intentional with our words and our actions.

https://www.facebook.com/InspiringWomenInHuron/ 

Happy Thursday everyone!

Warm regards,

Kimberley