Voices Amplified on Virgin Radio Halifax
Voices Amplified - Champions for Equality and Inclusion
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Navdeep Parmanand is the founder of Celebrate Your Curves, an inclusive fashion brand that celebrates all body types, abilities, and identities. Passionate about breaking barriers in the fashion industry, Navdeep creates spaces where individuality is honored and diversity is the standard. Beyond fashion, she is committed to community empowerment, championing local entrepreneurs and voices from marginalized communities through ...
Nova Village NS is a welcoming and empowering family hub providing free programs and services supporting the health and wellbeing of families and youth.
NVNS provides wrap-around support from prenatal to families with youth up to the age of 19. NVNS provides a variety of programs, in-person or virtual and onsite or home based. Our goal is to provide easily accessible support to families, parents and youth where and when they ...
The Halifax Mussels are Atlantic Canada’s first 2SLGBTQIA+ and Allies hockey team, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They focus on teaching adults how to play hockey from the ground up, offering skill-building sessions in a fun, inclusive, and judgment-free setting. No experience? No problem—many players start without ever having skated before. The Mussels are all about learning the game, building confidence, and creating ...
The Disabled Not Dead Society in a Non-Profit in Halifax, Nova Scotia providing peer support and resources for those with mobility limiting and/or chronic pain disabilities. They are a "For Us, By Us" organization where every member of the board lives with a disability. The Society hosts monthly socials, wheelchair skills peer groups, and a mentorship program. Their aim is to empower those with disabilities to find community and ac...
The MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning is a charitable organization in downtown Dartmouth with a mission to foster a vibrant community through world-class art programming.
They do this by offering Free after-school and summer art programs to youth ages 12-19, and by bringing together professional artists, youth workers and community partners in order to create a safe and nurturing environment where every youth can explore and gro...
Based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Alice House is a safety, healing and empowerment organization dedicated to providing women, fem-identifying individuals and their children with affordable and confidential safe-housing, counselling and wrap around supports to recover from domestic violence. Alice House operates as a legal landlord allowing clients to build rental history while working towards safety and independence. Our 18 units ra...
ANSMA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the development, promotion and enhancement of African Nova Scotian music, locally, regionally and internationally. While ANSMA has worked predominantly with performers and musicians, the scope of their mandate includes providing support for Black music creatives and industry professionals across the industry value chain such as: producers, recording studios, managers, agents, lice...
Jennifer Giffin is parent to identical twins, Wesley who is earthside, and Oliver, who died unexpectedly about 12 hours after their birth. She knew she needed to contribute in a new way to the landscape of grief support for people facing this type of loss after her own experience with it. She needed to create lasting, community support networks to reduce the shame, guilt, pain and isolation she felt for everyone else who is dealt t...
Indigenous Futures Canada (IFC) was founded by Mizel Cluett in 2023IFC was founded by Mizel Cluett in 2023 to empower individuals impacted by oppression, fostering healthier lives and sustainable careers through local and international opportunities. They achieve this by facilitating transformative conversations across sectors, designing impactful programs, and extending our allies' reach through strategic media and event initiativ...
South Paw Conservation is a foster based nonprofit organization based in Nova Scotia. South Paw is currently focusing on helping with over population issues in Bahamas or local ferals.
If you'd like to adopt or support South Paw Conservation:
Email: southpawconservationns@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/southpawconservation
Instagram: southpawconservationns
South Paw Amazon Wish List:
https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wish...
Happy at Home Halifax began in January 2024. This project is overseen by Spencer House Senior Centre and Chebucto Links. It came to be because the leadership of these centres identified another way to help seniors through in home supports and service navigation. There is a genuine heart behind this project that strives to be a voice for seniors and their well being. It takes a village, shouldn’t just apply to raising children… ever...
Brain Changes Initiative (BCI) is a not-for-profit organization that funds ground-breaking research to improve the standard of care for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) rehabilitation. BCI also provides awareness, advocacy, and support for Traumatic Brain Injury survivors through knowledge translation, hosting events and establishing programs centered around non-pharmacological approaches to healing the brain.
ACNS has always strived to create an environment in which people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS feel empowered and supported. Their aim is to end stigma and discrimination, and reduce new cases of HIV and continue to do so.
Recently, ACNS has announced a transformation into HEAL NS (aka: Health Equity Alliance of Nova Scotia)
They'll continue the vital HIV-focused work, but also be expanding their mission to address a range o...
Halifax Meals on Wheels has been helping to put food on the tables of those struggling with food insecurity for over 50 years! Their dedicated team of staff and volunteers will deliver over 25,000 meals this year!”
In addition to their regular Monday-Thursday delivery program, Meals on Wheels has a number of initiatives to alleviate the need for some of the most vulnerable groups.
Friday Meal Delivery Program- Each week 40-60 meals...
Brooke Nodding, Executive Director
Brooke Nodding is executive director of Coastal Action. Brooke graduated from Acadia University with a BScH in Environmental Science. She spent time with Environment Canada (National Office of Pollution Prevention) and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Habitat Management Division) before joining Coastal Action. Since 2001, she has led the successful development and delivery of numerous community-based...
Scotian Shores is committed to cleaning Nova Scotia's shorelines, creating awareness of the plastic pollution crisis and connecting the community to create bigger change. Their collaborative data shows OVER ONE MILLION POUNDS of shoreline debris has been removed since August 2020! The best way to support Scotia Shores is to participate in a shoreline cleanup.
Black Girls Gather, equips Black women graduates and entrepreneurs with the tools, strategies, and networks they need to realize their full potential They inspire participants to become active agents in their own lives and successes.
Their programming provides participants with the tools, resources, and networks they need to turn their side hustles into successful start-ups and small businesses. They help participants create a sust...
The Black Cultural Centre Protects, Preserves and Promotes the history and culture of African Nova Scotians.
The Transition House Association of Nova Scotia (THANS) is an umbrella association of Violence-Against-Women organizations across the province. Their organizations offer a range of services and supports to women and their families experiencing violence including:
• Access to free 24/7 communal shelter and basic necessities
• Crisis lines
• Advocacy and court accompaniment
• Counseling and outreach services
Ins...
Ward 5 Neighborhood Centre is a charitable, non-profit organization located on Russell Street in Halifax operating out of Saint Mark’s Church community hall for the past 49 years. Ward 5 takes pride in enriching and enhancing the lives of all by sharing in a nurturing and welcoming environment.
Ward 5 provides a wide range of programs for children and families, such
as: Before and After School children’s care, March Break...
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