There are so many amazing people that work and volunteer in food security in the City.
This morning, I hosted almost one hundred people at breakfast for a fireside style chat between Tammy Christensen, Executive Director of Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, and Vince Barletta, CEO of Harvest Manitoba.
Christensen and Barletta discussed how the pandemic brought their organizations together. Harvest, concerned Indigenous community was not accessing their food bank stores, learned from Ma Mawi’s community driven approach to poverty and food insecurity.
The result? Asihcikan -- a grocery-style food bank led and operated by the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre and supported by Harvest. Asihcikan is set to open in 2026, at 563-567 Notre Dame Ave. (For more information, you can keep an eye out for Harvest’s Voices report in the first week of December, or visit any of Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Center’s 19 locations in the province).
Human Rights Dialogues are an important priority for the Human Rights Committee of Council. They are opportunities to do public education on Human Rights. More importantly, they are designed to strive towards more actionable human rights outcomes.
The Human Rights Dialogue on Food Security has some critical next steps to work together on maturing food security and the emergency system. Next steps are planned in 2026!