Posted by Jim Dawson

DISTRICT FORMS ROTARYHIP COMMITTEE

RotaryHIP (Honouring Indigenous People) is an organization dedicated to promoting awareness of indigenous knowledge systems, language and culture. HIP seeks to build relationship and connects Allies with indigenous communities to remove obstacles and to inspire learning.
 
Jim and Marjorie Dawson of the Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise have agreed to help form the district committee to help clubs become involved in the HIP goals to educate first of all ourselves in Indigenous issues, then broaden that to community and also to focus on improving education outcomes in First Nation schools. If you are interested in joining the District RotaryHIP committee, please contact Lisa Bishop at delhipeople@sympatico.ca.
 
The prime role of the committee will be to act as a clearing house to share ideas across the district, to help clubs become informed of indigenous issues, help clubs connect with local First Nations communities and to work on service projects together.  There are a number of clubs working on service projects and with connections to First Nations communities and this is a chance to share that knowledge and strategies and to encourage the involvement of individual members or clubs.  If you have projects or connections, please let us know so we can build a list of all projects that are ongoing in the district.
 
Clubs are encouraged to join RotaryHIP.org and check out the many resources on the website.  There are speakers available for clubs to educate themselves on Indigenous issues and ideas for service projects.  For more information or if you have questions please contact Marjorie Dawson at MEVDawson@gmail.com or call 519 5833328.