AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE BLOG
Gathering - Around the Kitchen Table
By
Jessica, September 21, 2011
We are gearing up to continue to grow our ATKT family. We will host our next Around The Kitchen Table Training November 22-25, 2011 in Vancouver BC. Find out how to apply and download the application package.
Check out our map to see which communities have attended Around the Kitchen Table training in the past. These teams went on to facilitate ATKT sessions in their home communities!
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Jessica Chenery is a community development practitioner who lives in and has Indigenous ancestral to the central Vancouver Island area - shíshálh and Penelakut First Nations . She is currently working as a community development consultant with the BC Centre for Disease Control, Chee Mamuk Aboriginal Program, Around the Kitchen Table (ATKT) Project.
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Reclaiming Tradition, Empowering Women & Building Community
The goal of Around the Kitchen Table (ATKT) is to strengthen Aboriginal women’s ability to fight the spread of HIV, hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections by reclaiming tradition. Together we are building a community network of support, education and action.
Chee Mamuk trains team of women from Aboriginal communities to run sessions on healthy self-esteem, healthy sexuality, and drugs and alcohol. These sessions are combined with local cultural activities such as moccasin making, beading, drum making or basket weaving. Traditional foods, ceremony and great conversations are also included in the sessions. Each community adapts ATKT to meet their own community needs.
We gratefully acknowledge Around the Kitchen Table funding partners:
- First Nations Inuit Health Program
- Provincial Health Services Authority
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