IndigenEYEZ

### Context Profile for IndigenEYEZ

1. **Organization Mission & Cause**:
   - **Mission**: IndigenEYEZ is dedicated to revitalizing Indigenous leadership and community connection through culturally relevant training and programs. Their mission emphasizes restoring community ties and cultural practices, aiming to empower individuals and groups within First Nations communities.
   - **Cause**: The organization focuses on addressing the unique challenges faced by Indigenous communities, fostering emotional integrity, creativity, and courage in leadership.

2. **Type of Activities**:
   - **Educational Programs**: The "reSTORY Certificate in Community Restoration" program includes four micro-credentials, each consisting of workshops designed to enhance leadership skills and community engagement.
   - **Workshops**: Each micro-credential focuses on different aspects of community restoration, such as self-leadership, creating inclusive spaces, igniting creativity, and taking action.
   - **Online Accessibility**: Programs are offered online to ensure wider access, with a sliding scale for fees to accommodate varying financial situations.

3. **Tone of Voice**:
   - The tone is **inspiring**, **supportive**, and **inclusive**. Language used is warm and welcoming, encouraging participation and emphasizing community and cultural values. The communication style is friendly and approachable, aiming to create a sense of belonging among participants.

4. **Emoji Usage**:
   - Emojis are used sparingly but effectively in communications. For example, a smiling emoji (😁) is used in the subject line of thank-you emails to convey friendliness and warmth. Overall, the use of emojis is minimal, focusing on enhancing the tone rather than overwhelming the message.

5. **Key Facts**:
   - **Founding Info**: Specific founding details are not provided on the website.
   - **Scale**: IndigenEYEZ has 13 total forms and has conducted 40 email campaigns.
   - **Impact Metrics**: While specific metrics are not detailed, the organization emphasizes community transformation and empowerment through its educational offerings.
   - **Volunteer Info**: Information regarding volunteer opportunities is not explicitly mentioned on the website.

6. **Writing Guidelines**:
   - **Style**: Use clear, concise language that reflects the organization's mission and values. Incorporate storytelling elements to connect emotionally with the audience.
   - **Inclusivity**: Ensure that communications are inclusive, welcoming all participants regardless of their background.
   - **Call to Action**: Encourage engagement and participation in programs, emphasizing the benefits of joining the community and learning from Indigenous teachings.
   - **Accessibility**: Highlight the sliding scale for fees and the flexibility of program participation to make it clear that the organization values accessibility for all.

This context profile serves as a foundational guide for creating tailored content that aligns with IndigenEYEZ's mission, tone, and activities, ensuring that communications resonate with their audience and reflect their core values.

We are honoured and grateful to offer SPARK at no cost to Indigenous peoples. If you have the means to cover some or all of your registration, or have access to professional development funding through your band, employer or other organization, we invite you to consider making an optional contribution to help us continue to offer free and accessible training and workshops to Indigenous peoples.

Tax receipts are issued for donations over $10. As IndigenEYEZ is a project on MakeWay's shared platform, your tax receipt will be emailed from MakeWay Charitable Society. A complete mailing address is required for issuing tax receipts.

SPARK 2: Facilitate to Inspire & Mobilize (Jan/Feb 2025)

SPARK 1 & 2 (register for BOTH workshops)

SPARK 1: Facilitate to Engage & Connect (Fall 2024)

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;display:inline-block;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name , We're looking forward to seeing you around the virtual fire for SPARK! Whether you registered for SPARK 1: Facilitate to Engage & Connect, SPARK 2: Facilitate to Inspire & Mobilize, or both, we can't wait to spark ideas and connection together. Reminders with Zoom links and optional resources will be emailed to you at the address you provided at registration a few days before each session. We also invite you to take note of the dates and Zoom links below and add them to your calendar. SPARK 2: Facilitate to Inspire & MobilizeFeb 13, Feb 27, Mar 13, Mar, 27, 2025, 9:30 am - 12 pm PST, via Zoom<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82789714740" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82789714740</a> Please feel welcome to reach out any time with any questions or feedback to <a href="mailto:inspire@indigeneyez.com" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">inspire@indigeneyez.com</a> or contact our Operations Lead, Katie, at 604-842-5376. Thank you for registering for SPARK! With gratitude,- The SPARK Facilitation Team

Looking to sign up for SPARK? Please check out our newest program <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/restory-certificate-in-community-restorationall-4-micro-credentials" target="_blank">reSTORY</a>. Our workshops, formerly SPARK 1 and SPARK 2, can now be found as part of IndigenEYEZ's certificate program in community restoration.  <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1758195896/wysiwyg/aq5hlmi6ibjmkxdbwg0k.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /> <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/restory-certificate-in-community-restorationall-4-micro-credentials" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR RESTORY</a> IndigenEYEZ's SPARK: Tools for Change workshop series offer creative facilitation training for any Indigenous peoples who want to enhance their workshops, meetings and gatherings by drawing from Indigenous ways of knowing and the creative arts. Note: SPARK is offered in two parts: SPARK 1 and SPARK 2. They do not need to be taken sequentially. You are invited to join us for either series or both! <hr /> Workshop datesSPARK 2: Facilitate to Inspire &amp; MobilizeFeb 13, Feb 27, Mar 13, Mar 27, 20259:30 am - 12 pm PST, via Zoom SPARK 1: Facilitate to Engage &amp; ConnectWill return Fall 2025 <hr /> SPARK 2: Facilitate to Inspire &amp; MobilizeJan 30, Feb 13, Feb 27, Mar 13, 2025 - 9:30 am - 12 pm PST, via Zoom SPARK 2: Facilitate to Inspire &amp; Mobilize is a 10-hour online workshop for Indigenous peoples who want to learn how to inspire and mobilize commUNITY restoration. By inviting the imagination to group learning processes, we liberate our Indigenous ways of knowing and being. Participants will learn a diverse range of arts-based practices and creative activities to use when they facilitate meetings, workshops and gatherings.   If you believe in the power of community and are seeking ways to restore community connection and wellness, then this workshop is for you! Small pebbles make big ripples   Our SPARK workshops draw from Indigenous ways of being and knowing that invite small micro-shifts into our programs and practices. In SPARK 2: Facilitate to Inspire &amp; Mobilize, you will:<ul><li>Understand how to ignite a willingness and positive belief about the changes we want to make</li><li>Increase your comfort and confidence in participating and speaking in groups </li><li>Gain practices to evoke imagination and play to deepen your content and impact</li><li>Learn facilitation skills to engage, inspire and mobilize commUNITY action </li></ul>xaxaʔ the ability to bring imagination into physical being through action is the creative process. All action has the potential of tremendous power. The ability to choose the result is the gift of the human. It is a sacred power of the human to choose.    A word in nsyilxcen, xaxa? translated means ‘the sacred aspect of being.’  "Our full creative power as humans is to know that we are sacred and precious and express this through all our actions." (Jeanette Armstrong) <hr /> SPARK 1: Facilitate to Engage &amp; ConnectWill return Fall 2025 SPARK 1: Facilitate to Engage &amp; Connect is a 10-hour online workshop for Indigenous peoples who want to:<ul><li>Learn how to build trust and connection</li><li>Create more inclusive spaces in their workshops, meetings and gatherings</li><li>Explore ways to support people to freely share their ideas, collaborate, and simply talk with each other!</li></ul>Power of many voicesAll voices have purpose and power. In SPARK 1: Facilitate to Engage &amp; Connect, we have drawn practices from Indigenous ways of being and knowing that invite all voices to be heard.  By honouring and making space for all, we allow for a balanced, resilient, and supportive path to emerge. Simple and powerful, SPARK (re)ignites and revitalizes that which brings and holds community together.In SP﻿ARK 1: Facilitate to Engage &amp; Connect, you will explore ways to build trust and encourage participation, engagement and expression through deep listening and strength-based communication. Our facilitation team will demonstrate and share holistic and embodied ways to:<ul><li>Increase participation and collaboration in your meetings and gatherings</li><li>Manage disruptive behaviours like side conversations, interrupting dominating voices and inappropriate comments</li><li>Create safer learning spaces where people feel comfortable expressing their authentic selves</li><li>Strengthen relationships across diverse ages, professions, backgrounds and cultures</li><li>Hold space and help people feel seen, heard and valued</li></ul>No one knows everything, but everyone knows somethingEven though we know we are stronger together, our trauma response to neocolonialism and oppression is to exclude and minimize each others’ voices.  We resort to negativity, criticism and blame for the problems we face.  This has resulted in a deterioration of community, trust and connection.   At IndigenEYEZ, we believe in every voice being heard. Our facilitation approach includes holistic and creative activities that deepen our connection with ourselves and others. Together, we'll transform the destructive impacts of colonization, learn from the past, and step into a brighter, more resilient future alongside each other. <hr /> About Registration FeesWe are honoured and grateful to offer SPARK at no cost to Indigenous peoples. If you have the means to cover some or all of your registration, or have access to professional development funding through your band, employer or other organization, we invite you to consider making an optional contribution to help us continue to offer free and accessible training and workshops to Indigenous peoples. Tax receipts are issued for donations over $10. As IndigenEYEZ is a project on MakeWay's shared platform, your tax receipt will be emailed from MakeWay Charitable Society. A complete mailing address is required for issuing tax receipts. About the SpaceAt IndigenEYEZ, we aim to create a safer space for Indigenous peoples to shed the weight of colonial impacts and celebrate their authentic selves without the toll of judgement or shame. We have developed SPARK to be an Indigenous-centered space. We have a limited number of seats available for non-Indigenous people, which are allocated at IndigenEYEZ's discretion. Please contact us if you have any questions.

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IndigenEYEZ presents SPARK: Tools for Change

SPARK 2: Facilitate to Inspire & Mobilize (Jan/Feb 2025)

Free

SPARK 1 & 2 (register for BOTH workshops)

Free

SPARK 1: Facilitate to Engage & Connect (Fall 2024)

Free