The article has finally been published. My surname is spelled incorrectly on the photo & I've asked for a correction.

[ Support Network for Indigenous Women has now grown from its all-volunteer roots in 2014 to a full-fledged social enterprise with seven staff members in B.C. and Ontario.

It runs events in Vancouver and Toronto as well as virtual programming for participants throughout Canada.

Brown said more than 2,000 people received help from the support network last year. ]

https://www.timescolonist.com/life/vital-people-network-supports-indigenous-women-women-of-colour-9571562

#SNIWWOC #BIPOCwomen #WomenOfColour #POCwomen #BIPOCsisters #Sisterhood #POCWomensCommunity #YYJ #nonprofit #VancouverIsland

Vital People: Network supports Indigenous women, women of colour

Being a Black or Indigenous woman means being at the receiving end of a whole host of societal assumptions and biases, says the support network’s founder

Times Colonist

I'm meeting Boma Brown, tomorrow morning. It will be great to connect in person. I'll be doing some more community based work with SNIWWOC in the near future.

Boma is the Founder of the Support Network for #IndigenousWomen & #WomenOfColour (SNIWWOC), a national #nonprofit focused on improving health outcomes for women identifying as black, indigenous, and women of colour.

Read more about Boma:
https://www.bomabrown.com/bio

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