Speaker series event focuses on reduced inequalities
The City of Kitchener, in collaboration with the Waterloo Region Small Business Centre (WRSBC), hosts a monthly speaker series, called SDG Talks, to explore the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and how we, as individuals, can help create a more socially and environmentally sustainable planet. The theme of the series is Business as a Force for Good.
For Black Heritage Month, WRSBC has partnered with LiftOff, an incubator and accelerator program for Black early-stage and growth entrepreneurs, to host this month’s SDG Talk on sustainable development goal 10 – reducing inequalities. This event will highlight Black entrepreneurs within the Waterloo Region and present a panel discussion where a combination of members and organizations will share their expertise and speak about their experience with reducing inequalities. The panel of speakers will include:
Selam Debs, Anti-racism activist and social justice advocate
Folake Owodunni, Emergency Response Africa
Onyekachi Chisom Ezeoke-Ekweruo, Founder AgroCinc
- Peter Pearse-Elosia, founder of Digimillennials
This event will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. at Kitchener City Hall (200 King St. W.) to raise awareness and accountability for the sustainable development goals. All are welcome to attend. To register for this session, visit SDGSpeakerSeries.eventbrite.ca
Over the next year, the City of Kitchener and community partners will invite speakers to present topics related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as part of a series of seventeen sessions. Topics for future sessions will be announced closer to the session dates
Land acknowledgement
The City of Kitchener is situated on the traditional territory of the Chonnonton, Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee Peoples. We recognize our responsibility to act as stewards for the land and honour the original caretakers who came before us. Our community is enriched by the enduring knowledge and deep-rooted traditions of the diverse First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples who live in Kitchener today.