Powerful You! 2023: (Re)Defining Success

Fundraising Luncheon

Tuesday, May 30, 2023 | 11:00 am to 1:15 pm
crystal ballroom, fairmont palliser

We are thrilled to invite you to our Powerful You! (Re) Defining Success luncheon and fundraiser event.

Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Time: 11:00 am - 1:15 pm

Location: Crystal Ballroom, Fairmont Palliser, 133 9 Ave. SW, Calgary, AB T2P 2M3

While a lot has changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, women’s fight for equality in all aspects of life remains. We believe that a woman’s success is hers to define.

Join us for a three-course lunch with eminent female leaders and role models for a candid conversation about taking your seat at the table, inspiring leadership, and empowering other women along the way.

Powerful You! is an empowering event to support the delivery of our programs and services.

Ticket details

$125 per ticket (includes meal & one glass of wine)

$1,250 for a table of 10 (includes meal, one glass of wine per guest, branding for the table, and front of room location)

$35 from each ticket will receive a donation tax receipt. (Or $350 from each table sale)

EVENT AGENDA

meet our expert panel

**Michelle Cameron Coulter**
*Olympic Gold Medalist, Keynote Speaker, Author, CEO of Inspiring Possibilities*

**Sue Riddell Rose**
*President & CEO, Perpetual Energy*

**Chelsea Crowshoe**
*Manager, Indigenous Research Services Team, University of Calgary*

**Nketti Johnston-Taylor**
*Executive Director, Calgary Region Immigrant Employment*

**Karen Judge**
*Proactive Mind Health Researcher, Author, Coach and Founder, A Dose of Happiness*

Become a Sponsor!

Sponsorship opportunities for this event are available! Check out our Sponsorship package and contact our Executive Director, Lori James.

VENUE location:

Crystal Ballroom, Fairmont Palliser
133 9 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 2M3

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Advancing Futures for Women

Making Changes Association empowers women in transition by helping them build confidence and skills so they can participate in their communities.
Making Changes assists more than 2,400 women and girls each year.
All programs are free of charge and prepare women who want to join the workforce, return to school, or volunteer.

Our programs include:

Building Confidence and Skills

The Employment and Life Skills Program helps immigrant women to prepare for their future in Canada.

The program helps develop life skills, find a career path, improve communication, and gain an understanding of Canadian business culture.

Offered through virtual classrooms each year, over 110 women access the program.

A Wardrobe that Works

Dress for Success Calgary, a division of Making Changes, provides a 90-minute individual consultation for women to create a professional, business wardrobe.

Participants are offered gently used clothing and accessories at no cost to help them look and feel their best.

In 2022, we provided support to over 1,300 clients through in-person and virtual appointments.

Fashion for School and for Fun!

My Best Friend’s Closet (MBFC) offers teenage girls a full wardrobe of clothing and accessories to meet their school, employment, and recreational needs - all at no cost to their families.
Fitting in is an essential part of a young person's life. Having a selection of stylish items help youth want to attend school and gives them the confidence to connect with peers.
My Best Friend’s Closet also provides volunteer opportunities to young women in the community, Volunteers for this program are peer and near-peer-aged to best relate to clients.
In 2022, over 430 teenage girls accessed the program for support.

Careers of the Future

The Women in Technology Program (WIT) is a skills training program that works to create employment opportunities for unemployed or underemployed immigrant and aboriginal women in the booming tech sector in Calgary.
Women receive training in full-stack web development and employment power skills.

The goal is to increase women's economic security by reducing barriers for women's participation in a male-dominated tech sector.

The program is delivered at no cost to 32 women a year and 70% of the graduates have secured employment within 6 months of completing the program.

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Making Changes acknowledges the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy which includes the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, the Tsuut’ina Nation and Stoney Nakoda Nations of Chiniki, Bearspaw and Wesley and the Metis people of Alberta, Region III. We honor the hardships that were endured by the peoples on this land to allow us to be in this space to do the work that we do in our community. We respect the culture of the peoples who walk through our doors and we strive to provide space for them. We acknowledge that Indigenous peoples continue to experience hardships and our agency will be champions for change in our daily service to community. Making Changes is committed to inclusivity and recognition of all peoples who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.