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Festival of Guest Nations & Public Safety Information Day on September 15

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Celebrating Migrant Worker communities and connecting them with services and supports in the community

The highly anticipated Festival of Guest Nations is taking place on Sunday, September 15 th at Seacliff Park in Leamington.

The Festival celebrates the diversity of migrant workers in the community, the sacrifices they make in coming to Essex County, and their contributions to the community and the local economy.

With over 16 years of success, this Festival has been an opportunity to facilitate engagement and community building between workers and the communities at large.

This year’s Festival attracted over 1000 participants from the community who came out to enjoy music, food, entertainment, and meet with service providers and each other.

This year, in celebration of the outstanding community collaborations that have happened in Essex County in recent years, the Festival included Public Safety Information Day coordinated with the Windsor Essex Local Immigration Partnership (WE LIP) and the Windsor-Essex Regional Community Safety and Well-Being Plan (WERCSWB).

Public Safety Information Day is an opportunity for newcomers, migrant workers, and the broader community to connect with service providers and public servants who work to keep Essex County safe and healthy. These providers included O.P.P. , the Leamington Fire Departments, Essex-Windsor EMS, among other healthcare, mental health, and public safety organizations.

These connections provide newcomers and workers a chance to get-to-know their neighbourhood providers, learn about the systems in place to keep them safe and healthy, and where to go if they are in need. As well, it supports the development of trust and familiarity in the community, leading to improved outcomes and sense of well-being.

The combined Festival of Guest Nations and Public Safety Information Day celebrates our guest workers with food, live entertainment, special guests, raffles, prizes and giveaways!

Migrant Worker Community Program Social Media:
https://linktr.ee/mwcp

You can learn more about WE LIP here: 
https://linktr.ee/windsoressexlip

You can read more about RCSWBP here:
https://www.citywindsor.ca/residents/socialservices-/Social-Policy-and-Pathway-to-Potential/community-safety-and-well-being/Pages/default.aspx

 

Author: Migrant Worker Community Program

The Migrant Worker Community Program is a non-profit organization.

It is our mission to provide a positive balance to the lives of the migrant worker community by offering educational, social, cultural, recreational, and communication opportunities to help them better integrate into their new community.

Our focus is on supporting agricultural workers with the cultural and language challenges they are faced with. Most of all, the program functions as a bridge between the migrant worker population and the local community.

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