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I'm volunteering some of my time this year to help organize the second Vancouver ChangeCamp. It's happening on June 12.

Photo by Reading Is My Heroin

I attended last year's event and it inspired me to learn more about these kinds of events, which led me to organize Animal Advocacy Camp. It also inspired me to take the SFU Certificate in Dialogue and Civic Engagement.

I'm really looking forward to ChangeCamp this year. It's going to be held at the W2's temporary Storyeum location – which is an amazing space.

Here's the info on ChangeCamp from the event signup. If you register by May 15, registration is only $15!

WHAT IS VANCHANGECAMP: A participatory, web-enabled event to imagine and build new ways to collaborate for social change in the digital age. 

WHY: Change Camp is a collaborative, participatory and web-enabled event that is meant to explore the following questions:

• How can we help our governments be more open and responsive?
• How do we as citizens organize to get better outcomes ourselves?

WHO: Changemakers! Including but not limited to:
People making change at the ground level - community workers, non-profits, social enterprise, CED, foundations, activists, advocates, government employees
Decision-makers and government leaders
Technologists, developers, communicators, designers, other professions

Low income free entry

If the $20 fee presents a real barrier to you, don't let it! Simply email our Event Coordinator Elijah van der Giessen at eli@vandergiessen.ca to register for free. But be warned: he may try to recruit you as a volunteer! :-)