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🌍 Join us at the Social Forum – Oct. 4 & 5! 🌍
Catch us on these days: times and location!
📅 Saturday, Oct. 4
🕐 1:00 – 1:45 PM
📍 Main Floor Lounge | Cathedral Memorial Hall • 168 Church St. (corner Brunswick St.) • Fredericton, New Brunswick
📅 Sunday, Oct. 5
🕛 12:00 – 12:45 PM
📍 Downstairs Hall | Cathedral Memorial Hall • 168 Church St. (corner Brunswick St.) • Fredericton, New Brunswick
✨ Everyone is welcome
✨ All events are FREE – no registration needed
✨ 40+ information tables & 40 workshops
✨ Build connections, share ideas & strengthen community
Come be part of the conversation, the learning, and the action! 💬🤝
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Join us at the Social Forum on October 4 and 5, 2025 at Cathedral Memorial Hall in Fredericton, New Brunswick. This two-day community event brings people together to learn, share, and take action on important social issues. More information about this event, please visit their page.
⚡ Session 1: Fueling the Future: Youth-Led Clean Energy Awareness for Climate Justice
🗓 Date: Saturday, October 4, 2025
🕐 Time: 1:00 – 1:45 PM
📍 Room: Main Floor Lounge
Host: United Spirit Nature Network (USNN)
Presenter: Sama AlMaarofi, Executive Director, USNN
Join USNN for an interactive, low-tech workshop exploring a proposed educational initiative aimed at empowering youth, educators, and grassroots leaders with the knowledge and tools to advance clean fuel awareness and climate justice in New Brunswick.
This hands-on session will feature print-based, group activities adapted from the program’s draft curriculum, inviting participants to explore clean energy scenarios, reflect on community experiences, and connect clean fuel literacy with Indigenous knowledge, youth leadership, and climate action.
🔧 Who should attend: Educators, youth, climate justice advocates, and anyone interested in community-driven energy solutions.
🧠 Participants will leave with practical tools, a deeper understanding of clean energy’s role in climate justice, and an opportunity to contribute feedback that will shape the future of this emerging initiative.
🌿 Session 2: Nature Through Our Senses: An Innovative Approach to Environmental Awareness
🗓 Date: Sunday, October 5, 2025
🕛 Time: 12:00 – 12:45 PM
📍 Room: Downstairs Hall
Host: United Spirit Nature Network (USNN)
Presenter: Dr. Sama AlMaarofi, Executive Director, USNN
How do we reconnect with nature in a fast-paced, tech-driven world? This sensory-based workshop introduces USNN’s “Nature Through Our Senses” program—an immersive approach to environmental education that engages all five senses in fostering ecological awareness, curiosity, and mindfulness.
Through guided examples and interactive discussion, participants will explore how sensory engagement can enhance learning across educational, community, and family settings. The workshop also considers how AI and digital learning are shaping our understanding of nature, and how outdoor learning can balance that shift.
🌱 Who should attend: Teachers, parents, early childhood educators, environmental professionals, youth workers, and nature enthusiasts.
🌀 Walk away with new strategies to help others experience, feel, and connect with the land in meaningful and restorative ways.
