Wicihitowin Action Circles

 

The Action Circles are year-round networking groups that improve coordination of services by:

 

  • Participating in the Wicihitowin Planning process
  • Developing relationships and partnerships within their areas of expertise to improve services and address service gap
  • Participating in the Collaborative Granting Process
  • Developing new projects to serve unmet community needs
  • Prioritize community investment.
  • Communicate progress at the Annual Gathering to Edmonton’s urban aboriginal community.

 

The Current Nine Action Circles are:
  1. Aboriginal Economic Development Circle
  2. Employment & Training Circle
  3. Aboriginal Justice Circle
  4. Respect for Aboriginal History, Art, Language & Culture Circle
  5. Health & Well-being Circle
  6. Tawow Circle
  7. Education Circle
  8. Housing Circle
  9. Research Circle

 

Action Circles are made up of service providers, service leaders and members of the urban Aboriginal community who have special interest and expertise in a mutual area of concern that is central to the health of the community. It is the responsibility of each Action Circle to ensure that its membership appropriately reflects the diversity of the community it represents. This goal can be met in various ways: no single structure is required of any Action Circle. For example, some Action Circles currently have advisory groups made up of Aboriginal citizens and elders. Other Action Circles incorporate such a group into their regular membership, or use alternative procedures to ensure that their work is informed by engaging Aboriginal community members in the planning process.

The Action Circles are working to bring together individuals and groups who have a shared interest and expertise to develop the Action Circle.

Role in the collaborative granting process:


The members of each Action Circle work together to:

  1. Establish Action Circle priorities identified by the Men, Women, Youth, Elder’s/Senior’s Circles’ through community consultation with Circles (men, women, youth and elders).
  2. Develop and implement action plans to address and/or resolve the identified priorities through communication, board representation, policy change or development of Request for Proposal (RFP).
  3. Selects a representative to participate on the Proposal Ranking Committee.
  4. Receives the proposals from the Proposal Ranking Committee to rank and forwards recommendations to the Resource Partners Circle for review.