Solid State Community Society

Published purpose

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Solid State Community Society will achieve this by developing a Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC) -informed intersectional toolkit to influence policy, practice and procedures in hiring and upward mobility of racialized women within the City of Surrey, and by delivering workshops, seminars and trainings to diverse community groups and institutions to further share and implement policy guidelines to remove barriers to BIPOC women’s leadership opportunities. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and by supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power to support women’s equality. Key partners in the project, the City of Surrey, DiverseCity, Simon Fraser University, and Surrey Anti-Gang Family Empowerment (SAFE) will be instrumental in mobilizing knowledge resources and to implementing the toolkit to influence systemic change. The supplemental funds received in January 2024 will be used to conduct a collaborative, multi-stakeholder review of the toolkit and report, and host a networking event to launch the toolkit and provide a safe space and opportunity for racialized women to connect with civic organizations in the City of Surrey.