On International Women’s Day, YEG BOSS BABES is pleased to partner with two other organizations making waves for women in Edmonton and beyond. On March 8, we come together to bring awareness to an important cause. Human Trafficking is one of the fastest growing crimes in Canada - and we want to change that.
In partnership with Hillberg & Berk & SkirtsAFire Festival, let's connect over a beautiful brunch, citrus mimosas & genuine conversations with like minded women here in Edmonton. Hosted by Jocelyn Davison from The Virtual Effect, hear from our passionate keynote speaker Amber Niemeier and be entertained by Tandem Yam and Poet Nisha Patel.
Hillberg & Berk is thrilled to launch and promote their International Women’s Day campaign at this event. Exclusive jewellery pieces will be for sale, which will raise funds and awareness to combat Human Trafficking.
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Hillberg & Berk is a different kind of jewellery company. By empowering women to seek and achieve their dreams, they believe we can make the world a better place. With a purpose of supporting and empowering women through community initiatives and worldwide issues, Hillberg & Berk is a community of women empowering women—one Sparkle at a time.
SkirtsAfire is Edmonton’s only theatre and multidisciplinary arts festival featuring women. The festival was created in response to the huge gender gap for professional female artists and to ensure women's voices and stories are being equally represented and enjoyed for people in Edmonton, Alberta, across Canada and beyond. Be sure to check out all of the incredible and inspiring events taking place over the 10 day festival, running February 27 - March 8. www.skirtsafire.com
Keynote Speaker
“Amber Niemeier is the Interim Chief Executive Officer at YWCA Edmonton and a fierce advocate for women and girls. Her passion to inform and engage the public is effective enough to stir people into action. Amber is a two-time Canadian delegate for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, and pushed a national resolution on human trafficking onto the agenda of YWCA Canada. In 2018 Amber worked closely with the City of Edmonton to host the United Nations Safe Cities Summit.
Amber is involved in a number of local organizations and brings her energy, drive, and compassion to every one of them. In 2012, Amber received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for Service to Canada. In 2013, Amber was named one of Edmonton’s Top 100 Women in Business, and in 2017 she was named one of Edmonton’s Top 40 under 40.”
Entertainment
Tandem Yam
"Do you like Dad jokes? How about potatoes? It's hard to imagine there's a lot of hilarious material on root vegetables but Tandem Yam has rows of them planted! These two 'best-spuds' formed an acoustic duo (hence the 'tandem' part) that features the works of folk/pop artists Kayla Williams and Melody Stang, held together with witty between-song banter created from years touring as musical comedy act The Dirrty Show. We yam what we yam!"
Poet, Nisha Patel
Nisha Patel is an award-winning Indo-Canadian poet & artist. She is the City of Edmonton’s Poet Laureate, and the 2019 Canadian Individual Slam Champion. She is a recipient of the Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund Award. Nisha has three published chapbooks and is forthcoming with her debut collection in 2021. She is also the Executive Director of the Edmonton Poetry Festival. Nisha works to further her goal of building a stronger artistic community through living in her truth. You can find out more about her at nishapatel.ca.