A New Year's Reflection, from Trixie (Founder & Executive Director)
Our Flavours of Hope family wishes you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! Read more about us here.
Dear Flavours of Hope supporters,
As I reflect back on a challenging and isolating year of 2021, I find myself feeling a deep sense of gratitude, purpose, and hope in building a diverse, resilient, and caring community with newcomer refugee women. There were many uncertainties, tears, laughter, and celebrations in this collective journey together of co-creating the Dream Cuisines food business pilot program.
I feel truly grateful for all the partners, businesses, mentors, and supporters like yourself, who believe in our dreams of empowering and equipping newcomer refugee women to be entrepreneurs and leaders in the community through sharing their food, culture, and stories.
I remember many special moments this past year: the cohort of women proudly selling their food at the farmers market; sharing struggles and triumphs through our weekly video dairies and group meetings; making our first Dream Cuisines video with Angeles, Huda, Angelica and the mentors; doing media interviews on Global TV and CBC; and hosting a virtual celebration for the launch of three food businesses with people joining across Canada, U.S. and Mexico!
As we start a new year in 2022, I hope to build on the things that we have learned in the past and develop deeper relationships and stronger partnerships. I look forward to exploring new opportunities and spaces to host workshops and food events, and finding creative ways of engaging and connecting with newcomer refugee women in the community.
Thank you so much for your ongoing support, cheers, and encouragement as we continue to make a powerful and meaningful impact! You can learn more about our work in the 2021 Dream Cuisines Impact Report, and follow us as we support a new cohort of newcomer women entrepreneurs in 2022. In the parting words of our Dream Cuisines manifesto: "We do this together!"
With deep gratitude and hope,
Trixie Ling
Founder and Executive Director
Our Flavours of Hope family wishes you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! Read more about us here.