100,000 Poets for Change

The event will take place on Sunday, September 22nd at Free Times Cafe in Toronto. Hosted by Pat Connors, featured poets include Pat Connors, Brenda Clews, Robert Priest, Charles C Smith, Georgia Wilder and Jennifer Hosein. The event is held as a fundraiser for Shannen’s Dream.

Shannen’s Dream, named in loving memory of Shannen Koostachin, is about making sure that First Nations children and youth have the same education opportunities as others but in ways that respect their language and culture and takes into account that they may not be starting from the same place. Shannen Koostachin, her classmates, and their community of Attawapiskat fought for a new school for over three decades after a diesel spill near the school that was making students and teachers sick. Shannen sadly passed away in 2010 and never saw the new school that was built in 2014. With the support of her loving family, friends and community, Shannen’s Dream was named in her honour because Shannen believed that all children deserved to go to a good school.