WELCOME
Celebrating Our 20th Anniversary
Our History
No words can describe how grateful we are here at the Afghan Women's Centre of Montreal (AWCM) to have celebrated 20 years of service. In 2002, our brave founder Makai Harif began the organization with hope that women of any culture, age, and socioeconomic background could be agents for positive change within their own lives and communities. The Centre began as a place where women from Makai's own community and country of Afghanistan could break out of social isolation within Montreal, but has blossomed into so much more. The AWCM is now a beacon of hope and change for all racialized and immigrant women in Montreal, and has no plans of slowing down anytime soon.
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The Celebration
On December 10th, 2022, we were joined by our community in celebration. We thank our partners, speakers, volunteers, and members for taking the time to come out and celebrate our successes and achievements over the past years. It has been a pleasure serving you all for over two decades and fulfilling our mission of breaking social isolation and empowering and integrating racialized and immigrant women. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve you. We deeply appreciate the confidence and trust you have in us.
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Attendees
We want to express our appreciation to all those who attended our 20th-anniversary celebration. Their feedback, ideas and thoughts about the collaboration we've had, how they discovered us, and their experience with our services during all these years means a lot to us.
Speeches
"Thank you for the amazing guests speakers and all the great supportive local partners and other dear associates who have come from long distance participating in the AWCM's 20th anniversary celebration and sharing their valuable insights with us.
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Thank you Maryam Monsef, Fondation Y des Femmes de Montreal, Femmes du monde, Afghan Mosaic, Mon Peter-McGill, Montreal Women Council, Women Aware Montreal and so many other great guests, members, volunteers and guests from other different afghan diaspora across Canada.
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We’re honored and moved by your continuous support."
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- Makai Harif
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