2Spirits Walking Gently
2Spirits Building From Within Project
2SBW is a capacity building project funded through Women and Gender Equality Canada's LGBTQ2 Community Capacity Fund Program.
Our project focuses on building up the organizations internal capacity to engage with community, build organizational structure, and create strategic and financial plans to provide long-term stability for our work.
Individual project goals include:
1. Enhancing our board of directors through training and recruitment
2. Creating advisory councils and circles to inform our future endeavours and the services we provide to our community
3. Creating a strategic plan
4. Creating a long-term financial plan
5. Creating a province wide network of 2Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQQIA+ led and serving organizers and community members
Spirit Name
Our Spirit Name, 2Spirits Walking Gently was given to us by Elder Charlotte Nolin. This name will guide us in our work as we grow and engage with communities across Manitoba.
About Us
Project Coordinator
Communications and Events Coordinator
Community Facilitator
Kai Labun (They/ Them)
Is a Non-Binary, Epu Pillan (2Spirit) Mixed Mapuche settler born and raised on Treaty 1 Territory, in what is known as Winnipeg. They have a BA in Psychology with a double major in Rhetoric & Communications.
For the last 6 years Kai has worked with queer and indigenous youth and young adults in the Spence Neighbourho
Kai Labun (They/ Them)
Is a Non-Binary, Epu Pillan (2Spirit) Mixed Mapuche settler born and raised on Treaty 1 Territory, in what is known as Winnipeg. They have a BA in Psychology with a double major in Rhetoric & Communications.
For the last 6 years Kai has worked with queer and indigenous youth and young adults in the Spence Neighbourhood and with Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc. During this time, they have been a front-line worker, a coordinator, a facilitator, and a mentor focusing on expanding youth experiences and building skills leading to empowerment for their participants, and staff team.
Kai is delighted to bring their capacity building skills to the 2Spirits Building from Within Project, and to contribute to the work of 2SPM, by creating safer spaces for 2Spirit, gender and sexually diverse Indigenous peoples.
Community Facilitator
Communications and Events Coordinator
Community Facilitator
Glenn Tssessaze (He/ Him)
Is a 2-Spirit Dene person from Northlands Denesuline First Nation on Treaty 10 territory, and his home community is Lac Brochet. His first language is Dene, and he has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Native Studies and a Master of Arts Degree in Native Studies from the University of Manitoba.
For over 10 years,
Glenn Tssessaze (He/ Him)
Is a 2-Spirit Dene person from Northlands Denesuline First Nation on Treaty 10 territory, and his home community is Lac Brochet. His first language is Dene, and he has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Native Studies and a Master of Arts Degree in Native Studies from the University of Manitoba.
For over 10 years, Glenn has worked with Indigenous communities in various roles such as Youth Worker, High School Teacher, Resolution Health Support Worker, and Indigenous and Two Spirit Health Promotion Lead. He is currently the Indigenous Community Facilitator for the 2Spirits Building from Within Project. Glenn is grateful to be part of Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. to help build capacity for safer spaces for 2-Spirit, gender, and sexually diverse communities in Manitoba.
Communications and Events Coordinator
Communications and Events Coordinator
Communications and Events Coordinator
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