We have two child advocates. More information will be made available here shortly. Please email me if you would like to know more: lia@upwithwomen.com.

Here is a picture of our child advocate, 9 year old Briar Rose Perrier, being recognized November 26, 2008 for her significant contribution to the community.

As her first Up With Women community project, she decided to make and sell bracelets to raise money for Nekenaan, the temporary Aboriginal Women's Housing project that she and her mother lived in during the first 9 months of Briar's life. She has raised $1,500 so far.

Here, Briar is being recognized by the Ministers of Housing, Aboriginal Affairs, and Infrastructure:

Please have a listen to a little interview we did with Briar when she was 8 years old. She gives her wishes for children and families here:

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60 Second Stories In addition to the success story bios linked above, we now have some short summaries of the stories of a selection of women profiled on this site.

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