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The Foundational Pillars Of The Working Women Community Center

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Compassion, diversity, self-development, community, and inclusion: the foundational pillars of the Working Women Community Center (“Working Women Community Centre”). Imagine arriving at a foreign country, one that’s about to be your new home, knowing little to nothing about what your new life is going to look like. That is a shared sentiment amongst immigrant women trying to assimilate into a Canadian lifestyle. The Working Women Community Center (WWCC) is an organization that gives women the support they need to transition smoothly to their new life. Not only do they offer programs to facilitate this change, but they also provide the women and their families economic relief in a time of financial constraint. Moreover, WWCC advocates for full transparency in their financial matters by providing proof of their annual reports to the public. These combinations of factors are the reason I admire the work of the Working Women Community Center, and their efforts to make these women feel welcome in a time of uncertainty. As mentioned before, one of the traits of WWCC I aspire is their compassion towards immigrant women. As a woman who had to leave Mexico for a new life in North America, one of my biggest struggles was finding a sense of belonging. I was conflicted between my new life and my previous life because they seemed too different …show more content…

This is why the WWCC offers programs that women in need can sign up for, including: food security aid, language proficiency, community engagement, and economic development. Although these appeal to a specific goal, they make a big difference in relieving newcomer stress. Offering several different areas of services, these programs aim to fulfill one of the five foundational pillars. Whether the goal of the programs is economic or simply recreational, it is a simple step that immigrant women can take to decrease the uncertainty of their

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