AMSSA invites you to take a leadership role by creating an inclusive workplace environment and welcoming community as a Safe Harbour location or as a Friend of Safe Harbour.
JOINAS SAFE HARBOUR LOCATION IN BC!
Please feel free to contact AMSSA or a Community Organizer near you to arrange for a Safe Harbour presentation and learn more about the program and how your business or organization can become involved. Click here for details. Check out how some of our Safe Harbour locations across BC have embraced the Safe Harbour program.
Show your Support for Respect for All in your community and stand up for respect by becoming a Friend of Safe Harbour by simply:
*Signing up 5 of your friends, family members, neighbours, and colleagues to a monthly Safe Harbour E-Newsletter, which you will also receive.
*Wearing a Respect for All: Pass It On wristband and distributing Safe Harbour bookmarks. To sign up to become a Friend of Safe Harbour, please use the following Feedback Form.
Please find more details on becoming a Friend of Safe Harbour here.
As a Friend of Safe Harbour, you will be entered into a Monthly Draw for some great prizes! September's draw prize was a sterling silver necklace valued at $30 and a $25 gift certificate to Ten Thousand Villages, generously donated by Ten Thousand Villages (W. Broadway, Vancouver). Thank You!
Ten Thousand Villages provides vital, fair income to Third World people by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America. Ten Thousand Villages works with artisans who would otherwise be unemployed
or underemployed.
OTHER WAYS TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
Respect for All Day - the first Tuesday of every month!
At Safe Harbour, we are committed to making our community a more welcoming and inclusive place to live. There can be, and should be, a way that everyone in the community feels safe and respected. That's why we give people and businesses the resources and support they need to stand up to respect in their own community. Anyone anywhere can join our national movement for diversity. Join us on the first Tuesday of each month in celebrating Respect for All Day. For more information on how to get involved with Respect for All Day, click here.
Respect for All: Pass It On Wristbands
We invite you to demonstrate Safe Harbour in your community by wearing a blue silicone wristband at work, in the community, and on Respect for All Day. To purchase your own wristband, please click here to visit theAMSSA Store.
Share Your Story For more information on the Share Your Story, find out where to pick up your own copy of a blank postcard, download your own postcard, or view what others have already sent in, please visit our Safe Harbour Blog.
Have a great idea to support the Safe Harbour: Respect for All program, please email Pansy Hui, BC Safe Harbour Program Coordinator at: amssash@amssa.org
As a Safe Harbour Location or as a Friend of Safe Harbour, you will be joining a growing network of individuals across BC and across Canada who care about making our community a more welcoming place to live!