SAVAH organizes an annual event in Parkdale for International Women’s Day with local agencies to commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8th. SAVAH’s IWD event was organized with Parkdale Project Read and the Global Women’s Network. Najia Zewari (Global Women’s Network) facilitated a storytelling workshop on empowerment, positive self-image, and self-realization. Working Women Community Centre youth worker, Sierra Henry gave an inspiring address about the race, gender, and class oppression she experienced as a youth in Lawrence Heights, and her success in overcoming these barriers to become a successful program coordinator in the non-profit sector.