Originally published in TFI News: May 2009
Local jewellery line MiMi+You partnered with Shelternet, a non-profit national online resource for abused women to launch Celebrate Courage, a platform that allowed survivors of abuse to express themselves through an artistic outlet with an event at The Spoke Club on April 2, 2009. Celebrate Courage encouraged individuals to get active in an unconventional and creative way by holding workshops at women’s shelters in an effort to move women away from their worries to create one-of-a-kind necklaces.
Community Creative Workshops were open to the public to create awareness with necklaces being photographed and posted on the MiMi+You website for sale with all proceeds going to Shelternet. Attendees participated in a cocktail reception and silent auction. The event drew celebrities Kristin Booth (The Listener, Young People F*cking), whose one-of-a-kind necklace was included in the auction, Divine Brown (Juno Award winner for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year), Charlotte Sullivan (Smallville), Peter Stebbings (director of Defendor with Woody Harrelson, Kat Dennings and Sandra Oh). The event was filmed by TVO for an upcoming episode for the second season of the Get Involved documentary featuring Mimi+You’s development of the project. For more information on Shelternet, visit www.shelternet.ca.
To view or purchase the necklaces, visit www.mimiandu.com. Pictured above, Divine Brown (left) with MiMi+You owner Mitra Mortazavi and Kristin Booth (right).
