Rise - The Stardale Journey
Rise- The Stardale Journey is the culmination of over 27 years of advocacy and social justice efforts for Indigenous women and girls. It shares deep insight into the core motivation of Stardales’ inception all the way through today’s efforts to continuously act as a driving force for change. Stepping forward on a journey of mental, emotional, physical and spiritual healing, this film tells more than a story. It showcases the resilience of Indigenous women and the healing work of Stardale Women’s Group.
Rise-The Stardale Journey shares the real journeys of these women and girls as they come together, learn, grow and proudly rise together.
A Long Road to Today
Stardale Women’s Group was established over 27 years ago with the mission to provide life skills, literacy, and advocacy to Indigenous girls living in poverty, and other challenging circumstances, with a view to empowering their lives, and thereby their families and communities, with the aim of helping them to overcome systemic barriers.
Through regular programming, Stardales’ mandate is to:
Introduce proactive interventions that empower Indigenous girls to overcome systematic barriers and internalization of lower standards of wellness, achievement, education, and employability by providing classroom educational opportunities as well as skills-training and strategies for healthy choice-making.
Focus on preventative measures of addressing abuse and violence by following a holistic approach in training, thus allowing each participant to heal in her own time(s) and place(s).
Foster cross-cultural exchange of health and social development issues with community partnerships
Develop research and learning schemes to have a better-informed view of the needs in the province.
Share our programming strategy and encourage reconciliation within communities.
Director
Meghan Cosenzo
Executive Producer
Helen McPhaden
