Webinar and Annual General Meeting 2026

Join ACIC and ACIC member Wisdom2Action on June 18 for a hybrid sector engagement event bringing together members, partners, and community stakeholders for dialogue, learning, and connection.

The event will begin with a Pride Month webinar exploring the rights and lived realities of LGBTQ communities globally. Through conversation and knowledge sharing, the session will examine issues related to inclusion, equity, and global citizenship, while creating space for reflection and exchange among participants across the Atlantic Canadian sector.

Following the webinar, ACIC will host its Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM is an opportunity for members to come together as a network to reflect on the past year, receive updates on ACIC’s programs and initiatives, review financial statements, elect Board members, ratify new members, and hear about organizational priorities moving forward.

Both the webinar and AGM will be offered in a hybrid format, with options to participate in person in Halifax or online via Zoom. We welcome members, partners, and community stakeholders to join us for this important day of engagement and connection.

Webinar: Global Resistance, Local Action: Defending LGBTQI+ Rights Through Solidarity

Around the world, LGBTQI+ communities are facing increasing attacks on their rights, safety, and inclusion through growing social, political, and economic backlash. Yet amid these challenges, queer and trans activists and organizations continue to build powerful movements rooted in solidarity, resilience, and collective action.

Join us for Global Resistance, Local Action: Defending LGBTQI+ Rights Through Solidarity, a timely panel discussion featuring leaders from diverse global contexts who are advancing human rights and inclusion in their communities. Panelists will share the strategies, partnerships, and grassroots approaches their organizations are using to resist the rollback of rights and strengthen cross-border solidarity in the face of rising anti-LGBTQI+ hate.

Panellists: 

Youu Twum

Youu Twum is the Interim Director of Equality Network Ghana (ENG), where she leads organizational strategy, programs, partnerships, and operations in advancing equity, inclusion, and human rights. With experience in communications, advocacy, organizational development, and nonprofit leadership, she is passionate about building strong institutions, empowering communities, and driving sustainable social impact through collaborative and values-based leadership.

Kai Audi 

Kai Audi is a dynamic and experienced Community Organizer and Human Rights Advocate with over eight years of impactful work in Kenya’s LGBTIQ+ and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) movements. Their work spans across digital media, community mobilization, direct action, research and artistic expression. Currently serving as a Programmes Officer at Jinsiangu Kenya, they support programme implementation, stakeholder engagement, advocacy and awareness creation, grant development and resource mobilization, and emergency and security response. They also bring leadership experience from roles on the boards of various community led organizations, namely BADILIKA Network and Queerhive Kenya, and formerly the East Africa Trans Health & Advocacy Network (EATHAN). Kai is an alumnus of the Centre for Human Rights Capacity Building Workshop on Strategic Advocacy and Litigation (University of Pretoria) and the Rainbow Academy (RFSL). They bring to every role a commitment to equity, community empowerment, and transformative justice.

Dennis Stuebing

Dr. Stuebing is the Executive Director and Co-Owner of Wisdom2Action (W2A), a consulting firm that supports clients and partners to achieve positive change and strengthen communities. W2A’s approach is based on evidence, driven by community engagement, and underpinned by its commitment to social, health, and economic justice.  The firm provides a range of services including research, knowledge mobilization, organizational development, and facilitated engagement.

Dennis earned a Doctorate in Global Studies from the University of Saint Joseph (Macao), a Master of Arts in International Development from Saint Mary’s University (Halifax), and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with an Option in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Waterloo (Waterloo).  His research focussed on children’s rights, namely protection and participation, during emergencies in multiple African and Pacific Island countries. He has a background in project management and policy analysis in government and civil society organizations, in Canada and abroad, in gender justice, children’s rights, child protection, human rights, international development, and humanitarian assistance.  

Dennis is Vice President and co-founder of the Society of Queer Momentum.  In addition to his professional achievements, Dennis is a musician and avid gardener; he is the host of “Plant it Where the Sun Don’t Shine” a podcast focussed on shade gardening. He lives with his fiancé Ian, and dog Angus, on the traditional and unceded homeland of the Mi’kmaq, in Pinoek (Mi’kma’ki), also known as Kentville, Nova Scotia.