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Section 1: to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American independence, by the acquisition and protection of historical spots and the erection of monuments; by the encouragement of historical research in relation to the revolution and the publication of its results; by the preservation of documents and relics, and of the records of the individual services of revolutionary soldiers and patriots; and by the promotion of celebrations of all patriotic anniversaries; section 2: to carry out the injunction of Washington in his farewell address to the American people, “to promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge,” thus developing an enlightened public opinion, and affording to young and old such advantages as shall develop in them the largest capacity for performing the duties of American citizens; section 3: to cherish, maintain and extend the institutions of american freedom; to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty.

The art defines the identity! louisAYOTTE | pierDuFOUR >artistic directors Puppet: the instrument of all possible! It only limited by the imagination. It requires complicity, collusion, inspiration, carries enchantment and ideal manipulative dreams, creative freedom and inaccessible, weaves images that arise through gesture and movement. Kobol proposes a dialogue with the audience, invents a contemporary language, sometimes experimental and offers all the means at its disposal to satisfy this need to say and imaging thought, refine its signature and provide artists a level playing field that allows them deepen their efforts. Our poetry both visual and musical gives birth over our inspiring finds in a universe where affection rubs humor, humanity and reflections. Breaking conveniences, open the doors of imagination and share the magic!

The Elora Centre for the Arts is a vibrant and community oriented arts organization that inspires and stimulates artistic excellence, aesthetic maturity and critical insight through exhibition, performance and education. It is model of of artistic endeavor and education. It provides opportunities for both artists and the broader community to engage in artistic pursuits of all kinds in a designate heritage building in the village of Elora. The ECFTA offers innovative and creative programs in a broad range of disciplines including visual arts, spoken word, live music, dance and crafts. The ECFTA serves as a home for the local and regional artistic community and provides a venue for people of all ages to experience enriching artistic activities and expression. The Centre is a leader in and encourages artistic freedom of expression, innovation and creativity. Through our arts education programming, we encourage youth to embrace the arts as integral to life.

Founded in 2016, Sound Aloud exists to equip this generation with the tools to find their voice (identity), release their sound (purpose), and live it ALOUD (unashamed); becoming the sound of freedom to this world. Our heart as a ministry is to use the Creative Arts (fine, performing, visual), holistic health, and mentoring/outreach programs to unleash the treasure that is buried just beneath the surface of our “generationals”. We do this to spark the creative, and vivid imaginations that need motivation and training - the type of training that prepares them to become confident young men and women, and the hope of our future. Our programs and services create positive outlets, give support, nurture dreams, send a message of hope, deal with issues that this generation face, bring cultural awareness, cross religious and cultural boundaries, provide discipleship, help build confidence, build strong self-esteem, character, and create teamwork and connection.

Founded in 1973 by a collective of Edmonton artists, Latitude 53 Society of Artists is a not-for-profit artist-run centre. Latitude 53 provides a non-coercive environment to assure the freedom of the artist, and give the public access to new art forms of expression. Latitude 53 supports the research and development of new artistic practices and concepts, and encourages experimentation by artists through diverse programming. In an attempt to more clearly reflect who we are and what we do as Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture, rather than Society of Artists, we feel strongly that this new name more clearly represents and communications what we do and where we are going in the future. While experimentation in visual culture is the emphasis of the work that Latitude 53 facilitates, we seek work with artists in a variety of disciplines to become a locus for experimental culture.

Little Pear Garden Collective is currently focused on two dimensions: opera and dance. As the company moves towards bringing more creative new works to the public, we are currently in the process of launching a new entity of works that is a combination of theatre and dance with a contemporary approach. This change in course will allow the organization to have more creative and artistic freedom to express our imagination, spontaneity and vision. It is a natural course for our organization to progress and combine the strength of the theatre portion of Chinese opera with Chinese dance; this will allow us to expand our repertoire. We continue to work with artists from diverse ethnic backgrounds and artistic disciplines to produce works of high artistic value and quality. We enjoy bringing performances to the public by combining variable resources and bridging the gap of diversity. This helps to create more tolerance and understanding among diverse cultures through art.

The ILS offers educational seminars to teach students about the ideas that form the foundation of our liberal democratic society. We encourage discussion and debate about issues grounded in democracy, rule of law, markets and personal freedoms. Our goal is provide a venue where people can listen to leading scholars and policy experts while discussing important ideas in a non-political environment. ILS seminars focus on themes such as the relationship between economics and government, philosophy and society, environmental policy and social policy. Many of our one-day seminars are held on university campuses, while the Liberty Summer Seminar is held over two-days at Hillside Estates in Orono, Ontario. In 2009 over 250 people attended an ILS seminar to engage in the discussion of ideas. A discussion which we believe is vital to a free and flourishing society.

Integrating movement, original music, text, and rich visual design, Kidd Pivot’s performance work is assembled with recklessness and rigour, balancing sharp exactitude with irreverence and risk. Under the direction of renowned choreographer Crystal Pite, Kidd Pivot’s distinct choreographic language – a breadth of movement fusing classical elements and the complexity and freedom of structured improvisation – is marked by a strong theatrical sensibility and a keen sense of wit and invention. Since 2001, Crystal Pite has created and performed under the banner of Kidd Pivot. Her work and company have been recognized with numerous awards and commissions. Kidd Pivot tours extensively around the world with productions that include Dark Matters, Fault, Lost Action, and Double Story, created with Richard Siegal. Kidd Pivot is the recipient of the 2006 Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award, and is resident company at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt, Germany (2010-2012).

The Southern Ontario Military Muster (SOMM) was formed in 2012. The annual Southern Ontario Military Muster event is our primary charitable program. This two-day living history event brings Veterans, military personnel, cadets, civilians, vintage military vehicle owners, re-enactors from all eras, historians, vendors, gamers and not for profit Veteran and historical community groups together. We honour Veterans and educate the public. Throughout the year, we attend and bring vintage military vehicles to Veteran ceremonies and community events. We encourage the public to explore history to understand and appreciate the sacrifices given for the freedom we have today. We attempt to collect as many Veteran biographies as we can to publish in our annual calendar/program. Our standing committee, the Essex Memorial Spitfire Group was formed in January, 2014 and their mission is to erect a replica Spitfire in the Town of Essex to Honour our 400+ Essex County Airmen.

The National Constitution Center is the first and only institution in America established by Congress to “disseminate information about the United States Constitution on a non-partisan basis in order to increase the awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.” The Constitution Center brings the United States Constitution to life by hosting interactive exhibitions and constitutional conversations and inspires active citizenship by celebrating the American constitutional tradition. Our non-partisan mission is best expressed in our three goals: to serve the nation and the world as the Museum of We the People, a national Headquarters for Civic Education, and America’s Town Hall. We illuminate the constitutional debates that affect the lives of all Americans by hosting constitutional conversations on Independence Mall in Philadelphia and across a range of media platforms, and we inspire active citizenship by celebrating the American constitutional tradition. Our three goals can be summarized in three words: Visit. Learn. Debate. As the Museum of We the People, the Constitution Center features hundreds of interactive exhibits, engaging theatrical performances, and original documents of freedom. As America’s town hall, the National Constitution Center hosts constitutional debates across a range of broadcast and digital media platforms. As a national and international center for civic education, the Constitution Center offers cutting edge constitutional seminars, discussions, course materials, and interactive and digital resources for students of all ages.

For over 30 years, the Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (PIANGO) has stood as a bold and unifying force for civil society across the Pacific region. Serving 24 member countries and territories, PIANGO is the regional secretariat for National Liaison Units (NLUs), which function as national civil society platforms that coordinate and amplify the voice of local communities, grassroots groups, and non-governmental organisations. Rooted in the Pacific's cultural values and principles of development effectiveness, PIANGO's work is guided by the vision of: "A United Pacific: Strengthening the Resilient Responsiveness of our Kainga for a Peaceful and Prosperous Vanua." Its mission is equally inspiring: "To support the creation of a secure enabling environment for strong, effective, accountable and adaptive institutions that provide inclusive representation and common voice platforms and structured mechanisms for policy influencing, rooted in Pacific cultural practices and values-through sustainable, equitable, and genuine partnerships for resilient development." This powerful mandate is brought to life through PIANGO's call for "Transformative Partnerships for a Resilient Sustainable Pacific", a call aligned with Agenda 2030 and grounded in uniquely Pacific approaches to development, resilience, and solidarity. PIANGO's work focuses on four strategic pillars: Governance and Leadership - Strengthening national platforms and cultivating visionary leaders who are grounded in community and capable of guiding resilient institutions. Voice - Amplifying community perspectives and ensuring vulnerable groups have meaningful influence on national, regional, and global policy-making. Approaches - Promoting Pacific-led and evidence-based approaches to development, rooted in indigenous knowledge, traditional practices, and critical research. Partnerships - Building inclusive, equitable, and long-term collaborations across civil society, governments, and donors to support a thriving, accountable civic space. In today's context of global uncertainty, climate risks, and shrinking civic space, PIANGO is committed to enabling local leadership, defending civic freedoms, and promoting people-centred, holistic development that reflects the hopes and wisdom of the Pacific peoples. To learn more about PIANGO and its members, visit: www.piango.org

North West Democratic School (t/a Sligo Sudbury School) was founded in 2017 to address the growing need for an alternative to mainstream education for children and teenagers. We provide an environment for self-directed education for children aged 5-18 years, supported by a muti-discipliary staff team. We currently employ 9 part-time staff members. Standardised education and the curriculum taught in schools today do not adequately support diversity and inclusion. The emphasis on competition, the one size fits all approach, the drive for higher standards of achievement and performance effectively exclude a large portion of the population from the possibility to succeed, and discourage the qualities of collaboration, empathy and kindness that are so needed in our society. Our social mission is to address this issue by giving young people autonomy in a supportive learning environment and fostering the most volitional and high quality forms of motivation and engagement for activities, including enhanced performance, persistence, and creativity. We are a democratically run organisation which provides children with a real voice in their own education and the running of the school, fostering empowerment and a sense of personal responsibility. Students are not obliged to follow a set curriculum but are fully supported in designing their own learning experiences, enabling them to grow in confidence and take on challenges that are timely and at the right level for them. This model of education is particularly suited to children who do not fit the confining criteria and standards of mainstream and who are therefore disadvantaged by the system itself as their emotional, social, and learning needs cannot be adequately met within the mainstream model. Our mission is to provide a safe environment where young people can engage in self-directed learning and democracy, where children are free to choose their own learning goals and pursue them at their own pace, while participating in a community of self-governance and justice where each member's voice is equally valued and heard. We believe that there are many approaches to learning and that each child can be supported in their chosen path. We are committed to providing an alternative model of education where children have choice about their learning, freedom to go about their business, and time to explore and create without pressure or constraint. We aim to safeguard an environment where autonomous, self-directed, intrinsically motivated learning can flourish.