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New site to build on
peacefulcommunities.ca However, the private sector partner, Axiom News, has maintained the site for the last few months because it "is a community asset that (has) been built, and has a great deal more potential for energizing change than what we've tapped" so far, says Axiom’s Executive Editor, Peter Pula. The main purpose of peacefulcommunities.ca was to increase the support for volunteer-based organizations working towards violence prevention in the community, and to enhance the community's approach to violence prevention by sharing success stories, best practices and resources. Pula says taking on a new project that will serve the community is a way to make a difference. "If we can get to a more intimate understanding of what community partners want to accomplish and provide ways to get them done, we'll all be successful," says Pula. "It will also take the support of the original Peaceful Communities network and other interested community organizations. They can help by being our first customers, helping us network, supplying content, connecting us with volunteers," he adds. The original network was anchored by the YWCA of Peterborough, Victoria and Haliburton, The Peterborough Social Planning Council and Community Counselling and Resource Centre, as well as Axiom News, all partners in the project. But other community organizations played supplementary roles, too. Pula says it is still under discussion, as to what the new site might look like. "We will be trying to build an online concept striking the right balance between focus and inclusion. We have to expand our range without losing the original mandate and audience we've already attracted," he explains. Pula says Axiom will attempt to build a news site to drive the change agendas of several networks at the same time, combining resources and integrating efforts. "My hope is that we would use the site in the community for capacity in supporting youth, environment, the arts, and downtown vitalization, as well as violence prevention. Then, by amplifying what works, energize new activity." For Lynn Zimmer, executive director of the YWCA of Peterborough, Victoria and Haliburton, she says it will be important to articulate in the coming weeks what could be advanced with an updated mission for a news site. "We would be looking for creative ways and creative solutions to make this sustainable. We don’t want the concept (of peacefulcommunities.ca) to be shelved," says Zimmer. Zimmer says the community partners have recommended there be more of an entrepreneurial approach. "I think it needs, at this stage, a private-sector approach to do well, and I think that’s where Axiom comes in," she says. |
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