From CBC News–Ombishkaawak Migiziwak, or Rising Eagles, will offer range of programming from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., 4 days a week.
Brandy Bobier, director and chief executive officer of Community Helpers Unite, is overseeing the creation of Rising Eagles, a new safe space for youth.
A colourful and vibrant mural greets visitors inside Winnipeg’s newest safe space for youth.
Brandy Bobier hopes the front-and-centre splash of pop art serves to both welcome and catch the eye of anyone who enters Ombishkaawak Migiziwak, which in Anishinaabemowin means Rising Eagles.
Bobier, who is the director and chief executive officer of Community Helpers Unite — a social enterprise that works to help feed people in the North End — is overseeing the new overnight safe space at the corner of Jarvis Avenue and McGregor Street.
Her hope is that the facility, which officially opens in January but had a soft opening Thursday night, serves as a “good, progressive space that really helps youth find a place to belong and a place to enjoy themselves.”