Ribbon Rouge Foundation

The Ribbon Rouge Foundation is a grassroots organization that focuses on health equity and facilitates social justice through the Arts. The Ribbon Rouge Foundation facilitates storytelling, community-engaged arts and intentional meaningful community conversations to change perceptions, stir social conscience, educate the public and create positive social change.

Our Mandate
The Ribbon Rouge Foundation serves African, Caribbean and Black people in Alberta, by facilitating systems change, in structural and social determinants that lead to poorer health outcomes, including HIV related health outcomes in African, Caribbean, Black communities.

Our Mission
The Ribbon Rouge Foundation is a grassroots organization registered as a, not for profit corporation under the Societies Act that focuses on health equity and facilitates social justice through the Arts.

The Ribbon Rouge Foundation facilitates storytelling, community-engaged arts and intentional meaningful community conversations to change perceptions, stir social conscience, educate the public and create positive social change.

We remain committed to raising the voices of people who experience poorer health outcomes as a result of racialized health disparities. In particular, we focus our social justice lens on issues related to gender and issues related to race.

We believe in the liberating power of the arts to promote self-expression, build community and facilitate positive social change.

Our Vision​
To Achieve Health Equity between African, Caribbean, Black (ACB) people and those who are not African, Caribbean, Black.