Over 20 Years of Mobilizing Our Community

/Our working team and board of directors/

Our Team

Nicolas Gauthier

General manager - Privacy Officer

Syn Moreau

Development and Mobilization Officer

Claudia Daigle

Liaison and Communications Officer

Maxime Laliberté

Community Development Officer

Manuel Grosset

Project manager

Réseau de développement social de Brome-Missisquoi (RDSBM)

Ola Pilatowski

Project manager

Table logement du Réseau de développement social de Brome-Missisquoi (RDSBM)

Our Board of Directors

Jean-François Pomerleau

President

Maison des jeunes de Farnham

Chantal Brassard

Vice president

Centre d’aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel des Rivières (CALACS des Rivières)

Cédric Champagne

Treasory, CA

Entrée chez soi Brome-Missisquoi

Josiane Whittom

Secretary

Centre Femmes des Cantons

Élise Cabanac

Administrator, CA

Territoires solidaire - FFC BM

Nathalia Guerrero

Administrator, CA

Action communautaire Lac Brome

Mona Gauthier

Administrator, CA

Centre d'action bénévole de Sutton

/The CDC's mission/

The CDCBM aims to support, accompany, and promote the issues, interests, and contributions of its members from a social justice perspective.

/Vision/

In 2025, the CDC B-M will generate a unifying dynamic that mobilizes the community toward social transformation for the well-being of its citizens and its environment. It is recognized and inspiring thanks to the strength and participation of its members.

/Values/

Mobilization: Encourage member participation in decision-making processes.La mobilisation : favoriser la participation des membres aux processus de décisions.

Solidarity: Commit and act collectively in the interests of the whole, with a view to cohesion and collaborative action.

Equity: demonstrate openness, consideration, and respect for differences in opinions, values, and ways of doing things.
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Self-determination: support the autonomy of organizations with partners and collaborators, as well as among members.

History of the CDC B-M

/1990 - The birth of the CDC/

After extensive consultation with community organizations in Brome-Missisquoi, the CDC B-M obtained its charter in 1991. It then became a member of the Farnham Community Center. In the absence of permanent staff, the board of directors took charge of the CDC's operations. In 1995, a grant from the Secrétariat à l'action Communautaire Autonome enabled it to hire its first two permanent staff members.

/2000 - Consolidation of the CDC/

From the World March of Women in 2000 to opposition to budget cuts by the Harper government in 2007, the CDC B-M mobilized its strength thanks to the involvement of its members over the course of the decade. The CDC also worked to raise awareness of organizations among the general public through the Salon du Communautaire in 2004 and the Fort Boyard du Communautaire in 2007. In 2008, the first regular member assemblies were held. A true forum for democracy, members discussed the issues that concerned them.

/2010 - Creating partnerships/

In 2010, the CDC B-M developed a monthly community section with the newspaper L’Avenir et des Rivières. At the same time, the CDC became a member of the CLD board of directors in 2011 and worked closely with the MRC B-M as part of the forum on the development of the MRC's new strategic development plan. The 2010s were marked above all by mobilization against the Couillard government's austerity measures. It was in the wake of these mobilizations that the Engagez-vous pour le communautaire (Get Involved in the Community) campaign emerged at the national level, leading to the creation of the CDC mobilization committee as we know it today.

/2020 - Social and climate justice/

The CDC B-M is heavily involved in climate action, notably through Planète s’invite au communautaire, the Estrie mini forum for social and climate justice, and the Grande marche pour le climat in Granby. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the CDC's activities and led it to restructure, notably with a new strategic plan

Territory of action

The territory covered by the Brome-Missisquoi CDC falls within the same administrative boundaries as the Brome-Missisquoi RCM.

Covering an area of 1,650 km² and home to a population of 66,000 people living in urban, suburban, and rural areas, Brome-Missisquoi is a bilingual region with its own challenges and opportunities in terms of community action and social development.