{"id":49,"date":"2015-03-25T05:36:21","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T09:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/nationalcapitalregion\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2023-06-09T08:58:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T12:58:31","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/nationalcapitalregion\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are the local branch of a national organization. We support and encourage writers in Ottawa, Gatineau, and the surrounding area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hold monthly gatherings, writing circles, and special workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Membership is coordinated through our head office in Toronto, Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-pale-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/national\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CAA National<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Capital Region Branch is led by volunteers. To find out more, contact <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:NCRadmin@canadianauthors.org\" target=\"_blank\">Arlene Smith, President<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Want to help?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you have only 15 minutes each month or huge blocks of free time, we have plenty for you to do\u2014from bits-and-pieces to mega-projects. Take a look at our tasks and choose any one&nbsp;according to your availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Take digital photographs at meetings and workshops.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help us maintain Facebook and Twitter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distribute our email information.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lead a writing circle in your area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help us with publicity through libraries, bookstores, learning institutions and media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-pale-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:NCRadmin@canadianauthors.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contact CAA-NCR<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are the local branch of a national organization. We support and encourage writers in Ottawa, Gatineau, and the surrounding area. We hold monthly gatherings, writing circles, and special workshops. Membership is coordinated through our head office in Toronto, Ontario. The National Capital Region Branch is led by volunteers. To&hellip;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/nationalcapitalregion\/about-us\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1054,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/nationalcapitalregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/nationalcapitalregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/nationalcapitalregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/nationalcapitalregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/nationalcapitalregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/nationalcapitalregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1859,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/nationalcapitalregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/1859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/nationalcapitalregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/nationalcapitalregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}