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<p class="MsoNormal">We need your help! Please join us at the "Stitching our Social Safety Net" rally on Sept. 29!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Stitching Our Social Safety Net Quilt<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="background:white">This fall there will be a municipal election. So often, poverty issues are missed, ignored or minimized by our elected officials. This
</span>year, we want to give candidates an opportunity to listen to our concerns and let us know how they plan to approach issues related to poverty and mental health and bring together the voices of the unheard, unknown or dismissed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In order to do this, we have spearheaded an exciting community project that has engaged residents and community groups. The Canadian Mental Health Association Ottawa (CMHA), along with the Poverty Elimination Mental Health Advocates (PEMHA)
group has been working all summer to create quilt pieces to be added to an existing quilt that is more than ¼ of a kilometre, four city blocks long and enough to circle City Hall! We are adding to the quilt that Houselink/The Dream Team in Toronto used in
the lead up to the last provincial election to make a statement on the eroding safety net. Their quilt is comprised of 14 sections that measure 15 feet by 3 feet.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The Ottawa unveiling of the entire quilt will be at 12:00 pm on September 29<sup>th</sup> in Jean Piggot Hall at City Hall.</span>. T<span lang="EN-US">he mayor and a number of Councillors
and candidates will be present at a media conference. <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
Please show up around 11:30 a.m. to help us hold up the quilt.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For more information, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#005A58">Christine Gagné<br>
</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#005A58">Community Mental Health Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#005A58">Conseillère en santé mentale communautaire<br>
</span></i><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#729A00">Canadian Mental Health Association, Ottawa Branch
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Association canadienne pour la santé mentale, Section d'Ottawa <br>
301-1355 rue Bank Street, Ottawa, ON K1H 8K7 <br>
613-737-7791 Ext. 279 Fax: 613-737-7644 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Email: cgagne</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:lsmoore@cmhaottawa.ca"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal">@cmhaottawa.ca</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal">
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Website:
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.ottawa.cmha.ca/"><span style="color:blue">www.ottawa.cmha.ca</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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