<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-4a8b967e-7fff-2827-1c3f-404f38d61e3d"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:20pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Housing, Homelessness, and Climate Emergencies</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:16pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How the Official Plan can Help Create a City for All</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tonight, please join us for an important panel discussion and conversation about inequities, under-appreciated emergencies, and how the Official Plan can meaningfully address these urgent issues to help create a city for all.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Representatives of the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa, City for All Women Initiative, Ecology Ottawa, Healthy Transportation Coalition, and Housing Managers Collective will host a panel discussion followed by a community conversation on how interconnected these critical issues are, and how we can mobilize to address them.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With a majority of Ottawa City Council set to vote on an urban boundary expansion that will have negative social, financial, health, and environmental consequences, there is an urgent need for this conversation.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WHAT</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Panel discussion on Housing, Homelessness, & Climate Emergencies</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WHERE</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Online, </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/housing-homelessness-and-climate-emergencies-and-the-new-official-plan-tickets-106227898504" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">register here.</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WHEN</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: 7pm to 8:30pm, on Monday, May 25th </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The call will focus on five subjects: i) homelessness; ii) affordable housing; iii) equity; iv) transportation equity; and v) environmental challenges, followed by small group discussions about what we can do to move forward in constructive ways, ending with a report back. </span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">We hope to see you there!</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><b>Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa</b></span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px">171 George Street, Ottawa ON K1N 5W5</span><br><div><a href="mailto:info@endhomelessnessottawa.ca" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">info@endhomelessnessottawa.ca</a><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>