<div dir="ltr"><div><div><img src="cid:ii_kbcgw8v10" alt="image.png" width="472" height="120"><br></div><div><br></div><h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Roboto;font-weight:400;text-transform:uppercase;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(230,25,25);white-space:pre-wrap"><strong style="font-size:16px;letter-spacing:2px">HELLO OTTAWA ALLIANCE MEMBERS,</strong></h1><h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0px 0px 0.5em;font-family:Roboto;font-weight:400;text-transform:uppercase;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(230,25,25);white-space:pre-wrap"><strong style="font-size:16px;letter-spacing:2px">WE NEED YOUR VOICE TO HELP END HOMELESSNESS IN CANADA AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.</strong><br></h1><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness has launched <a href="https://www.recoveryforall.ca/" style="background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(230,25,25)" target="_blank"><strong>Recovery for All</strong></a>–a national campaign to end homelessness in Canada, once and for all. The campaign calls for a recovery plan that shifts from managing homelessness, to <strong>ending</strong> homelessness. </p><h3 style="font-family:Roboto;font-weight:500;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(230,25,25);margin:1em 0px 0.5em;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.recoveryforall.ca/#formlead" style="background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(230,25,25)" target="_blank">SIGN UP HERE TO BE A PART OF THIS NATIONAL MOVEMENT</a>.  </h3><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">In Ottawa, we declared a housing emergency in January of 2020 after years of rising homelessness in our community. COVID-19 has further exacerbated this crisis. Yet, we are at a unique moment in time when<strong> big change is possible</strong>. We are seeing communities across the globe rise up to push systems and governments to address the root causes of injustice and inequity.</p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">We have also seen that when public will is mobilized, we <strong>can</strong><em> </em>make significant changes in our communities. </p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>Now </strong>is the moment to push our leaders to commit to end homelessness in Canada as it is clear that a home is the first defence in this health crisis.  </p><h3 style="font-family:Roboto;font-weight:500;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(230,25,25);margin:1em 0px 0.5em;white-space:pre-wrap">HERE IS THE <a href="https://www.recoveryforall.ca/" style="background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(230,25,25)" target="_blank">SIX-POINT PLAN</a> TO END HOMELESSNESS, ROOTED IN EVIDENCE:</h3><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">(1) A <strong>federal commitment</strong> to end homelessness, </p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">(2) The construction of <strong>affordable housing</strong>, </p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">(3) A national guaranteed <strong>minimum income</strong>, </p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">(4) Meaningful implementation of housing as a <strong>human right</strong>, so that everyone has a home, </p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">(5) An urban and rural <strong>Indigenous housing and homelessness strategy,</strong> and </p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">(6) Ensuring that<strong> housing is for people, not profits. </strong></p><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">Calgary, Edmonton, Guelph, Medicine Hat, and several other Canadian cities have successfully reduced homelessness.  We can too. <strong>We need you</strong> to make it happen. </p><h3 style="font-family:Roboto;font-weight:500;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(230,25,25);margin:1em 0px 0.5em;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.recoveryforall.ca/#formlead" style="background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(230,25,25)" target="_blank"><strong>JOIN</strong> THE MOVEMENT TODAY</a>.</h3><h3 style="font-family:Roboto;font-weight:500;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(230,25,25);margin:1em 0px 0.5em;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.recoveryforall.ca/" style="background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(230,25,25)" target="_blank"><strong>SHARE</strong></a> WITH YOUR COMMUNITIES AND NETWORKS THAT WE <em>CAN </em>END HOMELESSNESS IN CANADA.</h3><h3 style="font-family:Roboto;font-weight:500;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(230,25,25);margin:1em 0px 0.5em;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://northweather.wufoo.com/forms/m5z4q9n03fblhh/" style="background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(230,25,25)" target="_blank"><strong>ENDORSE</strong></a> THE CAMPAIGN. </h3><p style="color:rgba(26,26,26,0.7);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">The campaign needs leaders and organizational endorsements and testimonials.  Please consider adding yourself or your program or organization to the long list of Recovery for All endorsers here: <a href="https://northweather.wufoo.com/forms/m5z4q9n03fblhh/" style="background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(230,25,25)" target="_blank">Endorsement Form</a>.</p><h2 style="font-family:Roboto;font-weight:400;font-size:18px;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(230,25,25);margin:1em 0px 0.5em;text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>NOW</strong> IS THE MOMENT </h2><h2 style="font-family:Roboto;font-weight:400;font-size:18px;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(230,25,25);margin:1em 0px 0.5em;text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap">TO BRING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE </h2><h2 style="font-family:Roboto;font-weight:400;font-size:18px;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(230,25,25);margin:1em 0px 0px;text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap">TO THE PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.</h2><div><br></div><div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></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></div>