[homeles_ot-l] Atkinson-News: Spotlight on Grassroots Activism + Other ACF News..."listening to the voices from the Street."

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Atkinson-News: Spotlight on Grassroots Activism + Other  ACF News..."listening to the voices from the Street."
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Subject:  Atkinson-News: Spotlight on Grassroots Activism + Other ACF News.

Morning Kes,

Check out the "listening to the voices from the Street" below. Here is that Atkinson News piece on grassroots activism, public policy and economic justice issues for the Ayataskisiw Cooperative and folks there abouts.  

Lance

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  ATKINSON FOUNDATION E-BULLETIN

  30.10.07

  Atkinson Foundation e-bulletin
  Featuring news, views and updates 
  from the Atkinson Charitable Foundation 
  and its partners.

  IN THIS BULLETIN...   

  Uzma Shakir awarded Atkinson Fellowship...
  Pascal Appointed Early Years Advisor...
  Arctic in Peril: Ed Struzic's Atkinson Series ...
  Partnerships for grassroots activism...
  World Forum calls for new measures of progress...
  Cathy Crowe Newsletter...
  News from our partners...
  Scroll down for more...

  ATKINSON ECONOMIC JUSTICE FELLOWSHIP

  Immigrant-Rights Activist Uzma Shakir Awarded Atkinson Fellowship

  Engaging new immigrants in shaping what Canada's future should look like will be the focus of Uzma Shakir's Atkinson Economic Justice Fellowship.  The Award will support Ms. Shakir's community-based work around immigration, multiculturalism and social inclusion.  More...<http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/updates/Document_1195738816317>

  Listen to Uzma's interview with Sheilagh Rogers on CBC's "Sounds Like Canada" by clicking here.<http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/updates/Document_1196266844277>

  ACF STAFF ANNOUNCEMENT

  Charles Pascal Appointed Early Learning Advisor

  The Ontario government has appointed Dr. Charles Pascal to recommend the best way to implement full-day learning for four- and five-year-olds, said Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.  More... <http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/updates/Document_1196259546338>

  Pascal's passion for early childhood education was born 38 years ago when he became a father for the first time.  More from Toronto Star...<http://www.thestar.com/article/280579>

  ATKINSON FELLOWSHIP IN PUBLIC POLICY

  Arctic in Peril...

  Edmonton journalist Ed Struzik has been writing about Canada's Arctic for 28 years.  

  In July, he set off on the first of nine northern journeys to examine the implications of climate change as part of the 2007 Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy.

  Read the series in the 
  Toronto Star More...<http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/updates/Document_1195589724770> 

  SPOTLIGHT ON PARTNERSHIPS

  Partnerships for grassroots activism:
  Voices from the Street & Acorn 
  + other recent grants

  Listening to the voices from the street
  Toronto's Voices from the Street works with people who have lived experience with homelessness to inform and influence public decision-making at various levels, writes Becky McFarlane...<http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/spotlight/NewsItem_1196273953059/newsitem_view>

  Community organizing... one doorstep at a time
  Acorn takes action to get decision-makers to make real changes in people's lives
  writes Judy Duncan...<http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/SkinnedFolder_1119011842744/Document_1196275093887/document_view>

  CANADIAN INDEX OF WELLBEING

    Measuring the Progress of Societies

  Roy Romanow, Lynne Slotek, members of the National Working Group and other CIW partners played important roles at the OECD's Second World Forum on 'Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies' in Istanbul. 

  Click here<http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw/SkinnedFolder_1191333926952> to read the latest updates on the CIW and to check out the video from the World Forum...

  NEWS FROM OUR PARTERS

  Cathy Crowe Newsletter

  The slogan 'Think globally, act locally' has never been more important. 

  In Cathy Crowe's latest newsletter, read about a new infirmary for homeless people in Toronto, a recent visit by the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing and Cathy's efforts to confront Canada's growing financial investment in militarism and the war in Afghanistan.   More...<http://tdrc.net/index.php?page=newsletter> 

    Dying for a Home:

  Homeless Activists Speak Out

  A great gift for this holiday season. 
  A gift that makes a difference.

  Cathy Crowe's new book is a compelling first-hand account of homelessness, and practical steps for making a change for the better.  

  Click to order... More...<http://tdrc.net/index.php?page=cathy-s-book-dying-for-a-home> 

  OTHER NEWS...

  Cause for Hope
  New book by Re. Bill Phipps
  All societies live by their stories. This provocative book from one of the most provocative leaders in the church challenges the governing story that has shaped and defined Western culture and society - a story that has manifested itself in ecological destruction, war and the obscene military expenditures that go with it, unprecedented consumerism, economic disparity between rich and poor, mistreatment of non-white cultures and races, sexism, and fear.  More...<http://events.uoftbookstore.com/2007/09/25/cause-for-hope-by-bill-phipps/>

  It Takes a Nation to Raise a Generation: 
  2007 Report Card on Child & Family Poverty in Canada
  (Campaign 2000) The federal government can tackle child poverty, as long as the budget dollars needed aren't given away in general tax cuts. It's time for the federal government to step up to the plate with a comprehensive Poverty Reduction Strategy.   More...<http://www.campaign2000.ca/> 

  The Dirty Side of a Cleaning 
  Dozens of lives ruined after answering job ad
  Toronto Star investigation into dubious contractor, highlights efforts of Workers Action Centre.    More...<about:blankwww.thestar.htm> 

  Radical Academy 
  (Voices from the Street)  Psych survivors get lesson in sound bites to make policy wonks listen up.  More...<http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-08-02/news_story.php>

  New momentum in poverty battle
  Two days after the election, the leaders of Ontario's anti-poverty movement are feeling unusually positive, writes Carol Goar of the Toronto Star. They have a commitment from Premier Dalton McGuinty to introduce firm poverty reduction targets and a conviction that their voices are finally beginning to count. More...<http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/266002>   <http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/266002>

  Walking the walk on poverty
  Thursday's throne speech provides an early test of McGuinty's commitment to helping Ontario's poor, write John Campey, Uzma Shakir and Doris Grinspun.  More...<http://www.thestar.com/article/279380>

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