[homeles_ot-l] Sunday, Sept.19th at 3pm-5 pm.FW: Stand Up Event for Make Poverty History- Ottawa West-Nepean chapter

[Lynne Browne]

FYI:

The Event: A Peaceful Walk to Stand Up to Eradicate  Domestic & Global
Poverty, held by the  Make Poverty History, Ottawa West-Nepean chapter

Date: Sunday, Sept.19th, 2010 at 3pm-5 pm.
Place: Meet at the Trolley Station at Britannia Park in Ottawa
West-Nepean

 

Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness (ATEH)

lbrowne at ysb.on.ca <mailto:lbrowne at ysb.on.ca> 

Office: 613-241-1573, ext. 205 --- (Temp. # till Jan. 2011)

Mail to: 147 Besserer St., Ottawa, ON K1N 6A7

www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca <http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca> 

________________________________

From: Andrea Haggerty [mailto:andycandy32 at yahoo.ca] 
Sent: September 16, 2010 4:37 PM
To: Lynne Browne
Subject: Stand Up Event for Make Poverty History- Ottawa West-Nepean
chapter 

 

 This email  is an invite to the Executives, staff members, and
colleagues of your organization who live in Ottawa West-Nepean, or in
the Ottawa area, to attend an event  for the Make Poverty History 'Stand
Up' in the riding.  There will also be other events in other
constituencies for the Stand up.  More information on specific events is
available at the Make Poverty History's website
<http://www.makepovertyhistory.ca>  .  Our event is posted on Facebook
under the  Ottawa West-Nepean Chapter for MPH.We also got the permit for
the Event from the City of Ottawa.

 

This year our chapter for Ottawa West-Nepean will be holding a peaceful
walk.  The event  is already registered and listed  on the Make Poverty
History website.  The walk will start near the Britannia Park and people
will be walking with their signs & banners along the sidewalks of Poulin
Ave leading to Carling Ave.  Then from Carling Ave to Andrew Haydon
Park.  It is our hope that people at the beach and the park, and driving
by  on Carling Ave will see the signs and will therefore be more aware
of the poverty related issues.

 
 We will have signs, banners, and our voices to chant, or sing.


The Event: Stand Up  to Eradicate  Domestic& Global Poverty, held by the
Make Poverty History, Ottawa West-Nepean chapter

Date: Sunday, Sept.19th, 2010 at 3pm-5 pm.
Place: Meet  at the Trolley Station at Britannia Park  in Ottawa
West-Nepean


We have about 20-30 signs already made and ready to go, but if people
want to make their own they can, and they can bring their own flags and
banners.  As long as they represent their organization, or are related
to poverty related or climate change issues.

 

Some issues  our chapter are focusing on  are: Affordable housing, end
senior poverty, end child poverty, end global poverty,  more and better
aid to 3rd world countries, better paying jobs in Canada, education,
healthcare, homelessness, gender equality, human rights,social justice,
fair trade, First Nations' issues, and climate change awareness.

 

The focus our chapter has is on issues relating to poverty.  The main
themes we focus on are:

 

1) Canada needs a National Anti-Poverty Reduction Plan
2) Water is a Basic Human right
3) End Global Poverty by 2015 (Better Aid, Fair Trade, Health Care,
Education) 
4) Help both Canada and underdeveloped nations to deal with climate
change, or environmental issues
5) Clean up our beaches so the water quality is better, and eventually
work towards Britannia beach becoming a Blue Flag Beach.  Ensure that
people won't fall ill from  swimming in the water there in the future.
6) Gender equality, Social Justice, and Pay equity (Equal pay, Equal
work)
7) Global Education for All (1 Goal & the Canadian version) 
http://www.join1goal.org/home.php

http://www.cgce.ca/


Feel free to tell your MP's, prospective candidates, interested
colleagues, and friends about our Walk.  We chose to organize this event
in the midst of a municipal election.  There are issues the voters need
to be aware of even in this context, and it likewise must be accompanied
by communication with the various levels of government to make our
actions effective.

 

We hope to see some of your supporters on the 19th of September.

 

Regards,

 

Martin Warren, Andrea Haggerty
MPH Co-Ordinators, Ottawa West-Nepean Chapter





 

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