[homeles_ot-l] Jan 26 FW: POVERTY Audit Book Launch WEDNESDAY

[Lynne Browne]

FYI . . . apologies for cross postings.

Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness 

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From: sdoerge at sympatico.ca [mailto:sdoerge at sympatico.ca] On Behalf Of
Suzanne Doerge 
Sent: January 24, 2011 1:55 PM
To: 'Suzanne Doerge'
Subject: POVERTY Audit Book Launch WEDNESDAY

 

PERSISTENT POVERTY: Voices from the Margins

Come to the 

OTTAWA BOOK LAUNCH: Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011 9 - 10 AM, 

 

Ottawa City Hall, Councillors' Lounge

 

To include politicians at all levels of government as well as
representative Faith leaders, members of the laity across Faiths, active
community members and spoken witness by people living in poverty. 

 

Stories compiled by the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition
(ISARC: www.isarc.ca <http://www.isarc.ca/> ) include those from our
Social Audit in Ottawa. Author Mira Dineen and ISARC social audit
promoter,Tara Kainer, will be present at this launch.

 

Organisations participating in the launch include:

*           Ottawa Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
(ACORN)

*           PUT FOOD IN THE BUDGET Ottawa Challenge organizers

*           Ottawa Multifaith Housing Initiative

*           Ottawa Food Bank

*           Ottawa Islam Care Centre

*           Centretown Churches Social Action Committee

*           St Joseph's Women's Centre 

*           The Supper Table

*           Citizens for Public Justice

*           Faith and the Common Good

 

 

INTERFAITH SANDY HILL

Information :

Jane Gibson            gibson.jane at gmail.com
<mailto:gibson.jane at gmail.com>                         613 745 1923

John Courtneidge    john at courtneidgeassociates.com
<mailto:john at courtneidgeassociates.com>          613 627 6394

HELP in the Struggle to Eliminate Poverty and Social Inequality

Inside the Book:

"This timely book brings you the voices of low-income citizens
struggling to survive despite a growing need for food banks, the endless
wait lists for affordable housing, and the desperate insufficiency of
welfare rates. Persistent Poverty will leave you demanding dignity for
those left behind by our inadequate social policies. Elected politicians
should be forced to read a chapter each night before bed."  

Margaret Little, Political Studies, Queen's University.

 

 

"ISARC's faith community is in solidarity with people one stumble from
the street. The voices know the scene. This is a must read in classrooms
and in public conversations, but most importantly for those in
government." 

Father Paul Hansen C.Ss.R, Director, Redemptorist Biblical Justice
Consultancy

 

 

"... We are all capable of rising above our petty self interest and
acting in a truly humane way by taking concrete steps to end the
suffering of the poor and the trauma of the oppressed.... This book
identifies injustices and provides direction for the policy change we so
urgently need."  

Rabbi Shalom Schachter, Beth Israel Synagogue, Peterborough, and
National Representative, CUPE

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