[homeles_ot-l] FW: Poverty Awareness films hosted by Centretown Community Health Centre

[Lynne Browne]

FYI . . Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness 

613-241-7913 ext. 205, lbrowne at ysb.on.ca <mailto:lbrowne at ysb.on.ca> 

 

From: Natasha Beaudin [mailto:nbeaudin at centretownchc.org] 
Sent: September-27-11 1:44 PM
To: Lynne Browne
Subject: Poverty Awareness films hosted by Centretown Community Health Centre

Hi there,

Would you be able to send this out on the homelessness listserve?

Thanks,

Natasha

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Hello,

October is Poverty Awareness month. Please find information about our upcoming Poverty Awareness film screenings and discussion below.

Please distribute widely amongst your networks. The poster is attached.

Poverty Awareness Month movie screenings and discussion hosted by the Centretown Community Health Centre and community partners

What:   Movie screenings followed by a discussion to raise awareness on poverty issues in Canada.

Where:     Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch

120 Metcalfe, Ottawa ON, K1P 5M2

Date:         Wednesday, September 28, 2011, Family Motel by Helene Klodawsky, with actor & community activist Sam Sam Ahmed in attendance
Wednesday, October 5, 2011, Four Feet Up by Nance Ackerman, with Desiree Rapoch of Families First in attendance

Time:   Doors open at 6:00 pm
Movie begins at 6:30 pm

Partners:

·       Centretown Community Health Centre

·       Grassroots Group

·       Ottawa Poverty Reduction Network

·       Put Food In the Budget

Cost: free (donations accepted)

Join us for these free events as part of Poverty Awareness Month and engage in a discussion on the realities of living in poverty in Canada. Refreshments will be served. The movies will be shown in English with French subtitles.

Family Motel Synopsis:
Headstrong Ayan, a refugee from Somalia, has big dreams. New to Canada, she'll show anyone she can provide for her family. Still, it's difficult to keep it all together. On top of the soaring rent, her daughters, 16-year-old Nasrah and 13-year-old Leila, need braces. And even working two jobs as a cleaner, it's tough to find enough money to send to her anxious husband and two sons still stuck in East Africa.

Four Feet Up:
Four Feet Up is an intimate portrayal of child poverty in Canada by award-winning photographer and documentary filmmaker Nance Ackerman.                                       
Twenty years after the promise of the House of Commons "to eliminate poverty among Canadian children," 8-year-old Isaiah contemplates what "less fortunate" means as he finds his voice through his own magical drawings and photographs. Astute about the fact that his parents don't make a lot of money, Isaiah is unaware of their constant worry about putting food on the table, affording any after-school opportunities, and keeping stereotypes at a distance.

Natasha Beaudin

Health Promoter / Agente de promotion de la santé

Centretown Community Health Centre/ Centre de santé communautaire du Centre-ville

420 rue Cooper Street, Ottawa, ON K2P 2N6

Tel / Tél. : 613-233-4443 or / ou 613-233-2317 ext / poste 2196

Fax / Téléc. : 613-233-2062

Email / courriel : nbeaudin at centretownchc.org <mailto:nbeaudin at centretownchc.org> 

<<Poverty Awareness Month.pdf>> 

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