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Organizing - LinksPeel Poverty Action Group BlogMarch 19, 2008 - 2:27pm
http://ppag.wordpress.com/ - Peel Poverty Action Group is composed of service providers, advocates and individuals working towards the elimination of poverty in the Region of Peel. ( categories: Links | Ontario | Blogs | Organizing )
The People's PotatoMarch 19, 2008 - 12:04pm
http://peoplespotato.blogspot.com/ - The People’s Potato is a vegan soup kitchen run out of Concordia University. The project was initiated in 1999 in order to address student poverty. ( categories: Links | Québec | Blogs | Children/Youth | Organizing )
Make Poverty History BlogMarch 19, 2008 - 12:03pm
http://blog.makepovertyhistory.ca - This is the Make Poverty History Campaign's Blog. It was initiated to help grow the community of Make Poverty History and increase the connections and sharing in a campaign and a cause that needs attention and awareness. ( categories: Links | International | Blogs | Organizing )
Interfaith Social Assistance Reform CoalitionMarch 14, 2008 - 7:07pm
http://www.isarc.ca/ - The Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition was born out of the hope that together a coalition of faith groups could contribute to new public policies based upon greater justice and dignity for Ontarians marginalized by poverty. ( categories: Links | Ontario | Organizing )
PrisonJusticeFebruary 21, 2008 - 1:18pm
http://prisonjustice.ca/ - Prisonjustice.ca is a website with resources, links, articles, news in support of prisoners and prison justice activism in Canada. ( categories: Links | Canada | Organizing | Prisoners' Rights )
The Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco (COH)February 13, 2008 - 11:06am
http://www.cohsf.org/ - The Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco (COH) initiates program and policy changes that result in the creation of exits from poverty. The COH unites homeless people and service providers with concerned community members in outreach, advocacy, and community organizing activities to ensure that low-income communities are in a leadership position in the work to promote social justice in San Francisco. ( categories: Links | United States | Homelessness | Organizing )
The International Movement ATD Fourth World (Canada)January 10, 2008 - 7:10pm
The International Movement ATD Fourth World (Canada) is a non-governmental organization that engages individuals and institutions in support of the efforts of the very poor to free themselves from extreme poverty. Emphasizing education, creative expression, and civic involvement, ATD Fourth World Movement programs include street libraries, skill-sharing and job training projects, holiday centers, poverty research and publications, discussion forums and representation at local, national and international levels. ATD has consultative status with the United Nations, Unesco, Unicef, ILO and the Council of Europe. ( categories: Links | Canada | International | Organizing )
Collectif pour un Québec sans pauvereteJanuary 10, 2008 - 7:06pm
Collectif pour un Quebec sans pauvreté - bâtir un Québec sans pauvreté est une nouvelle campagne de mobilisation pour démontrer à l’Assemblée nationale notre volonté commune de faire du Québec une société sans pauvreté et l’engager, au nom des droits humains, à combattre la pauvreté, ici, dès maintenant. ( categories: Links | Québec | Multilingual | Organizing )
Act Up in SaskatchewanNovember 14, 2007 - 10:57am
http://www.actupinsask.org/ - Act up in Saskatchewan has news, events, forums, journals for the Saskatchewan activist community. ( categories: Links | Saskatchewan | Organizing )
Fredericton Peace Coalition WeblogNovember 14, 2007 - 10:53am
http://frederictonpeace.org/ - Fredericton Peace Coalition Weblog is an extensive blog dealing with issues of war, poverty, violence, inequity, and injustice. ( categories: Links | New Brunswick | Blogs | Organizing )
Spirit of Harriet Nahanee BlogNovember 14, 2007 - 10:46am
http://harrietspirit.blogspot.com/ - Spirit of Warrior Harriet Nahanee is a blog dedicated to actions and analysis surrounding the legacy of Harriet Nahanee, an elder who died working to expose and resist the destruction of the Olympics 2010. ( categories: Links | British Columbia | Aboriginal/First Nations | Blogs | Organizing )
Picture the Homeless BlogNovember 5, 2007 - 11:30am
http://www.picturethehomeless.org/blog/ - Picture the Homeless Blog - Housing, homelessness & policy blog. ( categories: Links | United States | Blogs | Homelessness | Organizing )
Redwire MagazineNovember 1, 2007 - 1:21pm
http://www.redwiremag.com/ - Redwire Native Youth Media Society is a media and arts organization dedicated to Native youth expression. ( categories: Links | British Columbia | Aboriginal/First Nations | Children/Youth | Health | Media | Organizing | Prisoners' Rights )
City Wide Housing CoalitionJuly 27, 2007 - 9:52am
citywidehousingcoalition.org - The City Wide Housing Coalition is a coalition in Vancouver working to save and build low income housing. ( categories: Links | British Columbia | Homelessness | Housing | Organizing )
Picture the HomelessJuly 24, 2007 - 8:54am
www.picturethehomeless.org - Picture the Homeless is a homeless-led organization in New York that fights for the civil and human rights of homeless people. Picture the Homeless is founded on the principle that in order to address the root causes of homelessness, people who are homeless must develop a collective, effective voice for systemic change. ( categories: Links | United States | Homelessness | Organizing )
Women Against Poverty CollectiveJuly 13, 2007 - 12:50pm
womenagainstpoverty.blogspot.com - Women Against Poverty Collective is a group of women and trans people who are working together to advocate for safe, affordable and accessible housing for women experiencing violence. ( categories: Links | Ontario | Blogs | Organizing | Women )
Raise the RatesMarch 24, 2007 - 9:17am
http://www.raisetherates.org/ - Raise the Rates is a coalition of organizations in BC working to raise welfare rates and the minimum wage. ( categories: Links | British Columbia | Organizing | Welfare )
Halifax Coalition Against PovertySeptember 27, 2006 - 6:24pm
http://www.hfxcap.ca - The Halifax Coalition Against Poverty is a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Halifax, NS. They organize to defend individuals from evictions, welfare termination and abuse from employers as well, they launch campaigns against regressive government policy and the institutions that perpetuate poverty. ( categories: Links | Nova Scotia | Organizing )
Arctic Indigenous Youth AllianceAugust 17, 2006 - 2:46pm
http://www.deneyouthalliance.ca/ - A grassroots indigenous youth organization in the Northwest Territories that advocate for the rights of the Indigenous Peoples of Denendeh and the Beaufort Delta by encouraging dialogue between youth and Elders, through raising awareness of the potential impacts of the proposed Mackenzie Gas Project. ( categories: Links | Canada | Aboriginal/First Nations | Children/Youth | Organizing )
Toronto Native YouthAugust 17, 2006 - 2:38pm
http://www.freewebs.com/tny/ - A group of young First Nations people dedicated to resisting colonialism and exposing the racism of canada. ( categories: Links | Ontario | Aboriginal/First Nations | Children/Youth | Organizing )
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