April 24, 2013
Downtown East newspaper was founded in March 2013 as a news source for low-income communities struggles for social justice on unceded Coast Salish territory, Downtown Eastside Vancouver.
Keywords: Downtown Eastside, Organizing, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
January 31, 2013
The Social Housing Coalition is a non-partisan, volunteer coalition spanning Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, and reaching out to the rest of British Columbia. We are a grassroots coalition...
Keywords: Housing, Organizing, social housing, British Columbia, Organizations
May 24, 2012
The Richmond Poverty Response Committee (RPRC) is a group of community volunteers representing the faith community, community organizations, local social services, and members of the public –...
Keywords: Organizing, British Columbia, Organizations
December 12, 2011
An Ontario free of poverty will be reflected in healthy, inclusive communities with a place of dignity for everyone and the essential conditions of well-being for all. The mission of Poverty Free...
Keywords: Organizing, Campaigns and initiatives, Ontario
November 7, 2011
The Canadian Bar Association – BC Branch has launched a public education campaign for additional legal aid funding in BC, called We Need Legal Aid. The campaign’s website features information and...
Keywords: Legal Aid, Organizing, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
October 17, 2011
From PeacockPoverty:
PeacockPoverty is a collection of individuals with an experience of poverty who join together to share knowledge, strength, talent and wisdom with each other and our friends....
Keywords: Blogs, Homelessness, Human Rights, Media, Organizing, Poverty Research, Unemployment, Welfare, General resources, Multimedia, All of Canada, International
August 15, 2011
Canadians for Tax Fairness campaigns for Canada to adopt a more progressive tax system.
Canadians for Tax Fairness promotes a progressive tax system, based on ability to pay, to fund the public...
Keywords: Debt and Consumer Law, Government Policy, Organizing, Campaigns and initiatives, All of Canada
June 13, 2011
The Ontario Provincial Government has appointed a commission to review the income security system, including social assistance. The commission's mandate is to develop a plan to reform the system. As...
Keywords: Disability, Government Policy, isac, Organizing, social assistance review, Welfare, Women, Manuals and guides, Ontario, Reports and documents
June 1, 2011
City Life/Vida Urbana is a community organization in Boston that has organized against evictions and for community controlled housing. They have long struggled for community control of local...
Keywords: Children and Youth, Ethnicity and Race, Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, Organizing, Tenants' Rights, Welfare, Women, Organizations, United States
June 1, 2011
There is nothing inevitable about poverty. If we commit to a bold plan, a dramatic reduction in poverty and homelessness within a few short years is a perfectly achievable goal.
Keywords: Government Policy, Organizing, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
June 1, 2011
The Recession Relief Fund Coalition is a national organization representing more than 230 organizations across the country that are concerned about the recession’s impact on Canada's most vulnerable...
Keywords: Government Policy, Organizing, Organizations, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
The Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign is committed to uniting the poor across color lines as the leadership base for a broad movement to abolish poverty. We work to accomplish this through...
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Human Rights, Organizing, Campaigns and initiatives, United States
June 1, 2011
Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO) is involved in a range of housing assistance services in Ohio, including homeless prevention, emergency shelters, transitional housing and...
Keywords: Homelessness, Housing, Organizing, Organizations, United States
June 1, 2011
Street Health works to improve the health and well being of homeless and underhoused individuals in southeast Toronto by addressing the social determinants of health through programs, services,...
Keywords: Health, Homelessness, Organizing, Ontario, Organizations
June 1, 2011
Community Advocates for Little Mountain (CALM) are working to save Vancouver’s oldest social housing complex - 224 homes on 15 acres beside Queen Elizabeth Park - which is slated for redevelopment.
Keywords: Housing, Organizing, British Columbia, Organizations
June 1, 2011
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.
Keywords: Blogs, Children and Youth, Organizing, Québec
June 1, 2011
Peel Poverty Action Group is composed of service providers, advocates and individuals working towards the elimination of poverty in the Region of Peel.
Keywords: Blogs, Organizing, Ontario
June 1, 2011
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...
Keywords: Organizing, Ontario, Organizations
June 1, 2011
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...
Keywords: Blogs, Organizing, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
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...
Keywords: Homelessness, Organizing, Organizations, United States
May 30, 2011
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...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Blogs, Organizing, British Columbia
May 30, 2011
Picture the Homeless Blog - Housing, homelessness & policy blog.
Keywords: Blogs, Homelessness, Organizing, United States
May 30, 2011
Real Change is a street newspaper, an advocacy group, a Homeless Speakers Bureau, and literary program out of Seattle. They aim to build bridges among the poor, homeless and the greater community,...
Keywords: Homelessness, Media, Organizing, Panhandling, General resources, United States
May 30, 2011
Union members, injured worker advocates and others have created an organization, the Public Compensation Coalition to work towards restoring the balance and fairness to the workers' compensation...
Keywords: Organizing, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Organizations, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
Poverty Olympics is a site put together by a group of concerned citizens and community groups who want the 2010 Winter Games’ legacy to be one of reducing, not increasing, poverty and homelessness.
Keywords: Homelessness, Organizing, Poorbashing, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
May 30, 2011
Prisonjustice.ca is a website with resources, links, articles, news in support of prisoners and prison justice activism in Canada.
Keywords: Organizing, Prisoners' Rights, General resources, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
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...
Keywords: Organizing, Organizations, Québec
May 30, 2011
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...
Keywords: Organizing, Organizations, All of Canada, International
May 30, 2011
Fredericton Peace Coalition Weblog is an extensive blog dealing with issues of war, poverty, violence, inequity, and injustice.
Keywords: Blogs, Organizing, New Brunswick
May 30, 2011
Act up in Saskatchewan has news, events, forums, journals for the Saskatchewan activist community.
Keywords: Organizing, Organizations, Saskatchewan
May 30, 2011
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.
Keywords: Organizing, Women, Ontario, Organizations
May 30, 2011
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...
Keywords: Homelessness, Organizing, Organizations, United States
May 30, 2011
The City Wide Housing Coalition is a coalition in Vancouver working to save and build low income housing.
Keywords: Homelessness, Housing, Organizing, British Columbia, Organizations
May 30, 2011
Raise the Rates is a coalition of organizations in BC working to raise welfare rates and the minimum wage.
Keywords: Organizing, Welfare, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
May 30, 2011
The purpose of Young Women Connect is to "connect" young women locally and nationally across Canada on the issues and actions towards eliminating racism, violence and poverty.
Keywords: Children and Youth, Organizing, Women, Organizations, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
The Ontario Health Coalition is an excellent example of community organizing.
Keywords: Health, Organizing, Ontario, Organizations
May 29, 2011
Taproot Newsletter is the online newsletter of the Together Against Poverty Society (TAPS) from Victoria, BC. Taproot is published bi-monthly and contains informative articles related to anti-poverty...
Keywords: Media, Organizing, Poverty Research, British Columbia, Organizations
May 29, 2011
Ontario Coalition for Social Justice is a coalition of labour unions and community groups dedicated to promoting social and economic justice in Ontario. Their website has a long list of progressive...
Keywords: Organizing, Ontario, Organizations
May 29, 2011
The Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement (IPSM) is a collective whose primary goal is to ally ourselves with indigenous peoples in the active fight for mutual self-determination.
Keywords: Organizing, Organizations, All of Canada
May 29, 2011
In response to requests the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has developed a new publication series called The (real) Bottom Line (in PDF). These 8-page "primers" on key economic and social...
Keywords: Government Policy, Organizing, British Columbia, Reports and documents
