Anti-poverty

PEACE & FRIENDSHP GATHERING @ SIX NATIONS

Submitted by Darius Mirshahi on August 5, 2008 - 12:34pm.

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Start: Aug 22 2008 - 6:00am

End: Aug 24 2008 - 6:00pm

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Chiefswood Park, Oshweken, SIX NATIONS

Three weekends from now an amazing historic gathering of indigenous people, evironmentalists, and social justice activists, will take place in southern ontario that nobody should miss. The Fanshawe Social Justice Club, along with other allies in London, ON needs to get a contingent together to join our allies at 6 Nations.

NDP Town Hall To End Poverty

Submitted by Mike McGregor on July 30, 2008 - 5:12am.

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Start: Jul 31 2008 - 11:30am

End: Jul 31 2008 - 1:30pm

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Committee room #1, City Hall 300 Dufferin Ave

NDP Town Hall To End Poverty

The
NDP invites you to attend public meetings on Poverty Reduction - a
community dialogue on priorities for poverty reduction in Ontario.

All are welcome to participate! We particularly welcome the participation of people with direct experience of poverty. read more »

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ALLAN GARDENS TAKEOVER - JUNE 21st - 4PM

Submitted by Mike McGregor on June 13, 2008 - 3:33pm.

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Start: Jun 21 2008 - 4:00pm

End: Jun 21 2008 - 11:59pm

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Allen Gardens, Toronto (Jarvis and Carleton)

HANDS OFF POOR PEOPLE
PARK TAKEOVER

Saturday, June 21st
4PM
Allan Gardens (Jarvis and Carleton)

Free Meals

Stop tickets and harassment.
End the Safe Streets Act.
Food and shelter now.

The Mayor, the cops and the rich are pushing poor people out of the
downtown core. The shelters are full but people are ticketed for sleeping read more »

Toronto Anti-Poverty Photos

Submitted by Mike McGregors ... on October 1, 2007 - 3:21am.

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Here's some photos from Wednesday's Anti-Poverty rally on Queen's Park in T.O. I joined the march originating from Metro Park at Queen and Church streets, which was joined be two or three other marches (I think there were five marches all together) while it snaked its way through downtown before eventually converging on the lawn of the Legislature. I'm no expert at crowd estimates, but I'd guess there were about 600-800 people out through the scattered showers that came down.

The Police presence was limited to a few dozen officers, some on bikes which escorted the march, some on horseback which were at Queens park flanking the main entrance to the Legislature when we arrived and some on foot in a diffuse line in front of the main entrance. The marchers didn't seem to pay them much mind and the police didn't make much of an effort to interfere with the march. One exception being when the police tried to nudge the march onto the sidewalk by blocking the road with their bikes, but the plan was thwarted when the march simply stopped and waited for them to move... read more »