Enough for All Catalyst Implementation Fund
The Enough for All (E4A) Implementation Catalyst Fund is designed to enable a new way of working together to reduce poverty in Calgary. It assists and supports the existing E4A [...]
Voting is a poverty reduction strategy
By Franco Savoia On Saturday, along with many other fellow Calgarians, I went to my local library and voted in our municipal election advance poll. I have always felt that this is a fundamental [...]
What an Indigenous Gathering Place means to me
By Lee Stevens Before I begin this piece of writing I must situate myself: I am a member of the Tlingit First Nation, Deisheetaan, (split tail beaver) Clan. Inspiration for this piece comes from [...]
October is End Poverty Month
Mayor Naheed Nenshi and City Council has proclaimed October to be “End Poverty Month”. End Poverty Month was initiated to raise awareness for the serious social issue of poverty and [...]
Municipal Policy Fair 2017
(Photo credit: Andy Nichols) By Katarina Graves At a time when politics have taken a turn for the absurd and the surreal – does anyone else feel like we’re living out an extended [...]
Reconciliation Journey Continues
By Pamela Beebe I attended the final three-day conference in Edmonton of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in March 2014. The TRC wrapped up with 94 calls to action in December [...]
From empathy and understanding, to paying it forward.
By Stephanie Rosch In June 2016, my world was turned upside down when I was laid off because the organization I was working for had a major deficit and lack of funding. I was the last one to be [...]
Calgary Social Policy Collaborative to host fair for municipal candidates
MEDIA RELEASE / MEDIA INVITATION Calgary, AB, September 13, 2017 – Vibrant Communities Calgary and the Social Policy Collaborative will be host a Municipal Policy Fair for mayor, councilor, and [...]
Reflecting on Basic Income Through the Lens of Food Insecurity: An Enough for All Community Conversation
By Katarina Graves The freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat. Eleanor Roosevelt According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly [...]
Calgarians invited to a community conversation about basic income through the lens of food insecurity
MEDIA RELEASE/ MEDIA INVITATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Calgary, AB, August 30, 2017 – Vibrant Communities Calgary and Basic Income Calgary will be hosting a Community Conversation about [...]
