Forum: Poverty, Health and Fighting Austerity
Forum Endorsers
Aids Action Now!
Association of Ontario Health Centres
Assaulted Women's and Children's Counsellor/Advocate Program (AWCCA), George Brown College
Bathurst Street United Church
Bathurst Street United Church
CAW Ontario Healthcare Council
Don Heights Unitarian Congregation
Gerstein Centre
Hamilton Coalition Against Poverty
Hamilton Coalition Against Poverty
Health for All
Health Studies Students' Union
Jane-Finch Action Against Poverty
Medical Reform Group
No One Is Illegal
Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
Ontario Health Coalition
Poverty Makes Us Sick! (Kitchener)PTP Adult Learning and Employment Programs
Regent Park Community Health Centre
Residents Without Borders
Social Justice Collective
Sistering
St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society
Students for Medicare
Toronto Disaster Relief Committee
Toronto Drop-in Network
Welfare/ODSP Rates are Making Us Sick!
Poverty, Health and Fighting Austerity
Calling all health care providers, health and public sector workers, poor people, anti-poverty activists and allies!
The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) - Ontario, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, Ontario Nurses Association and Health Providers Against Poverty invite you to join us on September 8th and 9th for an important and timely public forum and conference on poverty, health, austerity and how we can fight back together.
Poster and more information: http://povertyhealth.blogspot.com/
Public Evening Forum
Thursday, September 8th
6-9pm
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St, Toronto
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St, Toronto
*Free * Refreshments and on-site childcare provided
*Space is wheelchair lift accessible
Featuring a panel discussion with:
- Angela Robertson (Women’s College Hospital, former Executive Director of Sistering)
- Sabrina Gopaul: Community Health Worker in the Jane-Finch community and organizer with Jane-Finch Action Against Poverty
- Special Video Launch of a joint project between OCHU and OCAP on ‘Raise the Rates and the Special Diet’
Moderated by Michael Hurley and Patti Encinas of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions
**********One-day Conference
Friday, September 9th
9am – 4pm
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St, Toronto
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St, Toronto
*Free *Lunch and on-site childcare provided
*Space is wheelchair lift accessible
Workshops, training and discussions on:
- Poverty and health: How does poverty in Ontario today determine illness?
- Understanding social assistance, cuts to the Special Diet and the Raise the Rates Campaign
- Austerity and health: How cuts to health care, social programs and the public sector are related, and why they are making us sick.
- Campaigns and strategies for fighting back!
*Pre-registration is requested to determine accessibility needs, childcare, space and meals. For more information and to register please visit: http://povertyhealth.blogspot.com/
Endorsed by: Aids Action Now!, Association of Ontario Health Centres, Assaulted Women's and Children's Counsellor/Advocate Program (AWCCA) George Brown College, Bathurst Street United Church, CAW Ontario Healthcare Council, Don Heights Unitarian Congregation, Gerstein Centre, Hamilton Coalition Against Poverty, Health for All, Health Studies Students' Union, Jane-Finch Action Against Poverty, Medical Reform Group, No One Is Illegal – Toronto, Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH), PTP Adult Learning and Employment Programs, Regent Park Community Health Centre, Residents Without Borders, Social Justice Collective, Sistering, St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society, Students for Medicare, Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, Toronto Drop-in Network
If your organization would like to endorse this event, please contact:
raisetheratescampaign@gmail.com OR 416-925-6939
Join the Raise the Rates Campaign Today! ocap.ca/rtr
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