The “Building Wellbeing and Prosperity Together: Taking Action on Poverty in Nova Scotia”conference took place in Truro, Nova Scotia, October 26–28, 2010 and was attended by over 260 participants. The final report on the conference has been published. You can learn more by checking out the website below.
http://www.hpclearinghouse.ca/
Showing posts with label poverty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poverty. Show all posts
Friday, March 11, 2011
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
A Conversation on Faith and Poverty
In November, 1989, Canada’s House of Commons
voted unanimously to eliminate child poverty in Canada by the year 2000.
In keeping alive the dream of eliminating child poverty,
the Face of Poverty Coalition will discuss faith imperatives.
A panel of Baha’i, Buddhist, and Christian voices
will speak to how their faiths and sacred texts view issues of poverty.
Economist Michael Bradfield will lead a discussion
on “What Can ‘We’ Afford?”
Sunday, November 21 in the Student Union Building
Dalhousie University, Room 224, at 2 pm.
Co-sponsored by Atlantic Lutheran Campus Ministry
A Conversation on Faith and Poverty
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
Gandhi
In a country well governed,
poverty is something to be ashamed of.
In a country badly governed,
wealth is something to be ashamed of.
Confucius
He who sleeps on a full stomach
whilst his neighbour goes hungry is not one of us.
Muhammad
I say to you,
what you did not do for one of these least ones,
you did not do for me.
Jesus
voted unanimously to eliminate child poverty in Canada by the year 2000.
In keeping alive the dream of eliminating child poverty,
the Face of Poverty Coalition will discuss faith imperatives.
A panel of Baha’i, Buddhist, and Christian voices
will speak to how their faiths and sacred texts view issues of poverty.
Economist Michael Bradfield will lead a discussion
on “What Can ‘We’ Afford?”
Sunday, November 21 in the Student Union Building
Dalhousie University, Room 224, at 2 pm.
Co-sponsored by Atlantic Lutheran Campus Ministry
A Conversation on Faith and Poverty
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
Gandhi
In a country well governed,
poverty is something to be ashamed of.
In a country badly governed,
wealth is something to be ashamed of.
Confucius
He who sleeps on a full stomach
whilst his neighbour goes hungry is not one of us.
Muhammad
I say to you,
what you did not do for one of these least ones,
you did not do for me.
Jesus
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The Street: A film with the homeless
Phoenix and the Brunswick Street Mission share a passion for breaking the cycle of poverty while tackling the reality of homelessness in our community. We invite you to join the Brunswick Street Mission on Saturday, March 27th in the viewing of a "The Street: A film with the homeless”.
The Street was the winner of a Special Jury Award for Documentaries at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 1996 and the People's Choice Award at the 1997 Canadian International Documentary Film Awards in Toronto, the film is a gritty, compelling look at life on the streets that moves beyond the media stereotypes to show both the humanity of the homeless and the street-toughened aspects of their existence.
The film is being screened from 10:00- noon at the Oxford Theatre on the corner of Oxford Street and Quinpool Road. Tickets are $15 and can be ordered through the Brunswick Street Mission (423- 4605).
All proceeds are in support of the Mission programs.
The Street was the winner of a Special Jury Award for Documentaries at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 1996 and the People's Choice Award at the 1997 Canadian International Documentary Film Awards in Toronto, the film is a gritty, compelling look at life on the streets that moves beyond the media stereotypes to show both the humanity of the homeless and the street-toughened aspects of their existence.
The film is being screened from 10:00- noon at the Oxford Theatre on the corner of Oxford Street and Quinpool Road. Tickets are $15 and can be ordered through the Brunswick Street Mission (423- 4605).
All proceeds are in support of the Mission programs.
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