On March 4th, 2008, the Health and Racism Working Group hosted the Colour of Poverty Campaign Workshop in Mississauga. Over 50 participants from all over Peel gathered for this 'sold-out' workshop to talk about the racialization of poverty in Ontario, and in our own backyards in Peel.The Colour of Poverty Campaign is working to build concrete strategies, tools, initiatives and community-based capacity through which individuals and NGO’s (especially those reflective of the affected racialized and newcomer communities) can begin to develop coherent shared action plans, including creating effective coordinated strategies for collaborating with mainstream institutions and advocacy groups, governments, funders as well as the media so as to best work together to address this disturbing and growing structural or systemic ethno-racial inequality.
For more information and access to the 10 fact sheets, please visit www.colourofpoverty.ca
This workshop was a premiere event for the Health and Racism Working Group, and an opportunity to engage in a province-wide campaign working to decrease the barriers that racialized groups disproportionately face. A summary of the recommendations made at the workshop will be available online soon.
An article summarizing the day can be found in the Mississauga News Online.
Thank you to all those that participated, and thank you to the working group members who coordinated the day, the Colour of Poverty Campaign and the Canadian Coptic Centre for their excellent venue.
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A Second Colour of Poverty Workshop was held on April 9th at the Burnamthorpe Community Centre, with support from Parks and Rec Mississauga's community development. Approximately 35 people gathered and brainstormed strategies to address the racialization of poverty.
Summaries from both groups will soon be available. The Colour of Poverty with be holding a 2 day conference summarizing strategies from across the province, on April 28-29 in Toronto. Stay tuned!
www.colourofpoverty.ca
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