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WElcome!
Sunshine'S Current volunteer roles include:
-Lived Experience Voice on City of Kitchener Affordable housing Strategy Advisory Committee -Anti-Poverty Activist/Advocate with the Alliance Against Poverty -Community Connector with the Grassroots unsheltered Campaign |
Discussion and information
on Poverty Topics in waterloo regioN Current Focus: Affordable Housing In Kitchener |
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Thank you to EVERYONE for their
AMAZING collaboration and local efforts! #KWAwesome #Community |
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Thank you to all for their support!
The button below is where you can check in on what we currently need aid in.
Thank you to all for their support!
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Listen to the people with lived experience.
Listen to the people who have been in the system
Listen to the people who have been in the system
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Hear the audio as presented to Regional Committee of the Whole
by Heather Majaury on August 11th, 2020
by Heather Majaury on August 11th, 2020
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"I know that you are committed to housing first, yet being unsheltered and living rough remains a crime and being addicted remains stigmatized," she said. "Rather than forcing unsheltered residents to fit into your service offerings, I'm asking that you centre the needs of these complex, social beings as you expand supportive housing in our region. And expand it you must."
April, 2020
Check out this segment aired on 102.7 CKMS Radio in April of this year!
Host Bob Jonkman and I discuss unsheltered pandemic response needs during the initial stages of our current crisis. |
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In the audio below, (sourced here), local CKMS host Yenny, connects with some of the voices within our local unsheltered community.
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We can't blame the victims. I mean, the whole society creates poverty for some people, and there's extreme disparities that we can see and they're getting worse.
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Saturday August 1st, 2020 segment as aired on
Radio Waterloo CKMS 102.7 FM Yenny and I connect on local Unsheltered concerns.
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Let's focus on Housing First, get them into a form of housing, that is going to work for them so that they are safe, and they are taken care of in terms of their basic needs, and then allow them to reach out to the next step of resources.
Saturday July 25th, 2020 segment as aired on
Radio Waterloo CKMS 102.7 FM Meet Waterloo Region Yes In My Backyard Co-Founder Martin Asling, Civic Hub member Lesley Crompton, and local encampment resident Terry Kaan, in conversation regarding local housing and the local "lived experience".
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One of the things that people, that we, really need in our community for people that are experiencing homelessness, is a variety of different options for people to have some type of housing.
The "Political Side"
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January 13th, 2020
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It's how we commit to our citizens need for support and housing stabilization. It's how we tell them that we refuse to allow our most vulnerable to be forgotten. It's how we acknowledge their need, and express that they hold value as individuals, not just statistics.
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Had the pleasure of joining @MyAudioFace on 98.5 CKWR FM recently in discussion on poverty and our local unsheltered housing crisis. If you missed it online take a moment and tune in below!
(We STILL need water and port-a-potties for our unsheltered!) |
Affordable HousingExplore Affordable Housing Topics
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The "Discussion"Free Transit, Hospice, Mental Health, and more!
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Interview with Alliance Against Poverty Founding Member Oscar Cole-Arnal
Published by/Sourced from: The Civic Hub Waterloo Region HERE
Published by/Sourced from: The Civic Hub Waterloo Region HERE
Meet Claire and Louise
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