[Wamvan] Fwd: Monday: Justice not Charity Forum

[Tami Starlight]

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From: Carnegie Action <carnegie.action at shawlink.ca>
Date: Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 4:10 PM
Subject: Monday: Justice not Charity Forum
To: Carnegie Action <carnegie.action at shawlink.ca>


F R E E   P U B L I C   F O R U M****

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Justice not Charity****

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Monday, Nov. 28th****

7:00 – 9:00 pm****

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Grandview Calvary Baptist Church****

1803 East 1st Ave, Vancouver****

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We are approaching the winter holiday season, and with it, the ubiquitous
appeals for charitable donations. The CBC will be hosting its 25th annual
Food Bank day this year and numerous other organizations will be soliciting
gifts of various kinds to be distributed to those in need. Yet after
decades of these annual cycles of charitable generosity, poverty is still
alive and well within our communities. So what would it mean to tackle the
root causes of poverty rather than focus on its temporary alleviation? What
would it take to establish justice rather than promote occasional acts of
charity? How might charity undermine justice rather than hasten its
actualization? These are the issues we want to explore at this evening
forum.****

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SPECIAL GUESTS:****

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JEAN SWANSON (Raise the Rates Coalition)****

"Eliminating poverty requires policy changes rooted in****

justice, not charity"****

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SETH KLEIN (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)****

"Paying for a justice agenda requires fair tax reform"****

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