Chew On This! 2019 is coming: are you ready?
The Dignity for All campaign (co-lead by CWP and Citizens for Public Justice) is excited to announce the seventh annual Chew On This! campaign!
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Looking back over a historic Chew On This! campaign
This October 17th, the flurry of activity on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty left all of us at Dignity for All feeling grateful and energized.
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Thousands take to streets to call for a poverty-free Canada Volunteers call for the federal government to build on the newly-released Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy in Budget 2019 to end poverty in Canada.
Thousands Across Canada Call for an End to Poverty
Volunteers call for forthcoming national Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy to be based in human rights and fully funded in Budget 2018.
Coalition of Poverty and Housing Advocates Call for a Rights-Based Approach to Addressing Poverty
Le texte français suit. Coalition of Poverty and Housing Advocates Call for a Rights-Based Approach to Addressing Poverty
Unequal systems: food access and prejudice in Canada
Does this sound familiar to you: “the only reason that poor people are so unhealthy is that they don’t know how to eat a healthy diet”?
Take Action on Poverty This October 17th!
This week we have a video blog from ChewOnThis! organizer Adam Vasey with the Downtown Mission of Windsor on how the campaign can engage people in your community to be part of the growing movement from coast-to-coast-to-coast to take national…
Chew On This! Food for thought on poverty
Canada has a poverty problem. 4.9 million people across Canada currently live in poverty, 1.3 million of whom are children. 235,000 people experience homelessness annually. 1 in 8 Canadian households struggle to put food on the table.
Thousands Across Canada Call for Federal Action on Poverty
Thousands Across Canada Call for Federal Action on Poverty Volunteers call for forthcoming national anti-poverty plan to assure the rights of people in living in poverty For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON, October 17, 2016 — Over 850,000 people in Canada…
Is Canada on the cusp of change for people living in poverty?
Is Canada on the cusp of change for 4.9 million people living in poverty? This October, an important policy commitment has begun to take shape that could affect the lives of almost 5 million people in Canada, including 1.3 million…
$10 for a bag of potatoes. $8 for a bag of apples.
$10 for a bag of potatoes. $8 for a bag of apples. $10 for a bag of flour. That’s what residents in Northern Ontario in communities from Timmins to Attawapiskat pay for supermarket staples, according to a recent report from…
Join the Movement: ChewOnThis! 2016 is Around the Corner
It’s that time of year again! The Dignity for All campaign is getting ready for our fourth annual ChewOnThis! event across the country, and we’re looking for volunteer organizers to help bring the message that #WeNeedAPlan to end poverty in…