Scarborough Civic Action Network (SCAN) presents…
“Toronto Mayoralty Debate 2010: Inner City Suburbs, Inner City Issues”
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Scarborough Civic Action Network (SCAN) presents…
“Toronto Mayoralty Debate 2010: Inner City Suburbs, Inner City Issues”
Continue reading Toronto Mayoralty Debate 2010: Inner City Suburbs, Inner City Issues
Avvy Go, a lawyer working with Chinese and Southeast Asian immigrants, follows Toronto’s race for mayor and for a month she’s felt depressed.
The Malvern Community Coalition hosted Malvern in Motion, its 6th annual neighbourhood festival, Sept. 11. The event focused on health and wellness by encouraging good eating habits and active living.
Marie Clarke Walker, the local residence organizer, said the goal of the festival is to engage young people in the community and to teach them the importance of being involved.
“There is both a youth component and a workshop component so that we can engage youth and they can engage us – frankly, it should be about them engaging us more than us engaging them,” Walker said. “This is their community, their future – most of us that are involved are on our way out. So the building is for the next generation and the generation after that.”
Despite a lower turnout than last year — 200 compared to nearly 800 last year, according to Malvern in Motion chair Venesse Lewis — the grounds outside the Malvern Community Recreation Centre boomed with music, dance, and laughter. The smaller crowd also meant more room for kids to run and ride their bikes.
Parents and children lined up for free food, including roasted corn, catered Caribbean food and cake, while youth volunteers handed out soft drinks and freshly made popcorn.
Members of the city’s police, fire, and EMS departments also made appearances, and were greeted by grinning, giggling kids wanting to get a look inside their vehicles.
Agencies including Taibu Community Health Centre and Action for Neighbourhood Change staffed booths promoting strong and healthy individuals and communities.
Labour coalition Good Jobs for All held a workshop to educate people about the importance of public services in building strong communities and of making them accessible to everyone.
“If we let our public services – our schools, our hospitals, our community centres, our libraries, our roads – collapse, it will take more than one or two or three generations to get them back,” Walker said. “If we don’t have those things, you’re looking at user fees most people won’t be able to afford, so they won’t be able to have those services that we currently enjoy.”
At the community meeting, the public was encouraged to not only get actively involved in the October municipal election by voting but also by getting to know the issues facing the city.
A coalition of labour groups calling itself “Good Jobs For All” hosted a Toronto mayoral debate Tuesday night at the University of Toronto. The panel discussion, moderated by John Tory, began at 8 p.m. after an hour of speeches.
Samantha Butler
Posted 14 September 2010
Two mayoral debates are planned for tonight in Toronto, leaving candidates and organizers to do some last-minute juggling.
Continue reading Mayoral debate rejigged due to scheduling conflicts
Listen to the interview on the CBC Ontario Today site.
On Tuesday October 12, a coalition of community groups and social service agencies hosted a community meeting to encourage local residents to engage in the controversial upcoming municipal election on October 25.
Continue reading THORNCLIFFE / FLEMINGDON RESIDENTS CALLED TO VOTE FOR A BETTER TORONTO
GOOD JOBS FOR ALL
MALVERN COMMUNITY COALITION
MALVERN ACTION FOR NEIGHBOURHOOD CHANGE
For immediate release: Thursday Sep 9, 2010
Continue reading Malvern Voters Asked To Protect Public Services
The Good Jobs for All Coalition, the Malvern Community Coalition, and Malvern Action for Neighbourhood Change hosted a community meeting on September 11, 2010, to encourage residents to protect public services in the lead up to Toronto’s municipal elections on Oct 25. There’s 40 days to go.
Continue reading Malvern Voters Called To Protect Public Services
Last night, Equity Toronto and the Good Jobs for All Coalition hosted a presentation and mayoral Q&A on equity and good jobs to a packed house of over 300 people at Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto.
Continue reading Good Jobs and Equity Key Topics in Last Night’s Mayoral Q&A