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Tag was last used: Dec 7, 2011
 
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Posted By:  MaximeSirois
Posted On:  Dec 7, 2011

  Homelessness accross Canada
As you are reading, back in 2005 in Canada, the amount of homeless people was up to 150 000. Homelessness is a trend that keeps rising. In the past years, men represent the largest portion of people that live in the streets. Nowadays, women and children are the fastest growing subgroup...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Aug 15, 2011

  Does America need a new social contract?
By Rebecca Theodore If liberal democratic theory and practice in America thrives under the classical social contract tradition of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, then it would be sacrilegious of me to suggest something different. Why fix it if it is not broken? On the other hand,...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 13, 2010

  One in seven Americans now living in poverty
By Patrick Martin: Census figures for 2009, to be released Thursday, are expected to show that the poverty rate soared last year to nearly 15 percent. One out of every seven Americans is now living below the official poverty level, the highest proportion since the 1960s. One in five...... [view]
Posted By:  missjennifer
Posted On:  Aug 17, 2009

  Scarves and Homelessness
Caitlin and I, we have decided that we are going to knit scarves like crazy between now and, say, February that we will give out to homeless people in Toronto. It's not a lot but I wanted to be able to give something that showed some compassion for their plight but did not force anything upon...... [view]
Posted By:  npetten
Posted On:  Sep 15, 2008

  The Power of Peace Network
The new and emerging technologies of information and communication are shaping the 21st century. We have unprecedented opportunity to learn together and in so doing better understand who we are in our diverse world. The better we know each other and share our diverse cultural realities, the less...... [view]
Posted By:  judym
Posted On:  Aug 22, 2008

  report homeless women in Canada
Two recent reports shed new and disturbing light on the unique circumstances and particular hardships faced by homeless women in Canada. Rarely is the public given the insight into the specifics of homeless women’s daily lives that these documents provide. ... [view]
Posted By:  vincehof
Posted On:  Jul 31, 2008

  Mental Meanderings Around Urban Poverty and Social Disconnectedness
This think-piece has been gathering dust on my office desk for too many months. My apologies for any academic-speak that may be lingering in its paragraphs, but I can’t think of a better informal forum in which to air it. When considering poverty within urban locations can we begin...... [view]
Posted By:  npetten
Posted On:  Aug 5, 2008

  Introduction
Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and speak a little bit about how I am and what I am doing. I am a recently graduate from the University of Waterloo. I majored in Psychology with an Option in International Studies. Through my working career I have focused on issues of youth and...... [view]
Posted By:  CoreyNorman
Posted On:  May 25, 2008

  Would Tim Horton Be Proud?
I read an interesting story today about a Tim Hortons manager berating an individual for purchasing food for a homeless person and then leaving her in the restaurant to eat it. Apparently it was this stores policy not to allow homeless people to eat in the restaurant because they are 'too messy',...... [view]
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  Kids Can Make a Differenece
Submitted By:   njwollman
Website:  http://www.kidscanmakeadifference.org
Phone:  212-860911
E-mail:  kids@kidscanmakeadifference.org 		  Vision:   Kids Can Make A Difference (KIDS) is an innovative educational program for middle school and high school youth (students, church members, and others). It helps them understand the root causes of hunger and poverty and how......
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  StandUp For Kids
Submitted By:   nordine
Website:  http://www.standupforkids.org
Phone:  404.954.6611
E-mail:  RickK@standupforkids.org 		  Vision:   "That someday in the United States, children won't have to die alone in the streets!" The purpose of StandUp For Kids is to empower homeless and at-risk youth toward life-long personal growth through an on-the-streets......
  StateProv:   California
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  poverty and homelessness
Submitted By:   Changethatclick
Committers:  7
Date Created:  2009-05-22 		Description:   I commit making a conscious effort to contain or minimize poverty around the world. Education of various levels will gradually help to reduce the level of poverty in various regions around the globe. Ex. at the national boys and girls club youth conference of Canada in St John, New Brunswick we passed around a couple of hats and raised around 2000 dollars to free the children in 10 minutes.
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