SAPC Steak Night Fundraiser, April 19th

Tim Wise: On White Privilege

To Mark the 45th Annual International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son.

-A Talk By Internationally-Renowned Anti-Racist Author and Educator Tim Wise
...
Followed By a Panel Discussion with Local Representatives on the State of Intercultural Relations in Saskatoon.

“[Wise] is a national treasure.” - Michael Eric Dyson

“One of 25 Visionaries Who are Changing Your World,” - Utne Reader.

“One of the brilliant voices of our time.” - Molefi Kete Asante

DETAILS:
Thursday, March 17
Doors @ 6:30pm | Talk @ 7:00pm
Third Avenue United Church

304 3rd Avenue North

Tickets $10 | $5 Student/Low Income
(No one turned away due to lack of funds)

Little Boxes

Discussion about new Value Village in StoneBridge...phuny!!

 Jibber jabber bruhaha

Seven Days for Rent Control

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201127956581424

Next Year Country - The Trouble With Normal

http://nextyearcountrynews.blogspot.com/2011/03/trouble-with-normal.html#links

Living On A Welfare Diet

In April of 2010 a group of high profile Torontonians attempted to subsist on the offerings of a local food bank to experience the way in which many social assistance recipients eat when money runs out ...

Thanks to Janet Clark for this contribution ...

http://www.thestop.org/press/13-apr-2010

http://www.dothemath.thestop.org/index.php

SAPC Applauds Salvation Army’s Dignity Project

March 3, 2011                                                        For Immediate Release

SAPC Applauds Salvation Army’s Dignity Project

The Saskatoon Anti Poverty Coalition wishes to extend thanks to The Salvation Army's Dignity Project (SalvationArmy.ca/dignity) and its latest report, "Debunking Myths About Poverty in Canada". This work offers an opportunity to better understand public misperceptions of those living on low income. The report brings to light many misguided values and attitudes about poverty that are all too common in our society.

For many reasons many live in poverty and are reliant on a system which provides only minimal support and does nothing but provide the means for a constant struggle in a battle to remain healthy and make ends meet. Social programs that sustain a reliance on only minimal support actually help deny many the opportunities to develop new skills or transition into the workforce. Additionally, an emerging reality is that it is increasingly evident the vast majority of people in poverty are working full-time. They're just not making enough money to be self-sufficient.

The Saskatoon Anti Poverty Coalition welcomes the Salvation Army’s "Dignity Project" for clearly offering an opportunity for people to be receptive to facts and ideas that counter their established way of understanding and perceiving. The "Dignity Project" is a welcome ally in the work against common stereotyping of low-income people and ignoring the complexities of each person’s life.

The ability to comprehend the reality about those living on low income plays an important role in enhancing everyone’s quality of life by encouraging all sectors in society to do their part to ensure a living income, and guarantee individuals and their families have opportunities to plug into networks that support well-being.

A system or network of social support matters, not just the individual bootstrapping themselves out of poverty.

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SAPC office: 955-5095 or/

Sydney Bell: 655-5383

Report finds poverty myths rampant

http://www.salvationarmy.ca/2011/03/01/salvation-army-launches-the-dignity-project-to-educate-activate-public-support/
- 49 per cent of Canadians say if poor people really want to work, they can always find a job

- 43 per cent agree that "a good work ethic is all you need to escape poverty"

- 41 per cent say that if we gave poor people more assistance, they would "take advantage"

Poor People Pretty Much Screwed

http://saskatooncommunitymedia.blogspot.com/2010/10/report-poor-people-pretty-much-screwed.html

Who Owns Work

"Our culture tends to conceptualize human activity not concerned with industriousness, work or what was back in my youth so popularly termed economic "reality," as distraction, diversion, pastime, entertainment, dream, hobby, amusement, party or game. That which can not be seen as a brick in the ongoing construction of infrastructure is the ethereal, pointless dust of fantasy." - exquixotic

 

‎"I think that there is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous, and that what needs to be preached in modern industrial countries is quite different from what always has been preached ..."

"... the road to happiness and prosperity lies in the organised diminuation of work."

-... In Praise of Idleness, Bertrand Russell