Dear Peacock, I hope this email finds you well as we celebrate winter in grand style this year with an Olympics at our doorstep. As a member of the Tamarack Learning Community I wanted to give you a special update on our work and also provide you with information about our upcoming learning events. We [...]
The Peacock Papers: March 2010 “Lunch with The People’s Blueprint” We are proud to bring you the story of the People’s Blueprint for Social Assistance Review in Ontario from a Grassroots and “on the ground” perspective because that is what the Panel is and intends to be: outside of agency agenda or scripting, our voices, [...]
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the full text of which appears in the following pages. Following this historic act the Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicize the text of the Declaration and [...]
You are Cordially Invited to Encore Studios’ Soft Opening Party/Fundraiser For those in-the-know, after an unexpected exile, lengthy trials and tribulations, this will be a night for Encore Studios’ owner Kojo Asare, formerly Studio 4 Music Rehearsals, to apologize to loyal clients for the inconveniences of the sudden setback; to say thank you for the [...]
I AM .2 I am skipping like a record like a rock across the lake I am floating on a cloud I am icing on the cake. I am jumping like an athlete like a bean across the pan I am floating on the ocean I am fire by the fan. I am laughing like [...]
February 16, 2010 Thousands Protest Opening of Vancouver Winter Olympics Roger Annis Vancouver BC — Five thousand people took to the streets here on February 12 to protest the opening of the corporate spectacle known as the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. The largest social rights action in Vancouver in many years coincided with the Games’ [...]
Understanding and Addressing Low Literacy By: Judith Maxwell with Sylvia Cheuy An estimated nine million working age Canadians – including one in three people aged 26 to 35 and over 40 percent of people aged 36 to 45 – have low literacy skills. Someone with low literacy may not be completely illiterate, but he or [...]
Social Change and the Dynamics of Power and Love By: Liz Weaver Adam Kahane is a leading organizer, designer and facilitator of processes through which business, government, and civil society leaders work together to address their toughest challenges. He has worked in more than fifty countries, in every part of the world, with executives and [...]
Tamarak’s “Engage!” Working Together for Creative Community Change By: Garry Loewen All communities – neighborhoods, small towns, medium-sized and large metropolitan regions – face a wide array of complex challenges. To address these challenges, more innovative and inclusive approaches to community problem-solving are needed. Most people care about their communities and would like to make [...]