Houselink & PARC have launched The Silver Brush; an interior painting enterprise with a social purpose. By providing competitive, quality painting services to the commercial residential market, the Silver Brush trains and employs people who are survivors of mental health challenges, long term poverty, and/or homelessness. The Silver Brush Administrative Assistant General Responsibilities The Administrative [...]

25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction May 27, 2010: Five Principles for the Ontario Nutritional Supplement In this week’s eBulletin: Quote of the Week Open Letter to Deb Matthews Five Principles for the new Ontario Nutritional Supplement Program Take Action on the Five Principles Are You On Special Diet? Tell Your Story 25 in [...]

In empty bottle fields Laced with shopping cart tracks Near the viaduct mansions Live the cardboard hearts Busy with cigarette butt excursions And food bank dreams Whistling inner voices While talking with the wind Soiled tarpaulin against the noise Of iron horses rolling below Followed by sirens and lights Creating the silence of the mind [...]

Committee Transcripts: Standing Committee on Public Accounts – May 05, 2010 – 2009 Annual Report, Auditor General: Ministry of Community and Social Services 2009 Annual Report, Auditor General: Ministry of Community and Social Services STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMITÉ PERMANENT DES COMPTES PUBLICS Wednesday 5 May 2010 Mercredi 5 mai 2010 2009 ANNUAL REPORT, [...]

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For all those mothers who sit alone staring at the silent phone who have no flowers for the seeds they’ve sewn their laughter still sings in your head but you have them not to tuck to bed find another to hold your hand and help each other through this lonely land and for those who [...]

“Filming The People’s Blueprint” May 2010 c.smith ( photo Fierce Light by Kelly Mackin) “The importance, power, and logic of peer-everything needs to be brought to the fore of mainstream consciousness.” Laura Pesantez It has been an extraordinary opportunity for Peacock to be invited to this table with a group of some twenty people from [...]

The Red Moon Group – join us with your Drums/Guitar/Music & Friends! The Red Moon Group May Newsletter is out: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=12357960&id=625880190#!/photo.php?pid=12357960&id=625880190 and don’t forget to join us on May 30 for a FULL DAY Concert in High Park! Already 45 people signed up for it, check it out: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117336378290929 Share this:

Message from our co-ordinator, Marya: “A friendly reminder about the People’s Summit Fundraiser and Program launch, this Monday Night. There are just a few tables still available – if you would like to reserve seats for the dinner, please email coordinator@peoplessummit2010.ca or call 647.702.7914. On Monday May 10th, you’re invited to join the 2010 People’s [...]

Hello to all Proud Fringers. We’re happy and proud to tell you that we will soon be up to 5000 members – *blush* – GREAT work everyone! Once we hit that magic number (likely sometime today) we will be unable to send out mass e-mails. We haven’t done much of that anyway but things are [...]