Calgary Alliance for the Common Good

Current Campaigns

Municipal Campaign 2025

Join us as we build relationships with candidates, learn where they stand on issues and get commitments from them to work with us on issues that matter to our communities. On this page, you will find information about our Mayoral Forum, learn about candidates from our ward campaings and find information on getting out the vote.

Good Jobs

Good Jobs was chosen as a campaign at the Discernment Assembly on September 16, 2024 by a majority of members. This issue surfaced through a listening campaign that heard from hundreds of people about the pressing concerns in their life. Work should be dignifying, but for too many in our community, they experience barriers to good jobs. Nuances of the issue include low wages, lack of opportunities to get into the workforce, challenges with credential recognition, labour exploitation, unfair work practices, unsafe work conditions, and lack of knowledge of workers rights. At this point we have convened a Research Action Team that meets monthly and will choose which specific sub-issues to advance.

Mental Health and Addictions

Mental Health & Addictions was chosen as a campaign focus for the Alliance on September 16, 2024. This was based on the listening campaign where we heard from hundreds of Calgarians about the most pressing issues in our city. Nuances of this issue include access to mental health supports, culturally appropriate care/interventions, the intersection of domestic violence and mental health, how mental health is handled in workplaces, support for people battling addictions (harm reduction practices), trauma-informed mental health supports, and the specific needs of youth and seniors. At this stage we have convened a Research Action Team which meets monthly and will determine what specific issues we can advance.

Victories

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Green Line advocacy kept project from being scrapped

UnCommonly Good Celebration Dinner

Re-Zoning for Housing passes!

The Calgary Alliance for the Common Good is everyday people taking powerful action together for the common good.

We develop the diverse voices of our community, building relationships across religious, racial, class, and neighborhood lines.

Then we knit them together one by one to build the power to make the positive changes they want to see in our community, making our shared home a better place to live and thrive.

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Oct
09

Mayoral Forum

Our Forum on October 4th was a powerful evening.

You showed up! Around 600 people packed Knox United Church - demonstrating the power that we have together. The candidates responded with commitments to work with us to advance our issues.

Oct
03

During the mnicipal election, who is listenign to the voice of our city

Rev. Kersi Bird, co-chair of our affordable housing team, wrote a beautiful opinion piece on our forum and on the importance of listening to the voice of the city during an election - and always. This was published in the Calgary Herald

You can read it at: https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinon-during-the-municipal-election-who-is-listening-to-the-voice-of-our-city?itm_source=opinion

Aug
26

Calgary Alliance Co-Hosts Interfaith Picnic

Together with our members, Calgary Interfaith Council, the Inter-Cultural Dialogue Institute, the Calgary Unitarians and Temple B'nai Tikvah, the Calgary Alliance hosted an Interfaith Picnic to build understanding, relationships and Islands of Peace from the ground up.

https://livewirecalgary.com/2025/08/25/promise-of-peace-continues-in-earnest-with-interfaith-picnic/#google_vignette

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