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.
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
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.
Others in attendance were less concerned with the postponement and have their sights set on budget deliberations later this year when city council will set the financial plan for the city for the next four years.
“All of the hard work and hard decisions are going to be made in the budget process,” said Christine Laing with the Calgary Alliance for Common Good. “You need hard rules, you need hard money and those come with really hard decisions about where you put resources and how you allocate them.
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The deferral did not dampen the spirits of a group of citizens gathered outside city hall to show support for the strategy.
Organized by the Calgary Alliance for the Common Good, the peaceful demonstration featured citizens wearing green scarves and arm bands.
Read moreMembers of the Calgary Climate Hub and Calgary Alliance for the Common Good gathered at City Hall to provide input for the climate strategy debate on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Council voted 10-5 to postpone the debate until July.
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Angela McIntyre with the Calgary Climate Hub said she didn’t think the postponement was that big of a deal.
“We are disappointed that they’re not actually going to put it for the climate strategy for today, but we’re all here in support of it,” said McIntyre.
Read moreView previous media mentions here.