A Major Victory for The Mental Well-Being of our Children and Youth!
Yesterday Mike Ellis, the minister for Mental Health and addictions, announced an additional $87 million over three years that will go to school-based mental health and pediatric rehabilitation supports.
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Greenline
Councillors propose scaled back version of Green Line
“I know a woman who lives in the NE and works at a care home in the south. She has to go bus, train, bus, bus and then back again,” said Rev. Anna Greenwood-Lee with the Calgary Alliance for the Common Good. “That’s a ridiculous commute and we need to think carefully how we get people from one side of our city to the other.”
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During the Covid-19 pandemic, our Alliance took action by connecting with people, supporting our community, and reaching out. LiveWire Calgary published a story about local groups supporting isolated Calgarians at the beginning of the pandemic, and you can review the article "Coalition building in Calgary to defend the common good."
Ryan Andersen is the lead organizer of the Calgary Alliance for the Common Good, a coalition that brings together around 30 faith groups, union locals and community organizations representing about 35,000 people to organize, advocate and mobilize for a more just and compassionate vision for their city. Scott Neigh interviews him about the organization, about its slow and steady approach to community organizing, and about the victories it has won so far.
Our lead organizer, Ryan Andersen, was recently interviewed on the podcast. If you would like to listen the episode can be found here.
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