Hello all: the following are a few events linked to health that I hope you
will come to if you are in the Toronto vicinity. Cathy Crowe

>1-Thursday, April 20 - a SQUEEGEE RALLY
>2 - Wednesday, April 26 - large Vigil/Protest in
>Nathan Phillips Square for Homeless Deaths
>3- Monday, May 01 - "Homelessness: Who Benefits?"
>4 - Saturday, May 06 - March To End Homelessness
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>1 - SQUEEGEE RALLY
>@ Queen and Spadina
>Thursday, April 20 @ 4:30-6:30 p.m.
>
>**Come squeegee and speak out against
>the Safe Streets Act**
>
>We will be protesting the Criminalization of poverty
>in Ontario.  We are asking members of the community
>to squeegee to raise money for youth serving
>agencies.  If you are willing to help pay for extra
>squeegies or want to help - call KOLIN at
>Youthlink - 703-3361 or MARY at Justice For
>Children and Youth - 920-1633.
>
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>2-VIGIL/PROTEST for Homeless Deaths
>Wednesday, April 26 @ NOON
>Nathan Phillips Square
>
>**Join the TDRC and our allies at a large rally to protest
>the terrible loss of life in Toronto due to the Homeless Disaster,
>the pending reduction of hostel beds by the end of April, and
>the increasingly intolerable conditions inside the shelters.
>
>More details will follow next week -
>or call Kira at 703-8482, x411
>
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>3-HOMELESSNESS - WHO BENEFITS?
>
>This is a big question! Who benefits by allowing homelessness to exist?
>Is it big business? The government? The rich? The social service
>superstructure? The middle class morality?  Remember, homelessness is
>NOT a natural state but one created, and maintained by man-made policies
>and processes.
>
>Join us to discuss this question - MONDAY, MAY 1st @ 7:30 p.m.
>At OISE (252 Bloor Street West, near the St. George subway station)
>
>Our moderator is: **MICHAEL VALPY**
>religious and ethics columnist for the Globe and Mail
>
>Our panelists are:
>**Sister Susan Moran,
>founder of the Out-of-the-Cold program
>**Paul Hellyer,
>leader of the National Action Party
>**Armine Yalnizyan,
>national disaster economist
>**David Hulchanski,
>professor of Housing and Community Development,
>University of Toronto
>
>The forum will be signed for the Hearing Impaired
>
>Call either one of the two sponsoring
>organizations for information:
>Toronto Disaster Relief Committee
>- 416-703-8482, x411
>March To End Homelessness
>- 416-226-5228
>
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>4-March To End Homelessness
>
>Saturday, May 06, 2000
>11 a.m.- Gather at Nathan Phillips Square
>March to Queen's Park
>
>Speakers include:
>Charles Cato, Frontier Foundation
>Stacy Papernick, Metro Network for Social Justice
>John Clarke, OCAP
>Linda Torney, Toronto and York Labour Council
>
>The March to End Homelessness is an opportunity to make a highly visible
>demonstration of  compassion homeless people and to indicate profound
>dissatisfaction with a humongous scandal: that human beings are denied a
>place to live.
>The March to End Homelessness occurs annually. It will take place this
>year on Saturday, May 6  starting at 11:00 a.m. at Nathan Phillips
>Square in Toronto and ending with speakers at Queen's  Park. Our first
>march was April 17 last year and was considered a success by the 800
>people  who participated. Many organizations, including the Toronto
>Disaster Relief Committee,  housing co-ops and churches brought their
>own banners. Once more, we encourage  organizations to bring banners and
>signs as a show of commitment.
>The March to End Homelessness will send a message to government leaders,
>who, in the corrupt  politics generated by the market society, have,
>through their cavalier treatment of the homeless,  clearly, loudly and
>repetitively demonstrated that they have betrayed their humanity.
>Numbers  count: the more participants, the stronger the message.
>Marchers will obtain satisfaction from  the knowledge that every step in
>the march will trample underfoot the incredibly meanspirited  policies
>of Mike Harris and Jean Chretien.
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Housing Now!

Cathy Crowe, RN
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416-703-8482 (117)
416-703-6190 (fax)