A report from Halifax has struck me like a blow and resurfaced the hurt I experienced a few years 
ago. It's the report of Rosamond Luke, former Tory candidate and Harpercon favourite, who as 
Executive Director of a group whose mandate was to help low-income immigrant women, 
unaccountably helped herself to federal funds instead.

You see, a similar thing happened to WISE, the group which I founded and whose membership was 
women in poverty like myself. In the four short years of its existence, WISE grew into a national 
movement. We worked to help each other and our families and to lead change in our communities.

Unlike the group from Halifax, WISE didn't fold - then, when our own version of Rosamond Luke 
did her thing - and our project went on. But more than that differentiates what happened to us and 
our project, and the painful events likely still being endured by the Halifax group...

Full article: http://tinyurl.com/48dxpn

Ocean

WISE Book - Policies of Exclusion, Poverty & Health: Stories from the front
Podcast Channel: http://bcseawalker.podbean.com/
Personal Blog: Challenging the Commonplace - and other irreverent activities
http://challengingthecommonplace.blogspot.com/

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