Please feel free to post a message about your effort on www.qln.net in
either the Children and Youth Services under the Homelessness forum or in
World Peace and Human Rights under the Lend a Hand Service.
It is all free and I would love to expand your reach.
Community Directors,
Sarah- Children and Youth Services
Dgosh- World Peace and Human Rights

-----Original Message-----
From: d.raphael <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 9:17 AM
Subject: Residents of Riverdale, Toronto


>Dear Riverdale Resident
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>As you know, there is a housing emergency in Toronto.  The former site of
the
>South Riverdale Community Health Centre at 126 Pape has been made in a
>housing shelter for women.  Similarly, the Salvation Army on Broadview is
>serving as a shelter for men.
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>A city report has recommended that these be continued beyond April.
Council
>is meeting March 24, and the forces of reaction in Riverdale are not only
>attacking the shelter but also the poor in the area.
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>I urge you to write a brief statement supporting the continuance of these
>shelters and faxing it (with your signature, and address) to City Hall
today.
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>Fax to:
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>Ms. Roz Dyer
>Toronto City Council
>fax: 392-2983
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>An example (modify as appropriate):
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>"I am writing to support the continuing use of 126 Pape and the Salvation
>Army building on Broadview as a housing shelter. In these times of crisis
it
>is important that the City provide housing for those in need.  As a
resident
>of Riverdale I am proud of its tradition of diversity.  Please vote on
Marcg
>24 to continue these positive responses to homelessness."
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>Dennis Raphael, Ph.D.
>Associate Professor and Associate Director,
>Masters of Health Science Program in Health Promotion
>Department of Public Health Sciences
>Graduate Department of Community Health
>University of Toronto
>McMurrich Building, Room 101
>Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5S 1A8
>voice:    (416) 978-7567
>fax: (416) 978-2087
>e-mail:   [log in to unmask]
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