MEDIA ADVISORY
May 31st, 2019
A Nova Scotia Where No One Lives in Poverty- Official Launch of the Nova Scotia Action Coalition for Community Well-Being
KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX, NS) – Today 19 organizations have come together to launch The Nova Scotia Action Coalition for Community Well-Being. The Coalition actively resists and works wot remove, the attitudinal, social, environmental, economic and policy barriers that maintain systemic poverty.
What: Press Conference to launch the Nova Scotia Action Coalition for Community Well- Being
Who: Hosted by Sue Leblanc NDP MLA for Dartmouth North
Statements from:
Alec Stratford – Executive Director/ Registrar of the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers. The NSCSW works in solidarity with Nova Scotians to advocate for policies that improve social conditions, challenge injustice and value diversity.
Georgia Barnwell – Coordinator at Women’s Center Connect Women’s Centres Connect is a strong, supportive, collective feminist voice on issues of concern to women and adolescent girls.
Amy Moonshadow – Chair for the Community Advocate Network a first voice network advocating against poverty.
When: 10:30am Monday, June 3rd, 2019
Where: Main Floor, Nova Scotia Legislature, 1726 Hollis Street
Poverty impacts us all. It is a social condition manifested in Nova Scotians’ struggles to afford the cost of housing, food, childcare, clothing and transportation in the face of low wages, precarious work, racial and gender discrimination, a weak social safety net, inadequate public services and lack of affordable and available child and family services.
Poverty is Political! During the past three decades, we have seen increasing globalization, the rise of neo-liberalism and unprecedented technological change, impacting the labour market. Governments have enacted policies that have resulted in greater inequity, and a general retrenchment of the welfare state, either by explicit austerity measures or by non-decisions and lack of public investment in social infrastructure. These trends have combined to leave the most vulnerable Nova Scotians to carry the greatest burden of our political decisions.
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For more information contact Alec Stratford, Alec.Stratford@NSCSW.org (902)410-2420 or NDP Caucus contact: Meredith O’Hara at 902-478-9224.
The NSACCW website will go live on Monday, June 3rd
NSACCW consists of community members dedicated to working strategically and collaboratively towards community well-being and a better quality of life for everyone.