Sandee Lovas and Silke Force are members of the Alliance Against Poverty, a grassroots anti-poverty group in Kitchener-Waterloo, which is an hour southwest of Toronto in southern Ontario. Scott Neigh interviews them about the impact of poverty on their lives and their community, and about the group’s campaigns around public transit, housing and homelessness, and …
Thank-you to Sandee and Silke of Waterloo Region’s Alliance Against Poverty for the interview just now about their grassroots work around transit, housing, and other poverty issues. Listen for it soon on Talking Radical Radio!
Lisa Hari and Rosemary Brown are active in We’re Together Ending Poverty (WTEP), a grassroots anti-poverty group in Calgary. Scott Neigh interviews them about what poverty looks like in their city, about the group’s evolution over the years, and about their work to bring people together to build shared understandings and collective action. Over her …
Thanks to Rosemary and Lisa of We’re Together Ending Poverty for the interview just now about the group’s 14 years of grassroots, intersectional anti-poverty work in Calgary. Listen for it in the coming weeks on Talking Radical Radio!
For more than 20 years, A.J. Withers was active with one of Ontario’s best known grassroots groups, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). Recently, Withers released a new book telling stories of and drawing lessons from four of OCAP’s key campaigns over the years related to homelessness. Scott Neigh interviews them about OCAP and about …
Peter Gilmer is a minister and an anti-poverty advocate. He is one of two staff at the Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry, a social justice ministry of the United Church of Canada in Saskatchewan. Scott Neigh interviews Gilmer about the ministry’s work for social justice and against poverty, and about its fifty-year history. Gilmer said, “I moved …
Thanks to Peter of the Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry for the interview just now! Listen for our conversation about their long years of work for economic and social justice in Saskatchewan on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks.
John Clarke was an organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) from its founding in 1990 until his retirement in late January 2019. Though he intends to remain a very active member of the group, this still marks a significant transition for one of Ontario’s most visible militant grassroots organizations. Scott Neigh interviews Clarke …
Recently, long-time anti-poverty organizer John Clarke stepped down from his position as a paid organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. He will remain an active member of OCAP as well as taking on new movement-related challenges. I just interviewed him about his long involvement in radical grassroots movements for Talking Radical Radio. Listen for it later …