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Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change (COP-COC) is a network across Ontario working to build concrete strategies, tools, initiatives and community-based capacity through which individuals, groups and organisations ( especially those reflective of the affected racialized communities - both Indigenous Peoples and peoples of colour ) can begin to develop coherent shared action plans, including creating effective coordinated strategies for collaborating with mainstream policy analysts and institutions, anti-poverty and social justice advocacy groups, governments, funders and the media so as to best work together to address and redress the disturbing and growing structural and systemic ethno-racial inequality. The COP-COC Steering Committee membership currently includes Access Alliance Multicultural Health & Community Services, the Black Legal Action Centre, the Canadian Arab Federation, the Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic, the Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter, the Council of Agencies Serving South Asians, the Hispanic Development Council, Karuna Community Services, La Passerelle - I.D.E., the Mennonite New Life Centre of Toronto, Midaynta Community Services, the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, the Punjabi Community Health Services, the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario, The Neighbourhood Office, and the Urban Alliance on Race Relations – together with academic member – Professor Grace-Edward Galabuzi from Ryerson University in Toronto. For more information, contact: Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change # 505 – 123 Edward St, Toronto M5G 1E2 Phone – 416-966-3882 Fax - 416-971-6780 Email – colourofpoverty@gmail.com

January 5, 2022 Colour of Poverty - Colour of Change Uncategorized

Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change is hiring!

Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change Project Coordinator: Breaking Down Barriers by Racialized Communities Contract: 14 month Full-time position from February 2022 - March 31, 2023 (based on 35 hours a week, flexible weekly hours, including some weeknights and weekends) Pay Rate: $50,000 per annum Start date: February, 2022 Project Description The Project is … Continue reading Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change is hiring!

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 Colour of Poverty - Colour of Change Uncategorized

In honour of 215 Indigenous Children and in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples

Toronto/June 2, 2021 Colour of Poverty - Colour of Change (COP-COC) mourns the 215 children found buried in unmarked burial sites at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. We are heartsick at the intense loss to the families, communities, Indigenous Peoples and the country. We mourn the thousands of Indigenous children who never came home, … Continue reading In honour of 215 Indigenous Children and in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples

April 20, 2021 Colour of Poverty - Colour of Change Uncategorized

Federal Budget 2021 Falls Short of Addressing Systemic Racism

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April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 Colour of Poverty - Colour of Change Federal Submissions

Federal Pre-Budget Consultation Submission ( COP-COC – February 2021 )

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March 25, 2021 Colour of Poverty - Colour of Change Uncategorized

Ontario Budget 2021-2022 – a racial justice relevant summary ( March 24, 2021 )

Anti‐Racism and Anti‐Hate Grant program - $1.6 million over 2 years to address systemic racism - by supporting community based anti‐racism initiatives focusing on anti‐Black racism, anti‐Indigenous racism, anti‐Semitism and Islamophobia - no mention of anti-Asian racism !? $4 million to provide culturally responsive support to First Nations, Métis and Inuit populations. In recognizing COVID‐19 … Continue reading Ontario Budget 2021-2022 – a racial justice relevant summary ( March 24, 2021 )