FIRST CALL COALITION MEETING
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
9:15 - 11:30 AM
REFRESHMENTS SERVED AT 9:00

Coalition meetings are held at the BC Teachers' Federation, 550 W. 6th Ave. in Vancouver. RSVP for this meeting to info@firstcallbc.org.

AGENDA

9:15 First Call Reports and Updates
- Living Wage for Families Campaign
- Early Childhood Development Roundtable
- Annual Dinner
- No Child Labour Campaign
- Refugee Transportation Loans Campaign
- October focus group on UNCRC compliance reporting

9:45 Roundtable of Provincial Social Services Organizations Update
Glenn Hope of the BC Council for Families will share key messages and strategies from the Roundtable for the use of agencies and boards. The Roundtable is working toward a relationship with communities and government that respects community social services as essential to community wellness.

10:00 Provincial and Federal Anti-Poverty Campaigns
Megan Yarema of Canada Without Poverty and Adrienne Montani of First Call will provide overviews of and updates on a number of anti-poverty campaigns, including the national Dignity for All campaign and bills for a poverty elimination strategy and affordable housing that are currently before Parliament, the Campaign 2000 summer MP lobby, and the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition. Followed by discussion of strategies for advocacy and partner engagement in these campaigns.

11:00 Child Rights Awareness Campaign
Society for Children and Youth of BC will introduce their province-wide public awareness campaign on the rights promised in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

11:15 Other Partner Updates

11:30 Adjournment

Coalition meetings take place on the second Wednesday of every month from September to June.

Anyone is welcome to attend coalition meetings. Participants living outside of the Lower Mainland may attend the meeting by conference call - contact info@firstcallbc.org for more information.

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