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End Child Poverty NOW!

Time: January 25, 2012 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Location: Langara College
Street: Lecture Hall A130, 100 West 49th Avenue
City/Town: Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Website or Map: http://www.bing.com/maps/defa…
Phone: 604.323.5099 or fgrunberg@langara.bc.ca
Event Neighbourhood and Type: community
Organized By: Frances Grunberg
Latest Activity: Feb 13, 2012

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  • January 25, 2012 7 - 9:30pm n Lecture Hall A130, Langara.
    **Registration: 6:30pm**

    British Columbia has had the worst child poverty rate in Canada for eight consecutive years and yet does not have a poverty reduction plan.

    To learn more about this issue, please attend this forum.

    Panelists:
    - Dr. Barbara Fitzgerald, Pediatrician, RICHER Initiative UBC
    -Carrie Gelson, Teacher (grade 2/3), Seymour School
    - Dr. Clyde Hertzman, Director, Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) UBC
    - Seth Klein, BC Director of Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives,
    Co-chair, BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
    - Janey Lee, Teacher (kindergarten), Thunderbird Elementary School
    - Andrea Lemire, Director, Society for Children and Youth of BC
    - Adrienne Montani, Provincial Coordinator for First Call, BC Child and Youth Coalition
    - Scott Vandeloo, Youth and Family Worker, Macdonald School


    Contact:
    Frances Grunberg
    604.323.5099 or fgrunberg@langara.bc.ca

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Comment by Karen Elaine Gilchrist on February 13, 2012 at 4:58am

VIDEO of the forum. Enjoy and
pass it along! http://jo-online.vsb.bc.ca/keller/?p=4217 Check it all out. My favorite speaker, fourth in line, is Andrea Lemire, Director, the Society for Children and Youth BC as she speaks of a world formulated on the "Best Interests and RIGHTS of a Child" http://everychild.ca/ , transportation, labor, environmental, Cheers to Frances Grunberg, Social Service Worker Program, Langara College for sharing.

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