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Local Campaigns
2009 saw ACORN Canada achieve important milestones in organizational growth as well as progress on key campaigns. ACORN Canada continued to be a leading voice for working families across the country while solidifying its position the largest national community organizing network.
Nationally, ACORN Canada passed the 30,000 mark in membership this year – meaning 30,000 + low and moderate income families across the country have now joined the organization and committed to building a national organization to defend and advance their interests.
Raising Wages – ACORN Canada is now the driving force behind 2 campaigns attempting to establish the first Living Wage Bylaw. In New Westminster BC as well as in Ottawa members are organizing vibrant campaigns to raise wages for working families.
Quality Housing – In Toronto, ACORN’s multi year campaign to win landlord licensing has yielded major victories in the past year. The City, for the first time since amalgamating, is now deploying a proactive inspection program that is leading to increased apartment repairs across the city.
ACORN Canada is pleased to announce the launch of our 4th office in Hamilton Ontario.
With manufacturing towns like Hamilton being hit the hardest by the economic meltdown, the need to organize the impacted communities to work together to overcome shared issues is more important now then ever.
Today, we’re asking you to spend a couple minutes and use our online organizing tools and encourage any friends or family you know in Hamilton to sign-on as supporter of Hamilton ACORN.
You can get a hold of the new office by calling 905-818-0478 or by emailing hamiltonacornho(at)acorncanada.org
Also, if you live near Hamilton, we encourage you to come out and support the 2nd annual Hamilton Social Justice Film Festival happening February 19th at the Downtown Arts Center. A portion of the benefits will go to Hamilton ACORN. Check out the flyer at: http://www.hwetl.org/files/HSJFF09.pdf
Welcome to the new ACORNCanada.org.
We’ve redevelop our website and online organizing infrastructure to help us better engage and connect with supporters like you.
We’re doing this because we want to build an online movement that can rival what’s happening online in other parts of the world. ACORNCanada.org is an attempt to bring ordinary Canadian’s back into the political process - a way for busy but concerned Canadians to take action in a system dominated by big money and big business.
So let’s get started.
Take action on a campaign, register for an RSS feed, sign up for ‘action alerts’ or connect on facebook. There are going to be more exciting changes coming soon, so check back often.
That said, this site is still a work in progress, and bear with us as we work out the kinks. If you find a dead link, something you think we should change or just want to offer feed back, drop us an email acorncanada (at) acorncanada.org.
Ottawa ACORN will be planning for upcoming campaigns as well as reviewing a great year of victories in the fight for stronger neighbourhoods and greater social and economic justice.
Where: Vanier Legion 294 Cyr (off Montreal Rd, right after Shopper's Drug Mart)
When: November 1st at 1pm
Bring your neighbors, friends and family. There's Power in Numbers! There will be childcare, refreshments, raffle's, copies of the Housing Award given to Ottawa ACORN by Action Housing a few weeks back and ACORN 2009 Calendars for sale (call/email to office to reserve one in advance).
