New Poster!
Design created by Grassy Narrows Youth Iruwa Da Silva and Mekaronti Da Silva
September 27th - 12pm - Grange Park!
#FreeGrassy#GrassyNarrows#LandAlliance
It's Trans Day of Visibility!🏳️⚧️
Let’s showcase that trans joy is powerful.✨
We invite everyone to share quotes, art, and work created by trans people and invite all of our trans friends to share what brings them joy by using the hashtag #TransJoyIsPowerful (1/2)
Policing homelessness is a disability issue.
Encampment evictions is a disability issue.
Lack of #WarmingCentres is a disability issue.
Underfunding drop-ins is a disability issue.
Why? Unhoused folx are disproportionately disabled.
Pls #DoBetter#CityOfToronto. #Right2Housing
Join us tomorrow (Sept. 29), 10am - noon for our workshop offered in partnership with @TNC_Network: "Wellbeing: Harm reduction, shelters & services for the unhoused, alternatives to policing, and mental health." #MentalHealth#HarmReduction#Wellbeing
https://t.co/N0BdsoGqXn
@planningtoronto is hosting several workshops to support civic engagement efforts by community development workers.
If issues like harm reduction, shelters, alternatives to policing are impt to the communities you work with, don't miss tomorrow's event 👉https://t.co/fZoxIMc6gc
Thank you #TOElection2022 candidates for taking the #AffordableHousingPledge, and showing your support for making Toronto a fairer and more equitable city for all!
Voters, find out who else in your Ward has taken the pledge ➔ https://t.co/3sgKEuHmro
We’re thrilled to invite GTA non-profit orgs/leaders to our 'IDE+A Symposium' September 14 & 15, 1pm-4pm. With panels and conversations we'll explore key values and tools for embedding disability justice practices in DEI and organizational work! Register https://t.co/BtHiO1wlTf
🎉 #NonprofitDriven is back in-person!!! 🎉
Let’s share space @MTCC_Events and reconnect, collaborate and strategize, to shape the future of our sector.
We already have some exciting sessions lined up! Learn more and get your early bird tickets here: https://t.co/pKqofLdbx3
Pride means "recognizing that there are many different ways we can love ourselves and each other."
We celebrate Pride with inclusivity, acceptance and love, this month and always.🌈🌈🌈
We can't wait to celebrate! It's been a couple of years, but we're pleased to announce that Access Alliance will be marching in the Pride Parade this Sunday, June 26th, with the @TNC_network contingent.
Hope to see you there!
A Toronto police report released Wednesday confirms officers use more force against Black people with little explanation.
@NotishaMassaqu1 led the process mandating Toronto Police to collect race based data, now she wants to know - where's the accountability?
A new poll commissioned by @TenantAdvocacy outlines the shocking state of Ontario's rental crisis. 60% of renters have to cut back on food to ensure a roof over their head. Many are even considering moving just to find a home they can afford. https://t.co/6Yc47cGE8U
Our @wendyporch contributed to this story, citing #LegislatedPoverty and an “utter lack of accessible and deeply affordable housing” as huge barriers to an accessible life for disabled Ontarians. #AODAFail#OntarioElection2022#ONelxn | CBC News https://t.co/XnHsWPmxp6
Still not sure what to expect this coming provincial election? Join us this evening, 5:30-7 PM, and @ElectionsON will be there to answer all your questions! Open to all.
Register at https://t.co/qKr12dr6TJ
#ONelxn#FirstTimeVoter#onpoli#newcomers
May 17th is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia, & Access Alliance is celebrating sexual & gender diversity. We stand with all those fighting for a world where LGBTQ+ people can live free from violence & discrimination.
#IDAHOT2022#IDAHOTB#RatifyC190
“Disability is not fundamentally a question of medicine or health, nor is it just an issue of sensitivity and compassion; rather, it is a question of politics and power(lessness), power over, and power to.”
“We must continue to approach disability within the broader matrix of colonization, questioning and challenging the ways in which dominant power relations recognize, regulate, and govern our lifeways.” Rachel Presley, Ph.D. https://t.co/axzUk5On0p