Vibrant Communities Calgary believes all Calgarians have a right to full participation in the family, social, economic and political life of their communities, and recognizes that poverty limits this full participation.  
     
 
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Alberta Employment, Immigration - Calgary Region
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Arusha Centre
The Arusha Centre is a collectively run, member-supported organisation that provides resources and programming on local and global social justice issues.


Calgary Board of Education, The Many Faces of Poverty and Homelessness
The vision of this project is to provide an opportunity for teachers and students around the world to collaborate and share what they understand about the issue of homelessness. Students and teachers will have the opportunity to take part in the project as part of a classroom learning project or independently. This learning community is made by and for teachers and students.


Calgary Workers' Resource Centre
The CWRC helps Calgarians understand and access what they are entitled to as workers. We assist workers with filling out forms, attending meetings/hearings, and talking with employers and government agencies in order to help them access their employment related benefits and rights.




CUPS Community Health Centre
Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS) is a not-for-profit community health centre in Calgary's downtown core. Offering collaborative and holistic services in the areas of health care, education and social services, CUPS Community Health Centre helps people make the transition from poverty to stability.


Homeless Awareness Calgary Committee
Homeless Awareness Calgary Committee (HACC) is a group of Calgarians, supported by dedicated partners, focused on educating our neighbours about the complexities of homelessness in order to inspire our communities to take action.







Momentum
Momentum is a community economic development (CED) organization that offers hope and opportunity to people living in poverty. Momentum is a not-for-profit society that has been partnering with low-income Calgarians to develop their productive futures since 1991.


Opportunities Waterloo Region
Opportunities Waterloo Region sees its role in the community as bringing people and ideas together through dialogue. We ignite community action by way of innovative solutions. We facilitate and support the design, development and implementation of these sustainable, community-owned initiatives until it is time for us to move on and take another step.


Populis.ca
Populis.ca is Calgary’s fresh and interactive news site created for Calgarians by Calgarians. Conceived by a few individuals who believe that Calgary deserves more than nationally syndicated headlines and news stories decided from the top-down.


Poverty Talks!
The goal of Poverty Talks is to support people who live in poverty in developing the knowledge and skills to become involved in the electoral process and to raise public awareness of poverty issues. We are organizing workshops and community meetings to provide people living in poverty with the opportunity to identify issues of concern and develop campaigns to make sure those issues are addressed in upcoming elections.


Quality of Life Challenge
The Quality of Life CHALLENGE is a bold new way for all sectors to work together to sustain a vibrant community.


Sustainable Calgary
Sustainable Calgary's mission is to promote, encourage and support community level actions and initiatives that move Calgary towards a sustainable future. In the context of our urban lives, we define sustainable development as the process of working towards the long-term health and vitality of our city and its citizens with regard to ecological, social, cultural and economic processes.


Vibrant Communities Edmonton
Vibrant Communities Edmonton is part of a national three year initiative that links 16 communities across Canada. Together, we are sharing experiences and resources to improve the quality of life for people in Canada. In Edmonton, we are focusing our efforts on building family economic success for families who are working and earning low wages.


Volunteer Calgary
Volunteer Calgary provides leadership in the voluntary sector by identifying needs and recognizing trends. It works through local partnerships and collaborates with government, the business sector and other community leaders to respond to the needs of the voluntary sector.