Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words – CCPA

Or twenty thousand as the case may be. The CCPA published a number of major studies in recent years about BC’s unacceptably high levels of poverty and homelessness, as well as provincial welfare policies that contribute to hardship and homelessness. These issues are brought to life in a series of narrated slideshows created for the CCPA by photographer and multimedia artist Goh Iromoto. The Time is Now: A Poverty Reduction Plan for BC Slideshow 0. THE TIME IS NOW – Introduction from CCPA on Vimeo. This is a narrated presentation about how BC could end street homelessness and reduce poverty by one third — within the mandate of the next provincial government (first chapter is shown above — view the full slideshow here). It includes interviews with people working on health, immigration and family well-being issues, and with Erna Calingasan, a parent struggling to make ends meet by working two jobs. Here is the interview with Erna: THE TIME IS NOW – Erna Calingasan from CCPA on Vimeo. Poverty Amid Plenty: A Slideshow About Welfare in BC 1. POVERTY AMID PLENTY – Introduction from CCPA on Vimeo. Welfare is the program of last resort for people who find themselves without
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