April 1, 2006, carnegie newsletter

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Dear Ms. Taylor ·. ~ · .: · I am inviting you to an educational and consciousness-rais1ng session at the Carnegie Community Centre on Tuesday, March 28th at 11 a.m. The purpose ofthe event is to help you to understand-: *what it's like to have to live on welfare rates that are too low to meet basic human needs; and * how difficult it is for a person to apply for and actually be accepted to go on welfare. Our resource people for the hour-long session wi11 include policy experts in the field of welfare, plm individuals who can provide first-hand experiences in having to deal with the welfare system. As well, for your benefit there will a series of audio-visual aids including the Wheel of Misfortune, illustrating the obstacles to receiving public assistance in B.C.; and the $600 Mountain of Food, showing how we could feed all our poor families if we only cut back on luxuries a little bit. We hope you will be able to join us for this important event. We are sure that what you learn will assist in the important policy issues facing our province.

Jean Swanson, co-ordinator [Carole Taylors secretary sent a form letter that expressed apologetic refusal.]


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