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Rock For Humanity is a registered non-profit group based in Toronto, Ontario. For over 10 years, the RFH team has raised money and awareness for a variety of social and economic injustices with a strong specialization in homelessness initiatives. RFH has raised thousands of dollars for local non-profits and charity groups including Street Health, Serving Charities, Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, and War Child Canada and various other local homeless initiatives. By blending music and social consciousness, Rock For Humanity provides a platform for youth to speak out and act against things they are passionate about! We are the voice! Together we CAN make a difference! You can do so much by doing so little: Come out to our shows and show your support, add us to your top friends, follow us on Twitter, post our banner on your page and join the fight against social injustices! We can fight poverty, one show at a time. Most importantly, none of our money goes towards administrative fees - WE RAISE A DOLLAR, WE DONATE A DOLLAR!

A Call to Action: Does Rob Ford’s “gravy train” include shelter services benefitting the homeless? He seems to think so.

It isn’t too often we have the chance to directly influence the plight of Toronto’s homeless and at risk communities. This month, we all have the opportunity to affect the City of Toronto’s budget and make sure it includes money to maintain the city’s shelters and services.


We hope that you accept this call to action and take part!


On Feburary 28, 2011, city councillors will vote on Rob Ford’s Budget Committee’s proposed budget for the City of Toronto. The budget proposed a staggering amount of cuts that will directly affect Toronto’s homeless.


According to OCAP (www.ocap.ca ) there are 76, 549 people on the affordable housing waiting list in Toronto. Despite this staggering number, Rob Ford’s proposed budget intends to dramatically reduce spending on shelter beds for the homeless. The budget is proposing to cut 40,000 shelter beds which equals about 100 beds per night throughout the city. The 40,000 lost beds will be replaced with 6,000 motel rooms for refugee claimants. Not only will those 40,000 bed spaces lose the food and service supports of the shelter, but refugee claimants will be geographically isolated from the services they need. For residents who can barely afford housing as it stands, the budget hopes to cut $100,000 per person from the fund that assists in representing tenants faced with evictions.


The existing housing and shelter crisis in Toronto will only intensify with Rob Ford’s proposed budget cuts.


Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) is organizing a mass call-in to city councillors prior to them placing their vote on the 2011 Budget. The call-in will take place February 14-18th. You can find your local councillor’s contact information here: http://app.toronto.ca/wards/jsp/wards.jsp



All of the information contained in this post may be found on the OCAP website www.ocap.ca


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