Cross-Divisional CLW, Amarna Moscote, and Seniors for Change organized this accessibilty campaign so low-income seniors, students, OW, and ODSP recipients can use TTC transit services for free. So far Seniors…
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I Am Not Invisible Prisoner Rights Campaign
In November 2017, SAVAH launched the I Am Not Invisible Campaign to raise awareness about the challenges Indigenous and Black prisoners experience integrating into the community after serving sentences. The…
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SAVAH organizes an annual event in Parkdale for International Women’s Day with local agencies to commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8th. SAVAH’s IWD event was organized with Parkdale Project…
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SAVAH organizes an annual event in Parkdale with local agencies to commemorate December 6th National Day of Remembrance to End Violence Against Women. On December 7, 2017, SAVAH organized an…
Continue ReadingMum’s 4 Mum’s
Mum’s 4 Mum’s is a new grassroots mother’s collective, SAVAH helped organize from October 2017-January 2018. Nasra Ahmed, a 29 year-old mom living in Swansea Mews Toronto Community Housing. After…
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To advance black anti-racist organizing in Parkdale, SAVAH Division organized a Kwanzaa Celebration for Parkdale’s Black community at PCLS on December 22nd, 2017. Also, SAVAH organized a Black History Month…
Continue ReadingGlobal Women’s Network Forum
SAVAH supported Najia Zewari efforts to build a local grassroots civic engagement and women’s empowerment organization in Parkdale and other communities in the City of Toronto. Zewari is a former…
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