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Title The Sustainable Community Partnerships Committee: Business & Community: Working Together to End Homelessness Day / Time Wednesday, June 21st / 16:30 - 18:30 Room MR03 Event Description : Learn the five catalysts for change which made it possible for BC's grassroots coalitions to tap into community resources, inspire leadership, engage government, spark social entrepreneurial approaches, attract media attention, and get business involved in proactive solutions to combat poverty and affordable housing. In 2005, small, medium and large cities across British Columbia instigated a bold campaign to kick-start a collaborative cross-sectoral approach in their communities to eradicate homelessness. Under the National Homelessness Initiative, the Sustaining Community Partnerships Committee in six of these cities launched projects, which are changing the story of homelessness at a local and provincial level. Hear their unique approaches to getting all sectors on board to build stronger communities, and share your stories of asset-based community development. Session Language English French Speakers (information as provided by host organization) Ms Bayla Kolk, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Hsg and Homelessness Branch, HRSDC Mr Richard Prokopanko, Director of Corporate Affairs, Alcan Mr Craig Lloyd, Pres & CEO, Coast Capital Savings Other Speakers will include: Michele Rule, Councillor, City of Kelowna Ian Graham, Chair, Poverty and Homelessness Action Team of Central Okanagan John Horn, Chair, Nanaimo Group on Homelessness Phyllis Nash, RSW, MSW, Chair, Nelson Committee on Homlessness, Raymond Jolicoeur, Chair, Kamloops Social Planning Council Alice Sundberg, Executive Director, British Columbia Non Profit Housing Association Jane Hopkins, Facilitator-National Homelessness Initiative Contact Need more information about this event? Please fill the contact form Related Documents (in English and / or French) Host Organization Sustainable Community Partnerships Committee (Service Canada) Host Organization Description The Sustaining Community Partnerships Committee (SCPC) was established in May 2003 to raise awareness about homelessness and to attract private sector support to implement Community Plans promoting collaborative approaches to housing, income and support service solutions to homelessness. The SCPC is composed of representatives from 8 communities in BC and the Yukon Territory participating in the federal government’s National Homelessness Initiative’s Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative, whose steering committees represent all 3 levels of government and more than 160 service providers region-wide. Website (Organizer and partners) www.homelessness.gc.ca www.kelownahomeless.com www.bcnpha.bc.ca

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