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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Poverty Talks! and VCC talk poverty with CBC News Calgary

17 October 2022

VCC's Meaghon Reid highlights some of the factors making things difficult for those living on low incomes in a CBC Calgary News at 6 segment. Poverty Talks!'s Amber Cannon and Meaghon were interviewed at a community conversation hosted by Poverty Talks, The City of Calgary Social Workers and Enough for All for passers-by on Stephen Avenue as part of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

View the segment at 20:48.

The booth in Downtown Calgary was one of eight conversations that took place on October 17. Poverty Talks! is compiling the feedback and will report back on what they heard.

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October is End Poverty Month in Calgary. It’s a time when we can challenge ourselves to consider what we can do to make a vibrant Calgary - one where there is enough for all.

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