The Bulletin

Seniors for Climate Action

Action Plan
October 1st is Canada’s National Seniors Day. This year it is being marked by the Senior’s
Day of Action for Climate. Calgary is one of more than 50 cities and towns across our
entire country with Seniors holding events, happenings, awareness raising, and
generally shouting out—with a sense of urgency for more, and more effective, Climate
Action—from our federal, provincial and municipal leaders and businesses. We all agree
that LATER IS TOO LATE!

Join the Eco-Elders for Climate Action in celebrating this day with climate actions!

Housing Win - Please Communicate With Your Members

Ryan Andersen

Lead Organizer
Calgary Alliance for the Common Good
[email protected]

1. On the weekend, we had much to celebrate with the City Council, not only passing but strengthening the city's affordable housing strategy. Now, we need your help in not only communicating this win but also thanking all of your members who were involved. Here are some tools that can help you communicate this.

Announcement/Newsletter Blurb:

Affordable Housing Strategy Passed!

Over the past month, with our partners through the Calgary Alliance, we have worked together to ensure the City of Calgary's Affordable Housing Strategy is passed because we heard from you that this is one of the most important issues facing our communities.

On Saturday, September 16th, this strategy was passed. This will begin the process of freeing land and money to build 3,000 more non-market affordable housing each year. It will enable the housing market to build more affordable housing through zoning changes, and the city will use its resources to create more temporary housing to meet the immediate needs of families with no homes and much more.

Thank you to each of our members who wrote their city councillors, came to our rally and spoke before the city council - Together, our work will impact the lives of thousands of Calgarians struggling to afford a home.

Rest as Radical Action.

Katharine Heimbigner-Tenor

Strategy Team Co-Chair
Calgarians for the Common Good

Everyone needs rest and relaxation.

People need to rest.

When you engage in efforts to build a better world–or just a better neighbourhood–it can be exhausting. Throw in a pandemic, job tumult and more, it can pull away your energy and excitement, not only for the work together but in the efforts you take on with your community.

Moosehide Campaign

Wapiski-Miskanahk Iskwew

Indigenous Organizer

[email protected]

May 11th is kick off for the Moose Hide Campaign.

Here’s a link to register:

It’s Ok To Be Woke

Ron Ghitter, a former MLA, co-founder of Dignity Forum, and a member of the Calgarians for the Common Good, shared an op-ed in the Calgary Herald the other month. Below is a copy of the printed editorial, detailing his thoughts on the word 'woke,' and how we're continuing the conversation on bettering our community, city and country. Please read it below.

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Ron Ghitter

Former MLA, retired senator, and co-founder of the Dignity Forum.

Over the past few years, we have experienced a lexicon of new words and phrases that lack a familiarity to my generation (those over 75 years) but that have many implications. To some, it raises many controversial issues.

We are bombarded with descriptive words and phrases, such as; cancel culture, replacement theories, intersectionality, white fragility and woke. What are the messages advanced by these words?

Let’s deal with the often used and misunderstood word “woke”. One may be woke or anti-woke but what does that imply and do we truly understand the impact of this word?