Bust Poverty Myths this Senior's Day
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- Published on Thursday, 01 October 2015 11:15
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Today is National Seniors Day!
To celebrate, the Poverty MythBusters are launching their second jaw dropping fact to dispel the common belief that "Jobs are the answer" to poverty.
Please share this graphic across your personal and professional social media channels to draw attention to the current vulnerabilities Senior's living in B.C. currently face. You can find real stories, further resources, and the full poster on our website.
We're also printing posters to be placed around your neighbourhood. If you're interested, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we'll get some in the mail right away!
If you missed the campaign's launch, be sure to watch our Poverty MythBuster's premiere. The short video captures the lives of many people in B.C. working hard to get by but still trapped in poverty. The Poverty Free Action Team is currently creating their second original video about barriers to Income Assistance in B.C. Stay tuned!!
If you have videography, acting, or editing skills (or simply lots of enthusiasm) you want to offer to this campaign, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.! To join this campaign and the Poverty Free Action Team, come out to the next meeting on October 28th.
We wish you, and all of the wonderful seniors in your lives, well today.
Thank you for helping us bust poverty myths!
Jennifer, Omar, and the Poverty Free Action Team
Let's get to the root of the problem!
Whether you’re at a party, having dinner with your parents, at the bus stop, or listening the news, whenever there’s a discussion about poverty, you will no doubt hear things like “the situation in BC isn’t that bad”, how “the poor are lazy” and they “just need to get a job”, or that “those on welfare are taking advantage” of our social assistance programs.
But, did you know that BC has had one of the highest poverty rates, including child poverty, for the last 13 years? And most poor people are working! Poverty is really a story of low wages in BC. The recent increase to the minimum wage of 20 cents per hour will do little to tackle that.
Not only that, we have inadequate welfare and disability rates that have not increased in eight years; unaffordable and inaccessible childcare for parents with small children; and an underfunded public education system.
It's time to bust those myths and get to the root of the problem!
Please help us share the awesome first video of the campaign, and use the images and buttons (all of these are above) to share on Facebook and Twitter. This is the first in a series so visit the #PovertyMythBusters campaign website and stay tuned for more!!
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