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Economic Justice Dates, Advocacy, and Actions
Key dates
November
:
Antipoverty Month
April 12
:
Equal Pay Day
June 12
:
World Day Against Child Labour
October 16
:
World Food Day
October 17
:
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
November 27
:
Buy Nothing Day
December 10
:
Human Rights Day
Advocacy and actions
Join the call for a poverty reduction plan organized by the
BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
.
Contact your MLA
.
Listen to and tell classroom stories.
Have students
write letters to their MLAs and/or newspapers
.
Post statistics in the classroom.
Post to a poverty discussion group.
Discuss/implement food programs in your school.
Lobby for support for food programs.
Combine your school food drive with a BC Poverty Reduction Coalition lesson, such as
Share the Weight
or
Justice Not Charity
.
Become aware of poverty issues and how they affect your students.
Start an antipoverty group.
Participate in the
Welfare Food Challenge
. (2017)
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