1. A collaborative group of individuals with lived low-income experience, looking to bring the voice of the low-income community into the arena of poverty prevention and reduction. - supports networking between government, education, non-profit groups, and low-income communities. ALIV(e) is moving towards … - starting up satellite alive groups in neighbourhoods across the Region ALIV(e) is working on: - taking action on policies that affect the lives of people living on low- incomes (i.e. increasing OW and ODSP rates) - increasing voter turnout - increasing ALIV(e) membership Awareness of Low-Income Voices.

3. Strong Regional Community Food Systems Roundtable Waterloo Region Shares Housing & Homelessness Umbrella Group (HHUG) Waterloo Region Active Living Network Alliance for Children & Youth Child Care network Waterloo Region Immigrant employment Network (WRIEN) Crime Prevention Council Literacy Network Foodlink Waterloo Region Waterloo Region Labour Council Family Violence Network Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) Opportunities Waterloo Region Social Planning Council of Kitchener-Waterloo Social Planning Council of Cambridge & North Dumfries Region of Waterloo Public Health and Social Services Tri-Cities and four Townships Centre for Community Based Research Wilfrid Laurier University’s Community Based Research in Action University of Waterloo’s Science Shop Student groups

4. Living Wage Sign the petition! The Regional Municipality of Waterloo is considering implementing a Living Wage policy for its employees and contractors. If you would like to express your support for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo’s decision to consider a Living Wage policy for all those who serve our regional government, please sign the petition on the table. www.owr.ca/takeactionlw.htm

5. Provincial Interfaith Social Assistance Coalition (ISARC) Mennonite Central Committee Ontario (MCCO) 25 in 5 Network

6. National and Beyond Dignity for all Campaign (Canada Without Poverty) calling for a federal poverty elimination plan that works with the provincial plans (see petition on your table) MakePovertyHistory.ca –add your voice to the call for all political parties to take action and keep the promise they made 20 years ago – to end child poverty in Canada by 2000. –click on campaigns or take action Stand up against Poverty (Standagainstpoverty.org) –October 17 – International day for the Eradication of Poverty –173,045,325 citizens gathered at over 3,000 events in more than 120 countries demanding that their government eradicate extreme poverty (certified by the Guinness World Records as the new world record and remains the largest mobilization of human beings in recorded history. Members of the Human Resources Committee of the House of Commons were contacted in support of Tony Martin's motion for a federal strategy to eliminate poverty. Tony's tabled his motion on November 3 and it will be discussed at the next meeting of the committee on November 17. We heard that MPs on the committee received many phone calls and e-mails in support of the motion.