Fighting Poverty: Strategies for Change

Issues related to poverty, of homelessness, unemployment and marginalisation, are growing social hardships that require urgent attention. Almost weekly we see a new report expressing the grinding hardship experienced by folks on the margins, and yet governments continue to underfund and even cut the budgets of organisations unable to meet growing calls for help.

Concerned citizens or community groups cannot replace governments in providing for the poor, as both the responsibility and the funding lies with those in parliament. What we can do, though, is help build the political pressure from the grassroots that compels governments at all levels to take real action to address these issues.

Join us for a panelled discussion on how collective action can build this pressure and end the unnecessary suffering that poverty causes.

With guest speakers:
Kate Davis, Tenancy WA
Chris Twomey, WACOSS
Tim Dymond, Unions WA

Co-hosted by the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union Perth and the Anti-Poverty Network (APN) Perth

Call 0415 922 740 for more details

We meet on the sovereign lands of the Whajuk Noongar people, and pay our respects to elders past, present and future