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The Saskatoon Anti-Poverty Coalition (SAPC) is a group of concerned persons and organizations who are dedicated to addressing the causes and effects of poverty.
SAPC meets the first Wednesday of every month from 1 pm to 3. The next meeting of the Saskatoon Anti-Poverty Coalition will be held on October 5th , 2011.
Location is the meeting room of St. Paul's Hospital Cafeteria. Everyone is welcome.
For more information about our group, call our office at 955-5095 or email antipoverty@sasktel.net.


Sunday 4 November 2012

Prosperity or Prosperity in S'toon


To me, Prosperity is a DREAM, a DEEP HALLUCINOGENIC Trip w NO TRUE Foundation and NO Chance of REALIZATION! Unlimited STRESS! Disability and the DARK SHADOWS of Poverty have all but cut the HEARTLINE of Hope I've tried for years, like a LIFELINE, to hold fast to, only to Realize of late that the other end of the LINE seemingly is unattached to anything sturdy?
Prosperity would be the ABSENCE of such BLACK THOUGHTS
replaced w Happiness, SERENITY and thoughts of a FUTURE?
It is a known understanding that there are those who look down on people of low income or even use it against them and even more if there is a hint of a disability?! You'd think Poverty is enough of a Disability let alone anything else?
Daily worrying about what are small insignificant things to others like finances, food, whether you're going to eat that day, utilities, housing and when rent's going up, to name a few are added spices to the Huge Boiling STEW Pot of one's Life! The inability to get proper glasses and other medical needs just add to the confusion?
In my view Governments are not fully behind the Elimination of Poverty and as goes the Gov't so do those who follow that Gov't?
BAND-AID solutions by Gov'ts to make them appear to care and help are just that – BAND AID - Especially when they don't include a Cost of Living Incentive clause which would eventually leave the recipient way back where they were before such programs or worse!
Utilities, food, household, medical adequate housing and rent costs plus leave people in poverty a long way from PROSPERITY!
The Canadian DREAMliving a LIFE as close to, of happiness, SERENITY, Hope, FAMILY, LOVE and NOT being put down by other people or Governments *NOW THAT WOULD BE PROSPERITY!! - SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HOPE FOR AND STRIVE FOR - SOMETHING THAT IF WE LOOK DEEP IN OUR HEART and SOULS WE COULD WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO MAKE SUCH A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ALL!!

Patrick Lake / Oct. 12, 2012

1 comment:

  1. This is very eye opening, my girlfriend and I are looking at rates for rent in Saskatoon, she has a possible job offer there. Any suggestions or comments will be greatly appreciated.

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