OCAP Overnight Shelter: How Much More Can We Take?

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The City is Failing Poor People! More Shelters Now!

Join Us:

Sunday, April 6th
Central Neighbourhood House
349 Ontario Street (east of Sherbourne, north of Dundas)
Doors open at 4pm

Monday April 7, 2008
9am ­ Breakfast
Friendship Centre
323 Dundas St. E

10am Press conference
City Hall
Queen and Bay St.

As our City government fails us, OCAP will run an overnight shelter in one of Toronto's poorest neighbourhoods, to draw attention to the lack of services available for poor and homeless people in this city. Free meals, entertainment, and sleeping space will be provided. We will gather to discuss the issues our neighbourhood is facing. On Monday morning, we will head to City Hall, to bring our demands to City Councillor Joe Mihevc, a key voice in the City's refusal to admit to or address these issues.

By the first week of April, most Out of the Cold (OOTC) Programs will have closed their doors. This will mean a loss of 130 beds, on average, per night. The City has already shut down over 300 shelter beds. The system is full, and is about to get even worse.

Over the past year, the City has allowed three large rooming houses in the downtown East End to be shut down, and five major shelters to be closed. $2 million dollars worth of CCTV cameras have been installed in the downtown core, two of them outside the biggest men’s shelters in the east end. Homeless people are being targeted, fined thousands of dollars in Provincial Offense tickets for minor infractions like encumbering the sidewalk, or camping in a park without a permit. Poor and homeless people are being dispossessed, displaced, and destroyed.

Media are Welcome.

For more information, please contact:
OCAP Media Spokesperson, 416.997.1562

Sunday, April 6th
Central Neighbourhood House
349 Ontario Street (east of Sherbourne, north of Dundas)
Doors open at 4pm

Monday April 7, 2008
9am ­ Breakfast
Friendship Centre
323 Dundas St. E

10am Press conference
City Hall
Queen and Bay Streets

PROTEST THE LACK OF FOOD AND SHELTER!
DEMAND SHELTER BEDS BE OPENED!