OCAP | At Full Capacity: Homelessness and Resistance
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty is a direct action anti-poverty organization that fights for more shelter beds, social housing, and a raise in social assistance rates.
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November 15, 2019 In Events, Speaking Series

At Full Capacity: Homelessness and Resistance

Thursday, November 21 | 6pm-8pm | CRC, 40 Oak Street
[Free event with meal, childminding, wheelchair access, and tokens]
Facebook Event

Film Screening & Discussion

On November 11th Toronto endured its first winter storm. With shelters at capacity, many were left out on the streets in below freezing temperatures. Community members and organizers immediately pushed the city to open Metro Hall as a warming centre.

The city is failing to respond to the shelter and housing emergency, and the number of homeless deaths is on the rise.

Together we have the power and must push back. We will fight to win the basic shelter and housing we need. Join us.

Discussion on resistance and fight back to follow the film screening.

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Film: The Public (2019) With emergency shelters at full capacity and a brutal winter storm on the way, a group of Cincinnati homeless men refuse to leave the public library. Demanding shelter from the extreme cold, they stage a sit-in and occupation.