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Equality and Social Action
HSA supports the work of progressive groups in British Columbia and internationally through its Committee on Equality and Social Action, which administer the Equality and Social Action Fund. The Fund was established in 1989 by a resolution passed by HSA annual convention delegates. The purpose of the fund is to make significant monetary contributions towards the promotion of social and economic justice, labour solidarity, protection of human rights, a healthy environment, and universal health care. The Committee on Equality and Social Action receives funding requests and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors on how the fund should be allocated.
Within BC, some of the organizations that have been funded for several years include the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities, the West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund, and Check Your Head - the Youth Global Education Network.
Internationally, HSA has been a northern partner of CoDevelopment Canada since 1989. For more than 20 years, CoDev has been building partnerships for global justice between people in Canada and Latin America. CoDev works in four program areas, each of which helps improve the lives of women, workers, and families in Latin America and in Canada. One of HSA's southern partners is APSIES, which encourages community development through health care and health promotion projects in El Salvador. CODEMUH and the Central American Maquila Workers Network are partner organizations that strive to improve the lives of women workers in maquiladoras through education of women workers and government lobbying.
Recent News
Mar. 4, 2010: March 8: Unions are leading the fight for women’s equality
Feb. 19, 2010: IWD – Vancouver Rally and Conference - March 6, 2010 - "Women's Voices at the Table"
Feb. 2, 2010: Help for Haiti
Feb. 2, 2010: West Coast LEAF seeks HSA members’ input on consequences of legal aid cuts on patients and clients
Jan. 18, 2010: CLC partners with Canadian Red Cross to support donations for Haitian disaster relief
Jan. 7, 2010: Advocating for Seniors Advocacy in BC
Dec. 21, 2009: BC HEALTH COALITION: Coalition urges provincial government to implement Ombudsperson's recommendations on seniors' care
Dec. 16, 2009: HSA applauds Dietitians of Canada call for increased minimum wage
Dec. 11, 2009: Rally December 18: Restore funding for HIV / AIDS services
Dec. 2, 2009: December 6: Ending violence against women
Dec. 1, 2009: Provincial government cuts funds for HIV / AIDS services on World AIDS Day
Nov. 27, 2009: Dec 1: World AIDS Day highlights need for continued action
Dec. 16, 2008: Election Campaign School for Women
Dec. 9, 2008: Central American tour planned to learn about HSA-supported projects
Nov. 20, 2008: 16 days of activism focuses on ending violence against women
Oct. 30, 2008: NUPGE hosts international labour rights symposium
Oct. 28, 2008: Unions donate to Canadian Museum of Human Rights
Organizations we support
Organizations funded by the Equality and Social Action Fund
BC Coalition of Poeple with Disabilities
The BCCPD raises public and political awareness around issues that affect the lives of people who live with a disability, and provides individual and group advocacy services.
http://www.bccpd.bc.ca
Check Your Head
CYH is a youth driven organization located in Vancouver that educates young people on global issues by looking at the connection between global events and issues and local realities. CYH provides education, resources, training and support for youth, who then facilitate workshops, organize events and coordinate projects promoting education and action around issues of globalization and social justice.
www.checkyourhead.org
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that seeks to eliminate poverty, housing and homelessness, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat For Humanity has built more than 200,000 houses around the world
http://vancouverhabitat.bc.ca/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Project SOMOS
Project SOMOS is a village in Guatemala designed to give children who come out of desperate circumstances their voice and right to make decisions for the course of their own lives. Support and opportunities are provided to maximize their possiblities so they may become beacons of sucess and hope i their own community and culture. The project engages with the local community, partner NGOs and Canadian supporters. It is a project of the Compassionfruit Society.
www.projectsomos.org
Vancouver Committee for Domestic Workers and Caregiver Rights
The Committee is a community-based, non-profit organization that assists domestic workers and advocates for improvements in their employment and immigration status.
We Can BC
Campaign to End All Violence Against Women
We Can BC is an alliance of BC-based organizations and individuals from diverse communities who are committed to a long-term and sustained process of changing customs and attitudes that perpetuate violence against women.
http://www.wecanbc.ca/
West Coast Legal Action and Education Fund
West Coast LEAF works to achieve equality by changing historic patterns of systemic discrimination against women through BC-based equality rights litigation, law reform and public legal education.
http://www.westcoastleaf.org/
World Peace Forum Society
The Society is planning a second Teach-In for November of 2009. Given the current economic crises, the subject of the 2009 Teach-In is ‘1929-1939- From Crash to Catastrophe’.
http://www.worldpeaceforumbc.ca/
Links to organizations of interest
National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE)
www.nupge.ca/Globalization
CodePink Women for Peace
www.codepinkalert.org
Maquila Solidarity Network
http://www.maquilasolidarity.org/
Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC
http://www.cccabc.bc.ca/
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