Speakers

Bill Sandison was a Belleville councillor and realized that our caring system is set up to fail

Natalie O’Toole works at the Three Oaks emergency shelter for women and children in Belleville

Ashley Vader works at the Grace Inn shelter in Belleville for adults experiencing homelessness

Dominique Jones is Executive Director at the County Foundation, which promotes collaboration and

JJ Cormier works with the John Howard Society and helped establish The Bridge for homeless people in Bellevilleoffers funding to community groups

What’s really happening in our community? In the iconic words of Marvin Gaye, “Mother,  mother, there are too many of you crying. Father, father, there are far too many of you dying.  You know we’ve got to find a way to bring some loving here, today. Just talk to me so you can  see, what’s going on, what’s going on.”

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