[CAH] Community Events and Announcements: 1) Job Posting, CMHA, 2)CHRA Teleforum: Understanding and Preparing for Housing First, 3) Action Auction, 4) Food Not Bombs 10th Anniversary

Tue Mar 13 08:56:42 EDT 2007

Hello Members,

The following events and announcements are organized outside of CAH. If you
have any questions about the listings below or to get further information
please use the contact information listed.

Thanks,

Darcy Harvey, RSW
Capacity Development
Community Action on Homelessness
2030, Suite 201 Gottingen Street
Halifax, NS
B3K 3A9
(902) 420-2186
dharvey at cahhalifax.org 
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halifax-dartmouth branch

Employment Opportunity

Program Coordinator - Sharing and Caring Social Club

CMHA Halifax Site

Terms of Employment:  Part Time, 28 hours per week with possibility of full
time in the future

                                          Monday to Thursday (occasional
evening/weekend work required)

Anticipated Start Date:  April 2, 2007

Location:  Halifax, Nova Scotia 

The Sharing and Caring Social Club is a social support program for adults
who have experienced a mental illness at some point in their lives.  The
basic format of the program is to provide recreation and leisure activities
for the membership.   The Program Coordinator works in collaboration with
the members, volunteers and support staff to plan implement and evaluate the
social activities and events. 

The Social Club Program Coordinator will assist with other Branch Operations
such as fund development, committees and administrative duties.   

Education & Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in social science or a combination of relevant education
and experience

Comprehensive knowledge of mental health issues and community resources

Excellent interpersonal, organizational and written communication skills

Basic computer skills

Able to work in a casual and informal work environment

Able to work independently and as a part of a team; self directed; flexible

Experience with Program Coordination and supervision of volunteers and staff
considered an asset

Must provide references, possess a valid driver’s license and be willing to
complete a Police Records Check and Driver’s Abstract. 

Resumes accepted by 

e-mail:   cmhahal at ns.aliantzinc.ca

fax:         (902) 455-7858

mail:       Canadian Mental Health Association Halifax/Dartmouth Branch 

                Attention: Selection Committee

                Bloomfield Centre

                2786 Agricola Street   Room 216

                Halifax, Nova Scotia   B3K 4E1          

Closing Date: Thursday, March 15, 2007 by 4:00pm

Salary: $ 24,000 per annum plus benefits

No phone calls please.   We thank everyone for their interest but only
candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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CHRA's Next National Teleforum

Understanding and Preparing for "Housing First"

When:   April 5, 2007
            12:00 - 2:00 PM

Housing First is a policy based on the principle that homeless people are
not denied access to housing due to behaviour problems arising from
substance dependency, mental health, or other conditions.  Its documented
success as a critical part of a wider harm reduction strategy for
chronically homeless people is driving Canadian interest, but its use has
been slowly and unevenly increasing. Significantly, in its recent
Homelessness Partnering Strategy announcement the federal government
established the wider dissemination of Housing First as a policy objective. 

For  <http://www.chra-achru.ca/english/view.asp?x=720&id=95&mon=1> more
information about this teleforum, and to register, please click here!

What is a Teleforum?

A teleforum is like any information workshop insofar as there are speakers,
presentations and opportunities to ask questions and share information, in
this case about Housing First policies. The difference is that you can
participate in a teleforum from anywhere with a telephone and internet
connection. All audio is transmitted through the telephone, and visuals,
like Powerpoint slides, are viewed on a website. Try one- it is easy,
inexpensive and informative. Better still, gather a group around a
speakerphone and projection of the website. The cost for a group is the same
as the cost for an individual!

Thank you for your continued interest in CHRA. CHRA respects your time and
privacy. If you would prefer not to receive e-mails about our news, events,
or other notices, or have received this e-mail in error, please click
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votre intimité. Si vous préférez ne plus recevoir de courriels au sujet de
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erreur, veuillez cliquer
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> ici. 

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ACTION AUCTION!

All are welcome to join us for the "Action Auction' on March 31st,  2007 at
First Baptist Church, Dartmouth, from 6:30 - 9:30 pm. Youth from our church
are participating in ministry/service projects in Kenya and Argentina this
year, and this auction will be raising funds to help them get into action.
Besides raising funds for the youth, the community will be able to find out
how they can also get into action as we promote awareness of and involvement
in the Make Poverty History Campaign through displays, videos and
information on fair trade and more.

For more info, contact  <mailto:melissah at fbcdart.ca> melissah at fbcdart.ca. 

And here is a poster attachment if you are able to use it.

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Dear Food Not Bombs, participants, members, contributers and fans,past,
present and future!

It is Food Not Bombs 10th anniversary ofserving Free Vegetarian Food in
Halifaxand you are invited to the big CELEBRATION!!!!

Sunday, March 25th at 1:00
In front of the North Branch Public Libraryon Gottingen St.

Giant feast! Free Food!
Potluck contributions welcome!
Music, speakers, games, birthday cake!
Fun for all ages!
(rain date April 1st)

Food Not Bombs is a large and loosely organized collective effort to reclaim
food and to share a meal in the name of peace and justice for all.
Over the years, so many people in Halifax have been involved with
organizing, cooking, eating, washing  dishes and generally enjoying Free
Food and Food Not Bombs.

This 10th anniversary celebration is our opportunity to give thanks for all
the help and support that has sustained FNB Halifax through many changes,
making it one of the strongest and most resilient volunteer,
consensus-based, activist organizations in the city. The anniversary
celebration is also an opportunity to reflect on the principles behind Food
Not Bombs and their current relevance.

Food Not Bombs core principles are
* Recycling of food
* Decision making by consensus
* Nonviolence
* Vegetarianism
Anyone who wants to cook may cook, and anyone who wants to eat may eat. Food
Not Bombs strives to include everyone.
The special anniversary party will happen at the same time and the same
place as our usual Sunday servings. 1:00 in front of the North Branch
Library on Gottingen.
Please bring family and friends, potluck contributions, your own bowl and
cuttlery, picnic blankets, instruments, anything festive.

Because we need Food, not Bombs!
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