A couple of people from New Hope are a part of an initiative by the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction (HRPR) to mobilize 'neighbourhood launch pads.' Neigbhourhood launch pads are community focused conversations that lead to strategic actions to address the impact of poverty on children.
We have been talking with both local residents as well as a number of city-wide persons who are open to being part of a conversation on April 29, 2008 to look at the particular strengths and needs in the Crown Point neighbourhood in the east end of Hamilton. We also met with a local teacher who hopes to encourage her class to describe their hopes and dreams for their community in a writing assignment - thereby adding the voices of children at the table!
Pray that God will help us to hear and see the strengths of this community and their concerns as described by those living here - that we may walk with them in addressing poverty.
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