600 leaders from 29 member institutions, representing 31,000 Calgarians, assembled to publicly found the Calgary Alliance for the Common Good, a new broad-based organization of religious congregations, schools, unions and nonprofits.  With music and a blessing, the assembly incorporated a roll call in which institutions committed to working together and stories by community leaders that demonstrated the issues the new organization would address including: Mental Health, Social Isolation, the Environment and Truth And Reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

Public officials, including the Calgary Mayor, Calgary Councillor and a Member of Parliament, credentialed the new organization and the work ahead. 

Interfaith Alliance Coming Together for the Common Good, CBC Listen

Calgary Organization Banding Together on Common Issues, 660 News

Calgary Advocacy Group Builds from the Neighborhood Up, Live Wire Calgary

We All Win When We Work Together for the Common Good, Calgary Herald

Founding Assembly, A Powerful Evening, Calgary Alliance for the Common Good

Candidates Agree to Support GEA Agenda, Greater Edmonton Alliance

Assembly Video Footage, Metro Vancouver Alliance

According to lead organizer Deborah Littman, the key to success is conducting "listening campaigns."

The Vancouver Sun lauded Metro Vancouver Alliance for its work in building community and, most recently, for helping mostly Filipino nursing home staff get through a contentious contract dispute. Read article below for more.

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800 Metropolitan Vancouver Alliance (MVA) delegates assembled to challenge Mayoral candidates for Vancouver with a multi-pronged agenda. All four candidates, including the incumbent, endorsed the proposals on social isolation, transit, poverty, and protections for apartment renters.

The Vancouver Courier reported that "in what so far has been a lacklustre election campaign, the Metro Vancouver Alliance gave the civic race a lively boost..."

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