Calgary Alliance for the Common Good Presses City Council to Protect Affordable Housing
After Calgary City Council voted to repeal rezoning without a replacement plan, the Calgary Alliance for the Common Good (CACG) organized a press conference with a coalition of 11 organizations representing tens of thousands of community members, urging leaders to advance clear, responsible solutions to the city’s growing housing crisis.
Read more600 Calgary Alliance Leaders Gain Landmark Commitments from Mayoral Candidatesfor Advances on Mental Health, Affordable Housing, Climate Change, and More
Demonstrating the power of organized people, Calgary Alliance for the Common Good (Calgary Alliance) packed Knox United Methodist Church with 600 people for its 2025 Mayoral Forum.
“Over the last year, we have been consulting with the members of our constituent organizations, and have heard stories about life in Calgary and what would make it better," said Rev. Kersi Bird, co-chair of the Calgary Alliance Affordable Housing Team.
Read more'Calgary Alliance for the Common Good' Launches with 600 Institutional Delegates
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
GEA Leverages Council Candidate Commitments in Edmonton
Candidates Agree to Support GEA Agenda, Greater Edmonton Alliance
800 MVA Leaders Host Accountability Assembly
Assembly Video Footage, Metro Vancouver Alliance
Metro Vancouver Alliance Builds Bridges, Heals Community
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.
Read moreMetro Vancouver Alliance Advances Agenda with Mayoral Candidates
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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