How can organizations support the COMMON MISSION campaign

Since November 28, 2007, the Collective has distributed a petition in the form of a post-card. Throughout Quebec, people and groups have been answering the Collective’s call. More than a hundred thousand petition cards have been ordered and the signature gathering is going well. The petition allows people to signify their individual support, but organizations cannot sign a petition.

This is why we invite you to give your support in the form of a letter. The support of organizations (groups, institutions, unions, businesses, etc.) will demonstrate the strength of the network which we are able to build together. It also has an important multiplier effect in the population, making people want to join a list of organizations they admire.

Below is a support letter. Groups and organizations are invited to reproduce it on their letterhead and to return it to the Collective once signed. We will add their name to our published list of supporting groups. We also invite them to advertise their support in their offices and to gather signatures for the petition.

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  • Forward, backward, sideways…

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  • Is it possible to implement processes towards poverty-free societies?

    Since 1998 a large grassroots movement, formed in a Collective for a law on the elimination of poverty, requested from the Quebec National Assembly a law based on the formal proposal that was assembled from a survey in which thousands of persons were involved, including many persons living in poverty. Five years later there is a result: the Quebec National Assembly has just adopted unanimously a bill aiming to act against poverty and exclusion.