An(other) OPIRG McMaster summer student research update:
As a summer student, I have been hired to bring awareness of poverty issues to First Year Students during welcome week. One of the first things accomplished this summer was a pamphlet introducing the McMaster Poverty Initiative.
The McMaster Poverty Initiative is a group of faculty, students and staff dedicated to research, advocacy, education, and action related to poverty. The goal is to use knowledge for social change. The pamphlet outlined facts about poverty in the city of Hamilton. For example, there enough people living in poverty in Hamilton to fill Copps Coliseum five times.
Bringing awareness to First Year student regarding Hamilton’s high poverty rate through activities such as the Amazing Race event and Iris the theatre production during McMaster’s welcome week are the activities I have been working on this summer.
It is wonderful to see McMaster Students working to educate and bring awareness to fellow students. I am the Director of Development for Wesley Urban Ministries, an organization that aids people of all ages (o to 100) by decreasing barriers and increasing opportunities so that they may reach their full potential. I would love the opportunity to work with your group further in our goals of raising the profile of this challenge in our community. Tamara Coleman-Lawrie tamara.coleman-lawrie@cogeco.net