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Tina Conlon, Coordinator
Sherman Hesselgrave, Chair
Margaret Vandenbroucke
Advocacy & Communications
416-482-5607
Michael Steeves
Community Engagement
416-463-0072
Working Groups and Mandates
Advocacy and Communications Group
Mandate
Develop strategy and carry out advocacy activities to influence stakeholders in government, the private sector and the religious/civic sector.
Responsibilities
- Develop key messages
- Prepare influencer chart
- Propose priority strategies and timetable for action
- Decide advocacy method, meetings, letters, e-mails
- Plan, implement and assess advocacy actions
- Monitor political developments
- Network and partner with other advocacy organizations
- Involve wider membership in advocacy actions
- Develop and maintain media contact list
- Provide editorial and publishing support
- Manage website content with technical support
- Produce and manage materials inventory
Community Engagement Group
Mandate
Build MFATEH membership through reaching out to faith leaders and faith communityies that represent the diversity of the GTA community.
Goals for 2009
- Increase membership by 16-18 constituents
- Have 18 faith leaders become signatories to MFATEH
- Build alliances with ISARC, CPJ, Kairos< 25 in 5 CAMPAIGN, CAMPAIGN 2000, and other groups concerned with housing and poverty issues in the GTA.