[Sundaycommunity] from Fr Prakash

[Elizabeth Whelan]

I received this from Fr Prakash, and am sharing it, should you also wish to
email the Mayor. Apologies if this is a duplicate. 

Peace,
Elizabeth
Liz

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: "Lohale, Fr. Prakash" <plohale at archtoronto.org>
> Subject: City-wide Email the Mayor Campaign
> Date: January 8, 2023 at 11:12:58 AM EST
> To: Interreligious Department <Interreligious at archtoronto.org>
> 
> Hello Friends, 
> We’re starting a City-wide Email the Mayor Campaign starts today!
> https://stonesoupnetwork.ca/openwarmingcentres/ <https://stonesoupnetwork.ca/openwarmingcentres/>
>  
> On Christmas, one person froze to death. Yesterday another person living outside died in a fire in their tent. The lack of proper housing is killing God’s beloved.
> Please ask your people to use our online template to email the mayor. It will literally take less than a minute to do but it could save lives this winter. 
>  Also, please listen to CBC’s Metro Morning at 7:10 AM on Monday, when Rev. Alexa Gilmour from Stone Soup Network will be sharing the work we did last week and asking the mayor to take immediate measures to prevent more injuries and death, inducing:
> increase the number of warming centres across the GTA
> make access to warming centres available 24 hours/day throughout the winter months
> end encampment evictions and the destruction of survival gear
> keep the current shelter spaces open, including shelter hotels
> add an additional 2,700 non-congregate spaces within the regular shelter system
>  
> In 2016 <https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4374814>, Mayor Tory, bowed to public pressure and opened five emergency warming centres 24/7 so there is good reason to believe he will listen to the will of the people if we can find room in our schedules to advocate for God’s unhoused beloveds. I’m so grateful to each of you for continuing this journey with us. 
>  
> Thanks, 
>  
> Prakash, OP
>  
> fr. Prakash Anthony Lohale, OP <>
> Director, 
> Office for Interreligious Dialogue,
> Archdiocese of Toronto.
> Catholic Pastoral Centre
> 1155 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4T 1W2
> T: 416.934.3400 x 344 F: 416.934.3434

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