http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/15395/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/video/my-week-welfare-documentary-shows-day-day-realitie/33828 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/my_week_on_welfare_1.jpg" alt="" title="" width="450" height="253" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>&ldquo;<i>I could not have imagined the reality of being on social assistance.&rdquo; Aron Spidle, welfare recipient featured in the documentary My Week on Welfare</i></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/video/my-week-welfare-documentary-shows-day-day-realitie/33828" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/video/my-week-welfare-documentary-shows-day-day-realitie/33828#comments Robert Devet Arts Poverty DCS department of community services ESIA Jackie Torrens social assistance welfare Wed, 26 Aug 2015 16:44:56 +0000 Robert DeVet 33828 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/fighting-welfare-stigma-social-media/33821 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> #FacesOfNSWelfare campaign to launch in September </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/11782259_10154089168163572_1032239279104035094_o_2.jpg" alt="" title="A social media campaign to tackle welfare stigma is about to launch. Actor, writer and documentary maker Jackie Torrens, who initiated the project and herself was on welfare as a young mother, shows what it will look like. Photo contributed. " width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) &ndash; A group of local poverty activists is launching a social media campaign to tackle the secrecy and stigma associated with receiving social assistance.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/fighting-welfare-stigma-social-media/33821" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/fighting-welfare-stigma-social-media/33821#comments Robert Devet Media Poverty #FacesOfNSWelfare Benefit Reform Action Group department of community services ESIA Jackie Torrens Wed, 19 Aug 2015 20:39:26 +0000 Robert DeVet 33821 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca