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From Homelessness to Homeownership: Today, we celebrate Victoria!
Our team at Equal Chance is thrilled to share that Victoria, a woman who lived in the Tabor building, taking care of her four children...
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Equal Chance
- Jun 17, 2022
- 1 min
A success story: A mother finds a home, went back to school and graduated this week!
Many of you may remember the story of Judith Nlenzo, a hard working single mother who resided at the Tabor building shelter struggling to...
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Equal Chance
- Jun 17, 2022
- 1 min
Moving families into their forever home: The work doesn't stop at Equal Chance
For the past years, Equal Chance has been working hard to advocate for housing and better living conditions for homeless Black families...
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Equal Chance
- Mar 4, 2022
- 2 min
#BringOurPeopleHome: Equal Chance is proud to lead the coalition of international Black organization
#BringOurPeopleHome The situation in Ukraine is alarming. No human should ever have to fear for their lives. War should never be an...
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Equal Chance
- Dec 9, 2021
- 2 min
EQUAL CHANCE RECEIVES THE OTTAWA CRIME PREVENTION OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
We are honored to share that our organization received the 2021 Outstanding Achievement Award from Ottawa Crime Prevention for our Crime...
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Equal Chance
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
EQUIPPING BLACK HOMELESS YOUTH WITH COMPUTERS THANKS TO THE OTTAWA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Our team at Equal Chance was very happy to partner with COMPUCORPS and Sky's the Limit Youth Organization thanks to the Ottawa Community...
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Equal Chance
- Aug 20, 2021
- 1 min
FREE HAIR CUTS FOR CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY THANKS TO PROPHETIC CUTZ
Getting a hair cut is easy for many of us, but for a lot of children in shelters across the city, it's not. Many of them expressed the...
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Equal Chance
- Aug 2, 2021
- 1 min
A BIKE CLUB THAT SUPPORTS THE MENTAL HEALTH OF HOMELESSS AND LOW INCOME CHILDREN
In June, thanks to the support of community members and Mr. Howard Stanley, our organization was able to provide 40 bikes to homeless and...
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Equal Chance
- Jul 1, 2021
- 1 min
A SWEET ENDING FOR A YOUNG HOMELESS FAMILY
At the end of May our team was contacted by a 22 year old man and his girlfriend who were just kicked out of their apartment with their 5...
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Equal Chance
- Jun 30, 2021
- 1 min
THE STRENGTH WITHIN ME: AN EQUAL CHANCE DOCU SERIES ON OVEROMING RACISM
Co-produced by 12 year old Devlin Taillon, Black is an honor: The strength within us will showcase the empowering stories of Black people...
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Equal Chance
- Jun 21, 2021
- 2 min
HELPING END HOMELESSNESS: ONE FAMILY AT A TIME; THE SUCCESS STORIES OF 4 FAMILIES
Over the past two years, our team at Equal Chance has worked with many homeless families, children, youth and individuals. Our goal is to...
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Equal Chance
- May 11, 2021
- 3 min
1067 HEADPHONES DELIVERED SO FAR THANKS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WE ARE STILL GOING!
Our team is very grateful for all the people from across the country who have been mailing headphones and sending contributions to help...
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Equal Chance
- Apr 12, 2021
- 2 min
FIRST BATCH OF HEADPHONES DELIVERED: AN EMOTIONAL AND HAPPY MOMENT FOR MANY CHILDREN AND YOUTH!
At the beginning of April/ end of March, we made a call for headphones for homeless children in temporary housing. Many of you are...
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Equal Chance
- Apr 1, 2021
- 1 min
FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM: CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOOD FOR LOW INCOME AND HOMELESS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
Our Food security program is on-going. Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have supported over 1000 members of the community by...
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Equal Chance
- Mar 31, 2021
- 1 min
HEADPHONES FOR HOMELESS BLACK CHILDREN IN TEMPORARY HOUSING
This week, Equal Chance is doing a call for Headphones for homeless Black Children in temporary housing. As some of you may know, many of...
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Equal Chance
- Mar 3, 2021
- 1 min
Speaking up for homeless black families in Vanier: A collective responsibility.
Over the past years, a big part of our work at Equal Chance has been dedicated to supporting homeless BIPOC families across the city of...
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Equal Chance
- Dec 21, 2020
- 1 min
Holidays Gifts of Hope : Bringing back a sense of Hope to Homeless families thanks to Otto's
On December 19, 2020, thanks to the Otto's group (Otto's Subaru and Otto's BMW) our team at Equal Chance was able to bring back a sense...
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Equal Chance
- Nov 26, 2020
- 1 min
EQUAL CHANCE LAUNCHES ITS CITY WIDE ANTI-RACISM CAMPAIGN
In October, Equal Chance launched it's anti-racism campaign around the city of Ottawa with the participation for children, youth and...
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Equal Chance
- Oct 27, 2020
- 1 min
I HAVE NO WORDS - THESE ARE MY WORDS: CHALLENGING RACISM- A COMMUNITY DIALOGUE
On October 25th, Equal Chance hosted our community healing circle/ anti-racism dialogue with members of the community, youth, children,...
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Equal Chance
- Oct 26, 2020
- 1 min
EQUAL CHANCE'S AFRO WORLD WELCOMES OVER 7 000 PEOPLE FROM HOME FOR THE 2020 ONLINE FESTIVAL
On October 24, 2020, the LIVE Stream of the 2020 AFRO WORLD FEST of the Equal Chance foundation welcomed over 7 000 people who watched...
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