Jeff Green | Sep 22, 2005
Feature Article - September 22, 2005
Home | Local Weather | Editorial Policy
Feature Article
September 22, 2005. | Navigate | .
ArchiveImage GalleryAlgonquin Land Claims
Gray MerriamLegaleseGeneral information and opinion on legal topics by Rural Legal ServicesNature Reflectionsby Jean GriffinNight Skiesby Leo Enright
Walk to end poverty
Augusto Paez (click image for larger view)
Augusto
Paez, an anti-poverty activist from Ottawa, passed through the Land o’
Lakes this week while walking from Ottawa to Peterborough to raise
awareness about poverty in Canada. Paez is a member of SWAN (The
Somerset Western Anti-Poverty Network), a self help group in the
Somerset Region of Ottawa. Paez, who lives on a disability pension
himself, decided to do the walk because he felt frustrated with the
political reponse SWAN has been receiving from governent in the
struggle for a dignified life for the working poor and people living on
assistance. “I
had to do something,” Paez says of his decision to undertake the walk,
which will end when Paez joins with a group from Peterborough for a
rally in Toronto at the end of September.Paez
says he is mindful of this week being the 25th anniversary of the Terry
Fox Marathon of Hope. “I looked at pictures of Terry Fox, and thought
about his struggle, and I thought, I have two legs; if he could run on
one leg, I can walk on two.”
More Stories