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 * Change: On the streets where we live
 * Bridging gaps
 * It takes a neighbourhood
 * Six ways we are working in neighbourhoods
 * Neighbourhoods in action
 * Inclusive communities powered by inclusive philanthropy

 * Stewardship
 * Disbursements
 *   Download audited financial statements
   




CHANGE:
ON THE STREETS
WHERE WE LIVE




LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

United Way Greater Toronto humbly acknowledges that it operates on the
traditional territory of many Indigenous nations, such as the Wendat,
Anishnaabeg, and Haudenosaunee. We recognize and uphold the rights of Indigenous
communities, acknowledging the ancestral and unceded territories of the Inuit,
Métis and First Nations peoples throughout Turtle Island. Tkaronto is home to a
growing community of urban Indigenous peoples, including those from the Inuit,
Métis and First Nations. We recognize that the Greater Toronto Area is covered
by several treaties, such as Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit First
Nation and the Williams Treaties with seven First Nations, including the
Chippewas of Georgina Island. We respect Indigenous teachings and commit to
fulfilling our obligations to the land and one another. Our commitment is
grounded in the principles of Truth and Reconciliation and the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.


MESSAGE FROM DANIELE

Where do you live? The quick answer may be Mississauga or Vaughan or Toronto.
But the truth is, the place our hearts and minds go when we think about where we
actually live is likely a neighbourhood.

It is our home, be it an apartment or house, rented or owned, and so much more.
The school our children attend and the place where we worship or volunteer. The
corner store where we pick up milk or chapati. The park where we play
basketball. The stop where we catch the bus or GO train to work. The hub where
we get counselling, take mom for her seniors’ social or learn English.

It's a simple ideal. Yet for far too many, that home, that neighbourhood, is
simply unattainable.

We know that because for 67 years, United Way has been supporting people through
daily challenges. More recently through a once-in-a-generation pandemic. And
since, through the sustained urgent needs and multiple crises—in affordability,
housing, mental health and more—that have become emblematic of this
post-pandemic malaise.

We have learned how broken so many of the systems we have lived by are. And how
for many, particularly those from Indigenous, Black and racialized communities,
they never worked at all, but only reinforced barriers to opportunity and those
basic building blocks of a good life.

And we’ve come to understand that it is incumbent on all of us not just to care,
but to act to fix those systems so that everyone enjoys a fair chance. Because
while poverty impacts those experiencing it most, it costs us all: taxing our
economy, social and health services; undermining the collective livability of
our communities; and eroding our sense of stability, social cohesion, even
democracy. That is what is at stake.

We have seen the cracks in our community become crevices. Tragically, hunger and
homelessness on the streets where we live have become commonplace. And while we
know it is not who we are, it is indeed where we are today. We cannot linger
here.

Nor have we.

At United Way Greater Toronto, we are deepening our efforts and evolving our
focus to address inequities and build a more just future. We are leaning into
the neighbourhoods where we’ve always worked, building on decades of meeting
urgent needs. And we are leading local solutions that drive systemic and
structural change. At the neighbourhood level. And on a human scale.

Our mission is to make those basics that foster well-being and belonging—safe
housing; stable income and employment; local services, recreation and
opportunities for engagement—accessible to everyone.

On the streets where we live—wherever we live. All of us.

Always and only,



Daniele Zanotti
President & CEO
United Way Greater Toronto

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 * Change: On the streets where we live
 * Bridging gaps
 * It takes a neighbourhood
 * Six ways we are working in neighbourhoods
 * Neighbourhoods in action
 * Inclusive communities powered by inclusive philanthropy

 * Stewardship
 * Disbursements
 *  Download audited financial statements
   

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