--- title: The Latest | Communities Ending Poverty description: Communities Ending Poverty | --- [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=200&height=47&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) # The Latest Contribute. We love to hear your thoughts, your musings and your latest work. Please share with us! [![Write a post](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1) #### Subscribe. Be in the know. Get the latest updates about community change and building vibrant communities. 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[Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/financially-vulnerable-fight-to-rebuild-financial-health?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/calgary-ryunosuke-kikuno-widescreen-1.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/vibrant-communities-calgary-incorporating-a-blackfoot-worldview?hsLang=en-us) ### [Vibrant Communities Calgary: Incorporating a Blackfoot Worldview](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/vibrant-communities-calgary-incorporating-a-blackfoot-worldview?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Vibrant Communities Calgary](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/vibrant-communities-calgary) on April 14, 2023 *[Vibrant Communities Calgary](https://enoughforall.ca/) ’s vision is a community where there is enough for all. They create opportunities to align and leverage the work of hundreds of organizations and thousands of Calgarians to reduce poverty in their city.* [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/vibrant-communities-calgary-incorporating-a-blackfoot-worldview?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Hands-together.png) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/together-for-strength-policy-change-and-community?hsLang=en-us) ### [Together for Strength, Policy Change, and Community](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/together-for-strength-policy-change-and-community?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [the Tamarack Institute](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/tamarack-institute) on April 5, 2023   *This blog post was written by [Danya Pastuszek](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/danya-pastuszek?hsLang=en-us), [Alison Homer](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/alisonhomer?hsLang=en-us), and [Justin Williams.](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/justinwilliams?hsLang=en-us)* * * In 2020, hundreds of you contributed to Tamarack’s [Future Search](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/en-ca/tamarack-2030?hsLang=en-us). That process surfaced an aspiration to use the power of our network to shape a public policy plan and name [shifting policy and advocating for systems change](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Tamarack%202030%20Future%20Search/Tamarack%20Strategy%202030.pdf?hsCtaTracking=9b09d456-b738-45d1-ba62-e894fde94630%7Cf83e08fc-4c76-4972-a920-d43d91bae77a&hsLang=en-us) as one of Tamarack’s three strategic priorities. 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