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title: "WEBINAR | Getting Equity on the Political Agenda: Strategies at the Local Level"
description: This webinar recording featured a conversation about what local roundtables and equity-seeking groups are doing to get their voices heard.
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# [WEBINAR | Getting Equity on the Political Agenda: Strategies at the Local Level](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/webinar-getting-equity-on-the-political-agenda)

 Written by [the Tamarack Institute](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/author/tamarack-institute) | October 3, 2022

This webinar recording featured a conversation about what local roundtables and equity-seeking groups are doing to get their voices heard and bring equity and social justice to the forefront as part of the democratic process.

It was facilitated by Rowan Burdge, Provincial Director for the [BC Poverty Reduction Coalition](https://www.bcpovertyreduction.ca/).

*For an overview of the questions asked during the webinar, please see the YouTube description. *

 

### Speakers:

- Jill Zacharias, Tamarack Institute
- Rowan Burdge, [BC Poverty Reduction Coalition](https://www.bcpovertyreduction.ca/)
- Lorna Howat, Volunteer, [Community Action Network](https://www.bcpovertyreduction.ca/can)
- Mumbi Maina, Volunteer, [Black Community Action Network](https://www.facebook.com/BVMcanada/)
- Kristin Crane, [United Way Perth-Huron](https://perthhuron.unitedway.ca/community-resources/social-research-planning-council/)

 

 Click here to access the slides from this presentation.

 

### Deepen your learning:

- See the United Way of Perth County's [Municipal Election Toolkit for Candidates on Social Justice Issues](https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/67001499/2022-06-09-municipal-election-toolkit-for-candidates)

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