On September 5, 2007 the Colour of Justice Network announced the launching of the Colour of Poverty Campaign - a province-wide community-based effort to help raise public awareness about the serious problem of poverty within the racialized communities of Ontario.

“We call this the Colour of Poverty Campaign because today in Ontario, those who are poor are most likely to be people of colour. While there has been increasing awareness among the general public about the growing disparity between the rich and the poor, few people realize that poverty in this province impacts communities differently,” says Avvy Go, Clinic Director of Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic (MTCSEALC).

“Racialized communities are experiencing a disproportionate level of poverty. In Toronto, they are three times more likely to be poor than others because of the barriers and challenges they face in the job market” explains Grace-Edward Galabuzi, a professor at Ryerson University and the author of Canada’s Economic Apartheid – The Social Exclusion of Racialized Groups in the New Century.

In addition to the MTCSEALC, the project is a joint effort of several organizations and groups including :

• African Canadian Legal Clinic
• Canadian Arab Federation
• Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter
• Hispanic Development Council
• Karuna Community Services
• Midaynta Community Services
• Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
• South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO).

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