The StreetLevel IV Conference is now progress!
Please click here to visit the Streetlevel Conference Blog and comment on the Plenary sessions and Workshops
Please click here to visit the StreetLevel Arts Blog and share your experiences and images!”
March 25 to 28, 2009
The Westin Hotel, Downtown Ottawa, Ontario
From March 25 to March 28 2009, hundreds of delegates from across the country will once again gather at the Westin Hotel in downtown Ottawa.
Street Level is a national conference designed to network, resource, encourage and equip those who work among homeless and street-involved youth and adults, or are interested in engaging in relevant social justice issues.
This conference is presented by StreetLevel: the National Roundtable on Poverty and Homelessness. We will build on the success of the previous Street Level Conferences, in particular, the most recent in 2006, the theme of which was ‘Truthtellers and Peacemakers’.
The theme for Street Level 4 is “A Legacy of Justice”. The following statement will inspire and inform every element of the conference, from speakers and sessions, to music, to artwork and design:
“The truest hallmark of real justice is that every person, regardless of economics, age or culture, has the extraordinary opportunity to leave a legacy of meaning; legacies of hope, redemption, restoration, reconciliation, relationship – indelible imprints of truthtelling and peacemaking. Justice, demonstrated and experienced, always leaves a legacy.”
Legacy implies a history, a responsibility. It something you can build and yet do, something we give and receive. Mark your calendars, register early and plan to join with us again in the nation’s capital as we explore together what it means to create and leave a legacy of justice…