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Extraordinary acts are not reserved for the special few. The vast majority of people are making the world a better and more beautiful place. 

That’s why I write  – to celebrate the love and creativity of so called ordinary people. Someone or something they care about is vulnerable, under siege or in trouble, and they have no choice but to respond. Their actions are expressions of the heart.

I am optimistic about what we can do together when everyone’s gifts, talents and love are enabled and welcomed. 

~ Al

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Courage to Care: Ripples of Love in Action

Courage to Care is a curated collection of 140 fiercely personal reflections, poems, paintings, photos, graphic illustrations, song lyrics, and food recipes about receiving and giving care. They illustrate the extent and vibrancy of caring taking place in Canada. The hard truths and the sticky love. They show caring as it is, neither heroic and saintly nor devastating and hopeless, especially when supports are available.

Courage to Care:
  • Shines a light on natural caring as the invisible and indispensable force that connects Canadians to each other and the living world.
  • Reminds readers they are not alone, and that they are part of a mighty and majestic network of caring people.
  • Reveals caring as a unifying force in Canada.
  • Invites all Canadians to join a national conversation about caring.

Courage to Care will be published by the Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network in support of the wonderful work of the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence.

Disability Without Poverty and the Canada Disability Benefit

In 2020 I was involved with a group of disabled people who were determined to end the extreme poverty experienced by too many disabled people. They became Disability Without Poverty. Their immediate goal was to lobby into existence the world’s first basic income supplement.
They were successful. The Canada Disability Benefit Act was passed unanimously in the House of Commons and received Royal Assent in June 2023. The work continues. Including to expand eligibility to all disabled Canadians who are poor, simplify enrolment and to increase the amount of the benefit.

Read more and follow their progress here.