Rebound Owen Sound is pleased to invite the media and the public to a municipal election readiness meeting featuring a presentation by Peggy Nash, former Member of Parliament for Parkdale-High Park: Wednesday, July 27, 7:00 pm, at Harmony Centre, Owen Sound.

This event kicks off the third meeting of Rebound Owen Sound, a community engagement organization that is seeking and supporting creative, energetic candidates for City Council for the October 24 city election.

Peggy will speak about the challenges facing people, especially women, when they run for political office - and their even bigger challenges when they win. Her personal experiences as a labour leader and two-term MP are detailed in a her just-published book, Women Winning Office: An Activist's Guide to Getting Elected, that has been heralded as "a highly accessible comment on women’s leadership, power, and social change in a society fraught with inequalities … and a tremendous resource that all women with an interest in politics should check out."

We are convinced that there is an appetite for change in Owen Sound. While we absolutely love our fair city and delight in the forests and farms that surround us, we have felt frustration at the inability of our current City Council to come to grips with the climate crisis, a growing housing crisis, highly visible poverty and addictions, and a deteriorating downtown core – to name just a few of the issues that require urgent action.

For further information please check out our LeadNow site: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/rebound-owen-sound?share=98e85167-2235-47a2-bcac-314429e7e91

source: Michael Craig  and Jan Chamberlain, Co-Chairs, Rebound Owen Sound