Eglinton Allen Community Association (EACA) is an emerging resident-led grassroots group. We aim to bridge together neighbours and build community.
Contact: Hi.EACA@Gmail.com // (647) 905-0572
Current leads: Cheryll Case (West of Allen) and Happie Micah Edwards (East of Allen)
We are in the early days of forming.
Ongoing and Upcoming:
Gathering feedback on what residents desire to see happen in our neighbourhood (ie. food growing, arts/culture, real estate development, sports/recreation)
Community Dinner
Collecting signatures for affordable housing on Belgravia Avenue
Sports/Activity day in Walter Saunders Memorial Park
Mapping out local developments in the neighbourhood
Building out membership and organizational governance
Some key words that describe how we want to organize together:
Sustainable
Well-resourced
Clearly bounded
Relational
Life-affirming
Strength-based
Aligned
Leaderfull
Capacity mindful
Some key words that describe the impact we want to have:
Impact driven
Supporting one another (different orgs over lapping)
Build community connections and core sense of community (village vibes)
Affordability - Accessibility
Mutual Aid
Arts and Culture
Generates Volunteerism
Creative collective action
Improve the lives of our residents and shift systematic policies for a better future.
Building Bridges among cultures, faiths and belief systems.
Promote impact on wellbeing for residence.