UPDATE (May 9): The survey is now closed. Thanks to the more than 2300 Winnipeggers who participated!
In the last two weeks, almost 1700 Winnipeggers have responded to the Urban Exchange poverty survey with enthusiasm and a lot of sincere thought. THANK YOU to everyone who’s shared their opinions so far.
The poverty survey is open until May 8th. If you haven’t weighed in yet, please take five minutes to participate.
We want to hear from everyone – if you know of a group we should reach out to, we’re open to your suggestions! Here’s a snapshot of how the survey has been shared so far:
- With students – - we’ve been out to University of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg, and Red River College. In total more than 200 post-secondary students have participated so far.
- With workplaces and labour unions – hundreds of employees have completed the survey because they received an invitation to participate.
- Through local media – the Winnipeg Free Press and the Canstar Weeklies generously donated space to print the survey so that all of their readers would have access to it.
- Through blogs, Twitter and Facebook – local blog ChrisD.ca featured the survey a couple of weeks ago. Winnipeg 0′ My Heart linked out to MyCityMySay.ca, driving traffic to our site and helping to build awareness about Urban Exchange. Winnipeg Twitter users shared the survey with their friends (thanks @AceBurpeeShow, @DZanke, @scrapbuker, @CMBSCca and anyone else we’ve missed!) And a lot of folks have posted a link to the survey on their Facebook profiles.
- In person – thanks to a handful of local community groups, we’re training community residents to interview their friends and neighbours.
We’re also setting up at various locations around the city – the Ellice Café & Theatre is just one example. We’ll be there on May 4 from 8:30 – 10:30 am. Coffee’s on us if you fill out a survey while you’re there.
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