Immediate Release

The Waterloo Region Community Coalition (WRCC) is a new coalition of progressive grassroots organizations in Waterloo Region. Our coalition aspires to bring together all local working-class organizations who are organizing and struggling towards a community and a world free from oppression. We see sharply rising concentration of power into ever fewer hands and growing setbacks to the working class. At the same time, we have an incredibly rich community of grassroots leaders and groups among the peoples of Waterloo Region, but remain rather splintered and divided in our efforts. It is essential we create spaces and mechanisms to come together to identify and unite around common causes. Through this we can fight growing societal divisions, by forging deeper trust and solidarity between groups and just as importantly, among the broader community as a whole. [...]