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Movement for Citizens Voice and Action fonds

  • MS-11-1
  • Fonds
  • 1967-1982
Fonds consists of a wide range of records from both MOVE and MOVE coalition members, consisting of administrative records to material on social issues. Records include meeting minutes from the board and staff; material on operations; records on funding and finances; material on activities and participation of MOVE such as conferences, seminars, and workshops; various material on internal committees and external committees; various material on MOVE coalition member groups; resource and reference material that made up much of MOVE's library as well as research information they used for various publications for citizen awareness. In addition, the above records contain material that target many social issues such as environment, human rights, poverty, unemployment, city planning, and transit issues.

Movement for Citizens Voice and Action

External committees and associations

Series contains material from committees that MOVE participated in but were not founded by MOVE. The committees include the Downtown Committee, Drug Committee, Municipal Development Planning Committee (MDPC), Regional Government Committee, Neighborhood Planning Committee, Metropolitan Area Planning Committee (MAPC), Neighborhood Housing Association (NHA), Committee of Regional Social Planning, Dartmouth Association of Community, Save the Lakes Committee, and Housing Task Force.

Resource and reference material

While MOVE was active, the organization served as a reference and resource library which contained publications by activist groups across Canada, as well as the publications from MOVE's coalition member groups, which this series contains. In addition, the resource and reference material contains articles, instructional material (such as funding kits), bills and ordinances, newspaper clippings on current issues and MOVE, and informational material on pressing concerns such as environment, civil rights, women's' rights, poverty, housing, rent control, and nuclear energy.

MOVE committees

Deries contains material of all the internal committees of MOVE including:

Personnel committee Planning committee Environment committee Media task force Communications committee Internal education committee Steering committees Training committee Ad hoc committees Citizens Involvement committee.

The material includes reports, minutes, correspondence, research material, workbooks, and press releases.

Dartmouth public transit

Series contains material related to the issues pertinent to Dartmouth public transportation. Much of the content in this series is reference material in support of implementing public transportation based on how other cities in Canada used it. In addition, this series contains material on MOVE's involvement in bringing awareness of the need of a public transit system in Dartmouth to the public.

Operations

Series contains records that document the efforts to establish MOVE and promote and work on the organization's mission.This series also features the internal operations of MOVE and their participation with the Local Employment Assistant Program (LEAP) and Transferring Participatory Resources (TPR) project; as well as conferences, seminars, and workshops that MOVE conducted and/or participated in.

MOVE coalition member groups

Series contains material on MOVE's coalition member groups including the Canadian Youth Hostel Association, Ecology Action Centre, Harbour Drive North Committee, Dalhousie Legal Aid, Children's CO-OP, Continuous Learning Association of Nova Scotia, 3 Villages Recreation Group, Cole Harbour Environment Committee, Coalition for Developement, Dartmouth Youth Services, Halifax-Dartmouth Coalition for Development, Downtown Halifax Business Association, East Coast Community School, Gay Alliance for Equality, Halifax Welfare Rights, Interaction, Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, Metro Area Family Planning Association, Halifax Neighborhood Center, Northend Community Health Association, Nova Scotia Public Housing Tenants Association, New Options School, Ward 5 Resources Council, Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Northwest Arm Community Planning Association, One Parent Family Association, Purcell's Cove Community Association, Save the Playground Committee, Teled Video Services Association, Union of Nova Scotia Indians, Upper Hammond Plains Community Development Association, Victoria Road Tenants Association, Voice of Women, Women's Centre, Catholic Social Services Commission, and Pine Grove Community School.

Material includes correspondence with MOVE, publications, meeting minutes, memorandums, press releases, and reports.

Meeting minutes

Subseries contains meeting minutes predominantly of the MOVE board meetings. Other meeting minutes in this subseries feature general membership meetings, steering committee meetings, and board and staff meetings.

Conferences, workshops, and seminars

Subseries contains records related to conferences, workshops, and seminars organized or attended by members of MOVE. Topics include social security, parks and recreation, energy, government and elections, community leadership, access to information, fundraising, and other subjects.
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