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About OPICCO
Ontario Project for Inter-Clinic Community Organizing (OPICCO)
Ontario's legal clinic system was created through the efforts of people across the province who demanded free legal services and a stronger voice in government. OPICCO was created in 2002 to ensure that community organizing remains a central part of the work that legal clinics across Ontario do. Membership in OPICCO is open only to legal clinic staff, board members or clinic delegates. Members include social workers, community legal workers, lawyers, clinic directors, office managers and board members representing clinics across the province.
OPICCO members meet annually and have also formed committees that meet more regularly to:
- lobby for dedicated funding and staff time for community development in all Ontario legal clinics
- promote and develop opportunities for community development training
- share community organizing resources with clinic staff, low-income activists and community advocates
- encourage clinic staff to share and discuss community development strategies regionally and across Ontario
- develop better ways of measuring the value and effectiveness of community organizing
For information on OPICCO's mandate and structure see the attached files below.
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| OPICCO_MandateStatement_Approved_Sept2004.doc | 20.5 KB |
| OPICCO Structure - Revised June 2007.doc | 30.5 KB |
Become a Member of OPICCO
As a member of OPICCO you can gain access to the OPICCO "Member's Only" section of this web site, which includes information on the activities of OPICCO's committees, meetings and reports. You will also be able to add and view comments on various pages of the web site.
To become a member of OPICCO, you must be on the staff or board of an Ontario legal clinic or be named as a legal clinic's delegate to OPICCO. To become a member: Contact Us.
OPICCO Partners and Supporters
CLEONet is a project of Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO). CLEONet news headlines and resource feeds are featured throughout the
OPICCO site. For hundreds of additional resources from organizations across Ontario on legal topics affecting low-income and
disadvantaged communities, visit CLEONet at www.cleonet.ca.
Funding for this initiative was made available through a grant from
Legal Aid Ontario
.