Life on the Cheque

                                                                                                                                   Steven C. Stewart

Soulbird aims to give a voice to the those who are suffering injustice. We are very pleased to support the making of Soulbird Elaine Power’s social critique documentary Life on the Cheque. We are excited about the anti-poverty organizing and other social action possibilities offered by this project upon its completion. In the relatively affluent North American society, poverty is very often a much-overlooked social and economic injustice, especially for women and children who are living in circumstances that sometimes further prevent and stigmatize them from emerging from lifelong struggles with poverty. In supporting Life on the Cheque, Soulbird hopes to bring the poignant portraits of single mothers living in poverty, to a wider public that may not be aware of this social and economic injustice, and to engage diverse communities in an ongoing discourse about ways to combat poverty – not just in North America, but around the world.