The Dorothy O'Connell Monument to Anti-Poverty Activism

Dorothy O'Connell is an activist, author, playwright, wife, mother of five children, friend and poet laureate of the poor. The monument that bears her name honours her anti-poverty work, and focuses attention on the issue of ending poverty. The image is a slice of bread with a house removed from it. The removed piece forms a podium and bears the title of the monument, eloquently symbolizing the hard choices poverty imposes on people. The monument is located on Ottawa City Hall grounds on Lisgar near Elgin.

Avec
la pauvreté
pas d'égalité

L'égalité
met fin à
la pauvreté

D. O'Connell

Poverty
stops
equality

Equality
stops
poverty

D. O'Connell