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A Brighter Future For All

Waterloo Listens is a group of neighbors working to advance education, empathy, mutual accountability, and justice for all.

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On July 10th, 2024, Paul Pecha asked the Waterloo Park Board to accept Waterloo Listens’ request to install a Peace Pole in one of Waterloo’s parks.

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Who we are

We are a group of neighbors working to build our community around values of inclusiveness. Visit about us to learn more.

What we do

All kinds of stuff. See our timeline for a record of our progress.

Education

Education produces people who are open-minded, independent, self-possessed, and courageous. They can question their society, choose for themselves how to improve it, and resist manipulation and oppression wherever they find it.

Empathy

In order to be united across backgrounds, generations, and cultures, people must respect and care for each other. This requires us to learn how to de-center ourselves, and accept and support others for who they are, not for what we want them to be.

Mutual Accountability

Humans make mistakes. But mistakes can be learned from if we hold each other accountable. To do that we must be forgiving, patient, and kind, so that when we make mistakes we know we can count on each other to help us do better, not leave us behind.

Justice For All

In a country founded on principles of equality and which promises to all its citizens life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, we must be vigilant for attempts to undermine civil and human rights by attacking the most vulnerable in our society.