Upon receiving the Atkinson Economic Justice Award, Cathy Crowe declared, “I want to inspire and engage Canadians from all walks of life, to empathize and respond to the injustice of homelessness in their community and motivate them to become involved in calling for the solution – a national housing program” (http://cathycrowe.ca/ ). As the third speaker in the LAURIER100 Lives of Leadership and Purpose speaker series, Cathy will continue to inspire and engage by speaking about the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee (its declaration of homelessness as a national disaster and its demand that Canada end homelessness) (http://tdrc.net/) as well as her personal involvement in the anti-poverty movement, the rewards and the challenges.