Scripture Untangled

Season 7: Episode 15 | Angie Peters | Do Simple Acts of Kindness Make an Impact?

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Watch or listen to Angie Peters, President and CEO of Toronto’s Yonge Street Mission being interviewed by seasoned journalist Lorna Dueck. Angie is an inspiring and collaborative leader in Toronto’s social sector serving the communities where she grew up. She shares about her early life and how simple acts of kindness helped break generational poverty in her own family. In 2024, Angie launched her new book, Just Act: We are the Solution to Poverty.

Angie Peters

Angie Peters is an inspiring and collaborative leader in Toronto’s social sector serving the communities where she grew up. In 2003, Angie left her executive role in telecommunications to work towards ending poverty. She founded ZOË Alliance, an international social enterprise, before joining Toronto’s Yonge Street Mission in 2013 as President and CEO. In 2022, she hosted a Poverty Hack-a-Thon that has since birthed a city-wide multi-sector collaboration that is creating trust, action and momentum to build communities where everyone can thrive.

In 2024, Angie became a published author with the launch of her new book, Just Act: We are the Solution to Poverty, an inspirational guide for people, businesses and community organizations concerned about poverty to develop a measurable action plan to help address poverty.

Visit justact.ca to learn more and download supporting materials.

Lorna was a regular commentary writer on faith and public life in Canada’s leading national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, and is a frequent media commentator. She has travelled the world reporting on church-led response to humanitarian crisis.

Lorna earned a Master of Arts in Evangelism and Leadership from Wheaton College. She has received honorary doctorate degrees from Trinity, Tyndale and Briercrest Universities. Lorna has received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for contributions to Canadian society.

Lorna and her husband Vern live in the Toronto suburbs, have been married over three decades, and delight in the adventures of their grown son and daughter.

Learn more about Lorna Dueck

Twitter: twitter.com/lornadueck

Website: lornadueckcreative.com