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Community Dialogue on Thursday March 3 at St James Church in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
What are Community Benefits Agreements? Will they help our community?
Join us for a Community Dialogue on Thursday March 3 10 AM – 1 PM At St. James Church ( E. Cordova St @ Gore St )
Coffee, Tea and Snacks
Jean Swanson is the co-author of the Carnegie Community Action Project’s Vision for Change
Julian Gross has negotiation over a dozen community benefits agreements in California
Co-hosted by the DTES Neighbourhood Council and the Vancouver Urban Core Community Worker’s Association
And presented with the Building Leadership to Create Change Gathering
Almost Spring time and Street Soccer players in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
Below are photos of the first Cherry Blossoms of Spring in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
Below are photos our Street Soccer team players with some members of AHA MEDIA
AHA MEDIA at the 25th anniversary of Tim Hortons Roll Up the Rim to Win event in Vancouver
Over 47 million prizes this year are what Canadians can look forward to winning from Tim Hortons during the 25th anniversary of Roll Up
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Roll Up, Tim Hortons partnered with Harris/Decima to conduct a survey to determine how many Canadians can roll their r’s. Surprisingly, only 56 per cent of Canadians can roll their r’s—who knew!
Some interesting stats found for Vancouver:
· 32% of British Columbians cannot roll their ‘r’
· Second highest percentage of Canadians who can roll their ‘r’ can be found in British Columbia-58%
· 25% of respondents in Vancouver felt those who speak Scottish would be best at rolling their ‘r’
· 26% of Vancouverites can roll their ‘r’ for a whole 6-10 seconds
Below is a photo and video of Dr. Allison Benner, a linguist and phonetician, who speaks about the art and science of rolling your r.
Below is a photo of Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA after he won a Free Coffee from Tim Hortons Roll Up
20th Annual DTES Womens Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women
“Their Spirits Live Within Us”: Annual Women’s Memorial March for Murdered and Missing Women
In January 1991 a woman was murdered on Powell Street. Her name is not spoken today out of respect for the wishes of her family. This woman’s murder in particular was the catalyst that moved women into action. Out of this sense of hopelessness and anger came an annual march on Valentine’s Day to express compassion, community, and caring for all women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Coast Salish Territories.
Decades later, the march continues to honour the lives of missing and murdered women. This event is organized and led by women in the DTES because women, especially Indigenous women, face physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual violence on a daily basis. The heinous and unimaginable violence that have taken the lives of so many has left a deep void in our hearts. We gather each year to mourn and remember our sisters by listening to their family members, by taking over the streets, and through spiritual ceremonies.
Increasing deaths of many vulnerable women from the DTES still leaves family, friends, loved ones, and community members with an overwhelming sense of grief and loss. Every year the list of women going missing also increases. Over 3000 women are known to have gone missing or been murdered in Canada since the 1970s. Last year, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women issued this statement: “Hundreds of cases involving aboriginal women who have gone missing or been murdered in the past two decades have neither been fully investigated nor attracted priority attention.”
The February 14th Women’s Memorial March is an opportunity to come together to grieve the loss of our beloved sisters, remember the women who are still missing, and to dedicate ourselves to justice. Please join us.
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Rocky Dal Passo’s update on his beloved cat Alicia who was thrown out of a 5 story window who is going through a $5,000 operation!
Rocky Dal Passo has some good news about his beloved cat Alicia: Enough money was raised thanks to the generosity of the public for Alicia to start her operation on her broken back legs!
Thank you everyone who donated! 🙂
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