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ALLEY HEALTH FAIR Thursday Sept 17 – In the Alley behind Carnegie ( Main and Hastings) Vancouver Downtown Eastside

September 12, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

ALLEY HEALTH FAIR

Thursday Sept 17 – In the Alley behind Carnegie by Health Contact Centre

( Main and Hastings) Vancouver Downtown Eastside

12pm – 3pm

Food – Hot Food and Smoothies

Health – Beauty Night, Foot Soaks, Hair Cuts, Aboriginal Wellness, Massage, HIV Testing

Fun – Prizes, Druming, Red Fox

Other Useful Stuff – Welfare Assistance, BC Housing

Categories: AHA Media, April Smith, Carnegie Centre, Citizen Journalism, Downtown Eastside, Harm Reduction, Health, Health Contact Centre, Homelessness, Hyper Local Citizen Journalism, Media Event, Mobile Media Production, New Media, Outreach Workers, Social Media, Twitter, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside

2nd Annual LiveBlock Sneaker Drive in Gastown, Vancouver on Sept 13, 2009

September 11, 2009 ahamedia 2 comments

Donate a pair of your shoes on site at this year’s LiveBlock Party and with the help of the LifeSkills Centre and the Portland Hotel Society they will be distributed throughout the Downtown East Side to those who need them the most.

Adidas will once again be kicking off the donation with 175 pairs of new sneakers!

Sept 13th at the Live Block Party

In conjuction with PHS and VancouverisAwesome.com

Categories: AHA Media, April Smith, Citizen Journalism, Hyper Local Citizen Journalism, Lifeskills Centre, Media Event, Mobile Media Production, New Media, PHS, Social Media, Twitter, Vancouver Downtown Eastside, Youth

Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA working at his other job at One Stop Shop Cards and Games in Vancouver

September 9, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

Below are photos of Peter Davies and the game War Machine at One Stop Shop Cards and Games in Tinseltown Mall

http://www.onestopshopcardsandgames.com

Categories: AHA Media, April Smith, Citizen Journalism, Downtown, Hyper Local Citizen Journalism, Mobile Cameraphone Film and Video, Mobile Media Production, New Media, One Stop Shop Cards and Games, Peter Davies, Social Media, Tinseltown Mall, Twitter, Vancouver, Youth

AHA MEDIA is pleased to attend the luncheon for the introduction of DR. CHERYL GEISLER, SFU’s new Dean of Communication, Art & Technology in Vancouver

September 9, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

SFU

Dr. Michael Stevenson
President and Vice-Chancellor
Simon Fraser University

is pleased to invite you to a luncheon for
special friends of the university
to introduce

DR. CHERYL GEISLER

SFU’s new Dean of Communication, Art & Technology

Wednesday, September 9, 2009
11:45 am to 1:30 pm

Segal Centre room, Harbour Centre
515 West Hastings Street
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver

Categories: AHA Media, April Smith, Downtown, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Hastings Street, Hyper Local Citizen Journalism, Mobile Cameraphone Film and Video, Mobile Media Production, New Media, Nokia N95, SFU Simon Fraser University, Social Media, Twitter, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside, Women, Youth

AHA MEDIA speaks with Dave Dickson, former Vancouver Police Officer with several awards speaks on Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)

September 9, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

In this video, AHA MEDIA speaks with Dave Dickson, former Vancouver Police Officer with several awards, and hears his thoughts on the Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)

This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.