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AHA MEDIA at the scene of Little Mountain housing complex fire in Vancouver on Wednesday November 10, 2009

November 11, 2009 ahamedia 1 comment

AHA MEDIA responded to a tweet by Vancouver Sun on twitter who announced that

RT @VancouverSun Blaze breaks out at Little Mountain housing firefighters are battling a two-alarm blaze at t..http://bit.ly/aX4Az

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AHA MEDIA remembers when Little Mountain Co-op had an Art – In to raise awareness of the situation – “Artists and community members want to stop the demolition of the 224 homes at Little Mountain and have them re-opened for families in need of affordable housing”

Please see AHA MEDIA’s post of the Art – In dated January 12, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/yfpx8s7

AHA MEDIA arrived on the scene after the Vancouver Sun’s tweet on twitter and spoke to a reliable source onsite who said:

“The Fire had occured between 6pm – 7pm. Workers were finishing up for the day from cutting metal. and the fire happened…There is No Conspiracy Theory!”

Below are photos from the scene

AHA MEDIA asked if there was anyone hurt, the reliable source said “No!”

Categories: AHA Media, April Smith, Citizen Journalism, Housing, Media Coverage, Mobile Media Production, New Media, Social Media, Twitter, Vancouver, Vancouver Sun

April Smith of AHA MEDIA was very proud to be invited to speak about social media for social justice activisim with BCGEU members in North Vancouver

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April Smith of AHA MEDIA was very proud to be invited to speak about social media for social justice activisim with BCGEU members at the Holiday Inn in North Vancouver, B.C.

BCGEU – BC Government and Service Employees Union http://www.bcgeu.ca

BCGEU is holding their fall Labour Institute in early November, which is a three-day school with an academic stream and a campaigns stream. This time BCGEU’s campaigns stream is just for young workers (under 30).

April Smith will be speaking on how she got involved in social justice activism, how she uses social media in social justice activism and why it’s valuable, and a bit about the projects she’s worked on or are working on currently.

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Below is a photo of April Smith standing by ” Today Events” where it mentions BCGEU is in the Seymour Room

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Below is a photo of Doug Dykens welcoming the BCGEU members!

In this video is an Introduction to BCGEU Young Workers event at Holiday Inn in North Vancouver with Doug Dykens and Leah Squance, where April Smith of AHA MEDIA is to give a speech on how she uses social media for social justice activism.

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 or Facebook.com/AprilFilms

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Below is a photo of April Smith speaking:

I feel that using social media nowadays is a very fast, effective and inexpensive way to engage your audience, whether it be a targeted one or a more broad spectrum. One can control how your information is given out and how you and your company is represented. You no longer have to wait for the traditional media or PR agents to talk about you.. You can do that yourself in the best possible way… You are your own best cheerleader – It bridges the gaps, democratizes media information and helps bring everyone together in a dynamic interactive way – through a participatory way online.

There is obviously a lot more to be said and learned about this. Here is my best advice:

“The best way to learn is to get actively engaged and I hope that I have inspired you!”

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Below is a photo of April Smith receiving a BCGEU gift bag from Leah Squance after presenting her speech for social media for social justice

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The evening entertainment was by Vancouver TheatreSports League! 🙂

Below is a photo and video of, Vancouver TheatreSports League actors – Brian Anderson, Bill Pozzobon and Ted Cole perform a hilarous skit – “BCGEU Young Workers of tomorrow and Cellphones “at the BCGEU Fall Labor Institute event at Holiday Inn in North Vancouver Saturday November 7, 2009.

Vancouver TheatreSports League –http://www.vtsl.com

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Below is a photo of Peter Davies, Photographer for AHA MEDIA

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AHA MEDIA thanks BCGEU http://www.BCGEU.ca for the inviatation to come and present social media for social justice activism to BCGEU Young Workers. We appreciate the BCGEU gift bag filled with BCGEU items! 🙂

AHA MEDIA attends part of the Sites of Empowerment Tour by CCAP in Vancouver Downtown Eastside on Saturday Oct 31, 2009

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AHA MEDIA attends part of the “Sites of Empowerment Tour” by CCAP in Vancouver Downtown Eastside on Saturday Oct 31, 2009

Walking Tour

SITES OF EMPOWERMENT
with CCAP

Saturday October 31, 11:30am1pm
Meet at steps of Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main

This tour with researcher Wendy Pedersen and volunteers of the Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) will start at the front steps of the Carnegie Centre and visit some of the best loved places in the area according to the stories of low-income DTES residents.

Contemplate how these key sites give us clues as to how to build a vision for a safe, healthy and affordable low-income neighbourhood and how this future is threatened by gentrification.

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Below is an aerial photo of the tour of about 50 people which included Vancouver City Councillor George Chow while they stopped at the corner of Hastings and Carrall Street in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside

CCAP is building consensus within the low-income community for a vision of the Downtown Eastside that hopefully the city will adopt. Visioning reports and information on gentrification can be found on their blog:http://www.ccapvancouver.wordpress.com. All proceeds to CCAP. $10 for non-residents, pay what you can for local residents

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Below is a close up of an aerial photo of the tour of about 50 people which included Vancouver City Councillor George Chow while they stopped at the corner of Hastings and Carrall Street in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside

Part of the Heart of the City Festival in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com/festival-09/october-31/

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In the next photos and video, Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA and Wendy Pedersen of CCAP speak at Sites of Empowerment tour in Vancouver Downtown Eastside on Saturday, Oct 31, 2009

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 or Facebook.com/AprilFilms

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In this video, Wendy Pedersen of CCAP and Ann Livingston of VANDU speak at Sites of Empowerment tour in Vancouver Downtown Eastside on Saturday, Oct 31, 2009

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In this video, Ann Livingston and Dave Diewert speak at Sites of Empowerment tour in Vancouver Downtown Eastside on Saturday, Oct 31, 2009

AHA MEDIA sees Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch) play at Witch of Endor Pub in Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada on Saturday, Oct 24, 2009

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AHA MEDIA sees Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch) play at Witch of Endor Pub http://www.witchpub.com in Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada on Saturday, Oct 24, 2009

Rockafellas – http://www.rockafellasduo.wordpress.com

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In this video, Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch) play Pride and Joy at Witch of Endor Pub in Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada on Saturday, Oct 24, 2009

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In this video, Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch) play Werewolves of London at Witch of Endor Pub in Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada on Saturday, Oct 24, 2009

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In this video, Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch ) play Are You Going My Way at Witch of Endor Pub in Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada on Saturday, Oct 24, 2009

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In this video, Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch ) play Every Rose Has Its Thorn at Witch of Endor Pub in Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada on Saturday, Oct 24, 2009

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In this video, Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch) play La Grange at Witch of Endor Pub in Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada on Saturday, Oct 24, 2009

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In this video, Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch ) play Sugar, Sugar at Witch of Endor Pub in Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada on Saturday, Oct 24, 2009

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In this video, Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch play Someone Like You at Witch of Endor Pub in Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada on Saturday, Oct 24, 2009

Categories: AHA Media, Al Tkatch, April Smith, Citizen Journalism, Community Engagement, Hyper Local Citizen Journalism, Media Coverage, Mobile Cameraphone Film and Video, Mobile Media Production, Music, Musician, Nokia N95, Rockafellas, Social Media, Twitter

April Smith of AHA MEDIA was very pleased to attend a meeting at The Shebeen Club in Gastown, Vancouver

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April Smith was pleased to attend a meeting at The Shebeen Club 7pm, Monday, October 26th (.http://www.theshebeenclub.com ) and reconnect with Lorraine Murphy of http://Raincoaster.com and Chris Mathieson of http://www.VancouverPoliceMuseum.ca 🙂

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Below is a photo of Lorraine Murphy, Robert Shaer, Chris Mathieson, Salim Jiwa and Dennis E. Bolen.

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April Smith was honored to meet:

Featured speaker is Salim Jiwa, former investigative reporter for the Province, and founder of Vancouverite.com, a new hard-news site. He was the basis for the lead in the CBC series Jinnah on Crime, and he’ll be sharing his tales about being an intimate part of many of the major crime cases of our time and our city.

Salim Jiwa – Editor & Publisher of Vancouverite – High Speed Global News

http://www.vancouverite.com

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In the next two videos, Salim Jiwa, Editor and Publisher of http://www.vancouverite.com speaks at the Shebeen Club http://www.theshebeenclub.com in Gastown, Vancouver

These videos were 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 or Facebook.com/AprilFilms

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