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Downtown Eastside Hunger Striker, (Formerly) Homeless Dave to “weigh-in” and deliver demands to City Hall

April 4, 2013 ahamedia Leave a comment

Hendrik Beune and the AHA MEDIA team will be seeing Downtown Eastside Hunger Striker (Formerly) Homeless Dave “weigh-in” and deliver demands to during his March to City Hall

There is a lot going on in the DTES these days and people are willing to work together on a platform of common ground that does not leave out the poor man. How can this be done? Well, campaigns like this are just as important as all the political rallying going on to prepare us for the provincial elections. On a political level we must hand the wishes of the community over to the Mayor and Council and expect them to be respectful of the wishes of the community and follow the plan of development without displacement. So far so good… march on, perhaps stop and think for awhile?

“Gentrification is intensifying; the housing crisis is deepening, and the health of the people and the land are under serious threat. Desperate times call for desperate measures.” -Homeless Dave

Day 14: Downtown Eastside Hunger Striker to “weigh-in” and deliver demands to City Hall

On Thursday, April 4^th, Homeless Dave will be pushed in his wheelchair in a procession from Main and Hastings to City Hall. This will be Day 14 of Dave’s hunger strike for social housing and to stop gentrification in the Downtown Eastside.

At City Hall, Dave’s supporters, including Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, will deliver a letter to the Mayor’s office that requests a meeting and a response to hunger strike demands. At this time, Dave will make a presentation and be available for questions. Also, learn about Dave’s weight and health as he enters his third week without food.

Contacts:

Wendy Pedersen 604-839-0379

Lorelei Williams 778-709-6498

Tami Starlight 604-790-9943

Blog | http://dteshungerstrike.blogspot.ca/

Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/DtesHungerStrike

Twitter | @dteshungrstrike

Categories: (Formerly) Homeless Dave, AHA Media, April Smith, Community Engagement, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Gentrification, Hendrik Beune, Hunger Strike, Mayor Gregor Robertson, Social Housing, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside

Honoured that Food and Wine Reviewer Tim Pawsey, “The Hired Belly” likes our On Lok Restaurant Video

April 3, 2013 ahamedia Leave a comment

Tim Pawsey - The Hired Belly

Food and Wine Reviewer Tim Pawsey, “The Hired Belly”.

We at AHA MEDIA and ACCESS TV are so honoured that Tim Pawsey liked our fun little dining experience in our recent On Lok Restaurant video!

Thanks so much Tim! We really appreciate you!!! 🙂

Looking forward to working with you in the future on something wonderful and delicious! 🙂

The Hired Belly (aka Tim Pawsey) has been covering the food and wine revolution for about 20 kilos (with about 15 kg alone thanks to the blossoming cuisine and wine culture of British Columbia, Canada).

He writes and shoots his own images for weekly columns in the Vancouver Courier and North Shore News, and contributes monthly to WHERE Vancouver magazine, as well as to several other publications such as Taste magazine and Northwest Palate.