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

September 12, 2009 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

Alley Health Fair

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

AHA MEDIA is very proud to introduce Alvin Clayton, our newest Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) Community Reporter !

August 7, 2009 Leave a comment

Alvin photo

AHA MEDIA is very proud to have Alvin Clayton – a First Nations Nisgaa elder as part of our Vancover Downtown Eastside ( DTES) Community Reporting team.

AHA MEDIA first met Alvin at the Upwords Magazine group http://www.upwordsmagazine.wordpress.com at LifeSkills Centre and after seeing his preparation, dedication and Aboriginal governance skills to his unique style of reporting on homeless and health issues,  we were happy to invite Alvin to join AHA MEDIA.  🙂

AHA MEDIA is dedicated to helping  all our communities become more informed!

Categories: Aboriginal, AHA Media, April Smith, Citizen Journalism, Downtown Eastside, DTES, East Vancouver, Hastings Street, Health, Homelessness, Hyper Local Citizen Journalism, Interviews, Lifeskills Centre, Media Coverage, Media Event, Mobile Media Production, New Media, Nisgaa, Nokia N95, Politics, Poverty, Social Media, Twitter, Up Words Magazine, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside

Marlene’s Story with the Vancouver Police at Pigeon Park in Vancouver Downtown Eastside

July 18, 2009 Leave a comment

From Carnegie Centre Newsletter July 15, 2009

Marlene's story with the cops

Categories: Aboriginal, AHA Media, April Smith, Carnegie Centre, Citizen Journalism, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Health, Hyper Local Citizen Journalism, Media Coverage, Native, New Media, Pigeon Park, Twitter, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside, Vancouver Police, Women

Diarrhea outbreak in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)

July 18, 2009 Leave a comment

Diarrhea outbreak

Categories: AHA Media, April Smith, Citizen Journalism, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Hastings Street, Health, Hyper Local Citizen Journalism, New Media, Social Media, Street Posters, Twitter, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside