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AHA MEDIA attended the Neighbourhood-Based Solutions to Homelessness Forum at Plaza 500 in Vancouver

July 10, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

Neighbourhood-Based Solutions to Homelessness Forum. Please join us Wednesday July 8th from 1:00pm to 4:00pm at the Plaza 500 (500 W. 12th Avenue) for a “how to” forum to discuss neighbourhood-based solutions to homelessness.

Below is a photo of Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA with Vancouver City Councillor Kerry Jang in the background.

Going to Homeless Forum 2

Below is a photo of Peter Davies, Reporter of AHA MEDIA with Vancouver Councillor Ellen Woodsworth

The goal of this “how to” forum is to provide a sample of the types of neighbourhood initiatives that are currently under way, in order to generate ideas and interest for other neighbourhoods to organize similar projects and events to raise awareness about and find ways to address homelessness during Homeless Action Week, October 11-17, 2009 (www.stophomelessness.ca).

Going to Homeless Forum 7B

Following presentations, participants will be asked to break out into smaller groups to network with others from their neighbourhood and discuss the kinds of action oriented projects and events they might want to organize for Homeless Action Week 2009 or more generally in their communities.

Below is a photo of Peter Davies, in front of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games sign at Vancouver City Hall.

PIVOT’s Hope In Shadows Top 40 photographs! Come Out to Vote!

July 9, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

This Sunday the new Hope in Shadows photographs will be at Grandview Park on Commercial Drive and at the Pivot Potluck at Trout Lake. If you’d like to see the top 40 and help select the photos that will be in the 2010 calendar, please come and see us!

AHA MEDIA is proud to say that one of our photos made it to the Top 40. A photo of April Smith sitting on a chair in No 3, please vote for us to rank higher in the Top 40.

The Hope in Shadows community vote began this week in the Downtown Eastside where we set up a tent and mobile display daily. The local vote, which runs until Friday, determines the winners of the contest, to be announced in October when the calendar is unveiled.

It’s great to see how much the local people passing by on the street enjoy checking out the top 40 photographs. Over the last few rainy days, as people have crowded our little tent on the sidewalk, I realize how much the simple display (8″ x 12″ enlargements stuck to cardboard panels) has added to the Hope in Shadows project. The Downtown Eastside is a very creative part of Vancouver, full of artists and galleries. However, I’m proud of helping to make these photographs so available to everyone – you couldn’t get a more public place in the Downtown Eastside than the sidewalk on the corner of Main and Hastings!

Voting in other areas of the city such as Commercial Drive, Robson Street and the Folk Festival will also help us choose the calendar images. If you’d like to see the mobile display please come and visit us at the following places:

Grandview Park, Commercial Drive: Sunday July 12, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Pivot Potluck at Trout Lake: Sunday July 12, 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Outside the Vancouver Art Gallery on Robson St: Thursday July 16, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Vancouver Folk Festival, July 17-19: all day during the festival!

Kind regards,

P.S. Thanks to everyone who kindly completed the Hope in Shadows survey. The online survey is still open, so if you have a few minutes, please let us know what you think.

Paul Ryan
Director, Hope in Shadows

J Hock and Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA speak about Sun Eagles in Carnegie Centre Gym in Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES)

July 8, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

In this video, April Smith films J-Hock and Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA speaking about Sun Eagles, Vancouver Downtown Eastside Street Soccer team in need of support, a new coach, team managment, new members to join, food and clothing donations to the team.

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.

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Sun Eagles, last year called ( Dream Catchers) just came back from Toronto’s Homeless Street Soccer World Cup and are rebuilding again after unsuccessfully defending their National Championship where they won Gold last year.

The team known as the Dream Catchers renamed the Sun Eagles will now build on this defeat with an eye for recapturing the championship.

Their dream is to make the Sun Eagles soar again and bring Homeless Street Soccer World Cup to Vancouver to host!

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Roy speaks about horrible living conditions in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) SRO Hotel

June 29, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

In this video, Roy ( who declined to be filmed ) speaks about the horrible living conditions which include bed bugs, rats and cockroaches that he and his partner face.

What is even more surprising is how his rent jumped $65 dollars extra and how he lives on just $100 a month for support!!

Roy’s personal story is just one of the indications that gentrification and homelessness are becoming more apparent in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside

Hendrik Beune introduces Upwords Magazine from LifeSkills Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside

June 27, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

In this video, Hendrik Beune introduces Upwords Magazine written by DTES Commnity folks about issues regarding the area from poverty, addiction and homeless issues.

It’s nice to see published work of DTES people’s stories and Hendrik Beune wrote an editorial in Upwords Magazine. AHA MEDIA enjoys peer training others in making their own media. 🙂