Red Tent Day of Action at Victory Square in Vancouver DTES on Tuesday Oct 19, 2010
Vancouver – Rally in Victory Square
When: Tuesday, October 19th noon until 1pm
Where: Victory Square (Hastings and Cambie)
Who: Everyone who believes housing is a right
From Halifax to Victoria, tents will be popping open on October 19th for the Red Tents Campaign Canada Day of Action on Housing and Homelessness.
Connect with local anti-poverty and housing activists to demonstrate address the need for a federal housing strategy and hold the federal government accountable to international human rights.
100 Red Tents will be present at Parliament Hill and the Human Rights Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. Community groups in Victoria, Vancouver, Surrey, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, London, Toronto, Ottawa and Halifax will be holding solidarity actions.
Supported by:
Pivot Legal Society
Below is a photo of Am Johal, Jean Swanson, Wendy Pedersen and Paul of VANDU
Below is a photo of Wendy Pedersen and David Murray speaking
2010 Vancouver Homeless Connect Event at W2 Storyeum in Downtown Eastside (DTES)
W2 was proud to support the 2010 Vancouver Homeless Connect Event in the Downtown Eastside!
Irwin Oostindie and Will Stacey of W2 Community Media Arts welcomes folks to W2 Storyeum
April and Russell of LifeSkills Centre at their table with free pamphlets and cookbooks to give away
Russell and Paula of LifeSkills Centre having fun eating grapes
Paula and Russell of LifeSkills Cente doing foot soaks for people
Garvin Snider of Megaphone Magazine
J-Hock, Supervisor of the Peer 2 Peer Outreach Program
Mayor Gregor Robertson speaks at 2010 Homeless Connect event at W2 Storyeum
Jenny Kwan speaks at 2010 Homeless Connect event at W2 Storyeum
Russell with Mayor Gregor Robertson
Terry Hunter and Savannah Walling of Vancouver Moving Theatre and DTES Heart of the City Festival
“Providence in the Park” at Oppenheimer in Vancouver Downtown Eastside on Sat Oct 23, 2010
Providence in the Park
Mission Services at Providence Health Care invites you to participate in a community outreach event for the Downtown Eastside
Saturday October 23rd, 2010
11 a.m, Oppenheimer Park
Twice a year, employees from PHC head down to Oppenheimer Park in the Downtown Eastside to hand out items of clothing of food that have been collected through Providence’s health care facilities
We need donations of items including:
Denim Jeans, sweaters, rain wear, winter coats, toques, gloves, new wool socks, blankets, sleeping bags
* Please add a personal touch to Providence in the Park by donating pre-made personal care kits consisting of a clear Ziploc bag with soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, shampoo and a shaving razor
Deadline to drop off donation items: Monday October 18, 2010
St Paul’s Media Services
Please drop off your donations between Sept 27 & Oct 18 from 7:30 am-noon, 1 &4om ( Mon thru Fri only) and Room 4000 Providence Level 4, outside the Cafeteria 9am-4pm ( Mon thru Fri, only)
For more information, please contact Lucy Luongo at 604 321 2661 ext 22363 luongo@providencehealth.bc.ca
DTES films in the Vancouver Short Film Festival on October 28-29, 2010
- – Most Liveable City is a documentary that set out to explore water fountains in Vancouver, but discovered the lack of water accessibility in this community highlights an even greater issue: water as a human right. Director Fiona Rayher of the Pull Focus Film School. Playing in the Emerging Filmmakers screening, 7:30pm on October 28
- – Christian Malo’s Addict gives an insight into a day in the life of a meth addict. Playing in the Emerging Filmmakers screening, 7:30pm on October 28.
- Pigeon Park Savings by Laurie Kindiak is a documentary on the only financial institution available to the 4000 low-income residents in the Downtown Eastside.
Women and Food: A Vancouver Historical Perspective
Tuesday October 26, 7 PM to 8.30 PM @Vancouver City Hall. 12th & Cambie, Council Chambers (3rd floor)
Women of diverse backgrounds have long played an important role in the history of food in Vancouver. Though their contributions have not always been recognized, women have had an integral role in shaping local businesses, workplaces, industries, families, and ethno-cultural communities through the cultivation, production, distribution, preservation, and sharing of food and cuisine.
Guest speakers:
- Meeru Dhalwala (Vij’s-Women and Indian Cuisine),
- Cease Wyss (A First Nation’s Perspective),
- Tracey McDougall (Hogan’s Alleys Vie’s Chicken and Steak House),
- Edith Tuner (Gulf of Georgia Cannery: Women and Cannery Work),
- Shirley Chan (Eating Stories: Laying It All on the Table),
- Devorah Kahn (Women and Farmers Markets) and
- Councillor Andrea Reimer
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