Thoughts about a Homeless Resource Centre to be built!

January 16, 2009 Leave a comment

Jim Leyden, a worker at Oppenheimer Park sits down with Hendrik Beune of AHA Media to brainstorm about ideas for a Homeless Resource Centre.  Stay tuned for more details! 🙂  This meeting took place at the Downtown Eastside Neighborhood House ( DTES NH)

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Hendrik Beune and April Smith meet Michael Ignatieff – Federal Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

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Hendrik Beune and April Smith were honored to meet and film Michael Ignatieff up close and personal.  We were able to give him our AHA Media Cards and he took them and pocketed them! We hope he’s reading our site 🙂

Below is a photo of a man named Slyvester who wears an autographed shirt signed by Michael Ignatieff

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Guest Fees in a SRO Hotel are Illegal!

January 16, 2009 Leave a comment

AHA MEDIA was surprised to see this sign in a local SRO in the DTES as guest fees are illegal!

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Poverty Olympic Poster – Sunday Feb 8 1-3pm

January 16, 2009 Leave a comment

Coming up real soon! Poverty Olympics at Japanese Language School www.povertyolympics.ca Stay tuned for our promo video!

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Public Forum on Homelessness January 14 at Vancouver Japanese Language School Auditorium

January 16, 2009 Leave a comment

January 14, 2009   (Wednesday)
9:00am – 12:00pm
Vancouver Japanese Language School Auditorium
487 Alexander St., Vancouver.

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Schedule
9am-10am  Opening Address by Libby Davies

Presentations

The Effects of Federal Policy  Dr. Michael Byers 
Housing and Human Rights   Laura Track
Practical Federal Solutions   Don Davies
Discussion with Public Participation

10am-11am  Presentations
Homelessness in Vancouver Judy Graves
Community Action Wendy Pederson
Preventing Homelessness Jamie McEvoy
Discussion with Public Participation

11am-12pm  Discussion/Working Groups
Closing Address by Hedy Fry

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