DEW Drop-In Newsletter

May week Program Summary: 3 new groups that will be operating out of centre include Creative Cultures; Battered Women Support Services; Alcohol and Drug Support Group. Crafty Workshops include: First Nations wood carving; ceramics, woodworking; knitting. Outings include: Aquarium; theatre; swimming at Aquatic Centre; Garden work. Volunteer News; Volunteer Dinner; BBQ Beach Outing; Learning Group Update run by Vancouver School Board through Carnegie Centre includes Suzanne Decastille, SFU professor teaching 4-week course on Women and Technology; computer clinics; cooking sessions. Legal Advocacy Update includes: request from RCMP for Native Indian Residential Schools Task Force; Family Law Issues/Separation and Divorce; Vulnerable Adults; Victims of Crime Act; Criminal Code Amendments; Spousal Assault Risk Assessment. Women's computer donated by Law Foundation arrives. Grandmothers poem by Lesley-Grainger