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DEW Drop-In Newsletter

Publication type: 
Newsletter
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Author(s): 
Williams, Betty; Sharwaykeesic, Joanne; Butterworth, Sharon; Downtown Eastside Women's Centre
Agency: 
Downtown Eastside Women's Centre
Date: 
2001-07
Pages: 
16
Summary: 
Board of Directors 2001-2002 named; National Aboriginal Day feast fed over 400 women was organized by Debbie Lincoln and Reta Blind. Program included songs, visit by indigenous women from Australia, drummers and performance by Still Movement group; Volunteer Retreat at Loon Lake stories by Betty Williams and Joanne Sharwaykeesic; Transit Strike Background; Volunteer of the Month was Eva Kovacs; Camping Trips: Annual Lytton Healthing Gathering at Pusulko Lake, Mission Medicine Wheel, BC Elder's Gathering and 2 tentative trips; Summer Workshops: A 3-wk Video and Documentary Workshop run by Jaqueline Levitin and Women's Centre Library Project facilitated by Janice Cramer; Tickets given out for Vancouver Folk Music Festival; Newsletter Committee set up to access the new computer lab that will be running in August; Volunteer of the Month; 2 practicum students at the Centre from Helping Spirit Lodge Society's Choices Pre-employment and Bridging Program; Mission statement and procedures for applying for training program; Centre's Policies and Procedures on Clothing Room and Laundry; Community Events scanned post of Mad Pride; Poem by Sharen Butterworth
Keywords: 
Board of Director; National Aboriginal Day; Volunteer Retreat; Transit Strike; Volunteer of the Month; Camping Trips; Summer Workshops; Newsletter Committee; Volunteer of the Month; Helping Spirit Lodge Society; Choices Pre-employment and Bridging Program; Policies and Procedures; Clothing Room; Laundry; Community Events; Mad Pride; Poems