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Strategy Session Against Safe Streets Act

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
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Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2004-09-01
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is an announcement of a strategy session organized by the Anti-Poverty Committee to discuss the proposed Safe Streets Act and the International Downtown Association meeting in Vancouver. It describes the effects the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA) has had on the poor, particularly through the criminalization of panhandling and squeegeeing. It calls for groups and individuals to strategize and fight back against the DVBIA and its upcoming international meeting.
Keywords: 
Safe Streets Act; Business Improvement Association; poor bashing; Anti-Poverty Committee; strategy