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Initial thoughts - Woodwards Vision

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Date: 
2003-02-25
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
These are a collection of thoughts on the Woodwards Vision workshops that reflect on inequality and the situation of First Nations in the Downtown Eastside and more generally in BC. It discusses the need for autonomy of the community, particularly in the face of exploitation and imperialism, which leads many First Nations people to the Downtown Eastside. It also states the need for health related components, which includes access to safe water, places to rest, employment and a healing centre.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; government; Downtown Eastside; aboriginal overrepresentation; aboriginal health; discrimination

Meeting of Woodwards Squatters

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Woodwards Social Housing Coalition
Date: 
2003
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a notice for a meeting of Woodwards squatters at the Stanley to discuss the Woodwards Vision Report.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; community consultation

Chronology and Documentation of the Woodwards Squat with Notes on Friends of the Woodwards Squat Activities

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Author(s): 
Vidaver, Aaron
Date: 
2002
Pages: 
6
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This provides an account of the first 26 days of the Woodwards squat with a focus on documents obtained and produced by the Friends of the Woodwards Squat. It describes actions, events, and participants in the squat.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; archive; community mobilization; DTES history

Attention! All Woodwards Arrestee's

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Woodwards Legal Defence Committee
Date: 
2002-11-07
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This poster announces the upcoming court appearance of squatters arrested in the September evictions and a meeting with the lawyers to be held prior to this.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; legal issues

The Anti-Poverty Committee Newsletter Issue #5

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2002-07
Pages: 
8
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter of the Anti-Poverty Committee, an anti-capitalist and anti-oppression organization fighting for the rights of poor and working people in Vancouver, BC. This issue includes: ""Mass Mobilization forces Campbell to cancel speech"" (on a demonstration at the Vancouver Art Gallery and the violent police response); Actions - ""400 Protest BC Liberal Fundraiser at Canada Place"" and ""A Victory for Aboriginal Women's Shelters""; Casework - ""APC Marches to the Executive Welfare Office for the Needs of the Poor"" and ""Changes to Welfare Effective July 1st for Families Three or More""; APC Action Alert! - ""Injecting Gentrification: Taking the fight for harm reduction to the streets"" (on a community organized needle exchange program); Analysis - ""Survivors and Consumers do Work!"" (on people with mental health disabilities); and ""The World We Live in"" (on institutionalized poverty). It also describes the work of Pivot, lists upcoming events, states APC's basis of unity, and discusses ways to get involved.
Keywords: 
community mobilization; demonstration; poverty; welfare cuts; drug users; Vancouver Police Department (VPD); work; solidarity

Vision Vancouver presents: Poverty Pimps

Publication type: 
Poster
Date: 
2005
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a satirical poster directed at Vision Vancouver, which terms them 'poverty pimps'.
Keywords: 
Vision Vancouver; poverty

Chants

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Date: 
2003-08-09
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a list of chants for the Wake Up! Rally that is demonstration against the provincial government's attacks on women and children put on by the Organizers Training Group.
Keywords: 
demonstration; housing; poor; women

Welcome to the Community Circle

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Author(s): 
Circle of Hope Coalition Society
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This document provides the concepts and rules for discussion in a Community Circle, based on Aboriginal, Buddhist, and western practices. This Community Circle is focused on the Framework for Action and the Vancouver Agreement.
Keywords: 
facilitation; Vancouver Agreement; Four Pillars Approach; discussion forum

Celebrate 2 Months of Community Building

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Woodwards Social Housing Coalition
Date: 
2002-11-17
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This poster announces a celebration of the two month anniversary of the Woodwards squat.
Keywords: 
community mobilization; Woodwards; Woodsquat

Woodsquat Witnessing Shifts

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Date: 
2002
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This provides information for Woodsquat witnessing volunteers, which was organized in response to a city injunction to remove the squatters from around the Woodward's building. It outlines the role of the witness and what to do if the police move in to remove the squatters. It provides a statement for police, in relation to the injunction and to one's rights when confronted by the police. It also provides the numbers to call for legal support and for media.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; police; community mobilization; City bylaws

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