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Re: Community Action

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Jim Leyden
Date: 
2002-09-06
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a notice by the Members of the Peoples Opposition for week of actions against the Liberal/Corporate agenda, which includes rallies, strategic direct action, and an internet 'pirate' radio statement. It calls for participation and financial support for the campaign.
Keywords: 
community mobilization; BC Liberals; demonstrations; protest; coalition building; welfare cuts

What I would like to see at Woodwards

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Author(s): 
Woodwards Social Housing Coalition
Date: 
2005
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This presents the findings of the Woodward's Vision 2005 Questionnaire to the question 'What I would like to see at Woodwards?' Social housing and drug and alcohol treatments topped the responses.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; community consultation; community mobilization; survey; social housing

Woodsquat Witnessing Shifts

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Date: 
2002
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This outlines the role and responsibilities of a Woodsquat witness, such as observing police activity from a reasonable distance. It also provides a statement for police that describes the right to assemble, remain silent, and to speak to a lawyer. The witness shifts are organized in response to potential enforcement of a city injunction against the squat.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; legal issues; police; rights; community mobilization

Ex-squatters Invite Premier to Discuss Alcohol and Substance Misuse

Publication type: 
Media Release
Author(s): 
Scheltgen, Dayl; The Woodward's Negotiation Team; The Woodward's Emergency Response Team
Date: 
2003-01-18
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is a press release and letter to Premier Gordon Campbell inviting him to discuss his alcohol and substance misuse at the Dominion Hotel written by the Woodward's Emergency Response Team and Woodward's Negotiation Team.
Keywords: 
Gordon Campbell; Woodwards; Woodsquat; substance use

Anti-Poverty Committee News #19

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2004-06
Pages: 
2
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 the articles: ""Stan Hagen Runs from APC Welcoming Committee"" (on BC Liberal Minister of Human Resources being chased out of the DTES by the APC Welcoming Committee), ""Stop Ministry's Racist Review"" (on the Ministry of Human Resources review of non-citizen income assistance recipients), and ""APC Struggles Alongside Refugees Against Racial Profiling"" (on a demonstration for Mourad Kinneche and other asylum seekers to prevent federal policies of detention and deportation). It also announces the upcoming demonstration ""Safe Street: A Dead End"" and that their office has moved. It states their basis of unity and lists ways to get involved through meetings and donations.
Keywords: 
BC Liberals; income assistance; solidarity; refugees; community mobilization; racism; government policy

Rally! All out to defend Woodwards Squatters!

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2002-09-24
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This poster announces a demonstration at the Woodwards building in support of the squatters' demand for social housing. It describes the broken promises of social housing by the BC Liberals and the police violence against the squatters and homeless people in their fight against this crisis.
Keywords: 
demonstration; Woodwards; Woodsquat; squatters; community mobilization; social housing; police brutality; homelessness; BC Liberals

Support the Safe Site

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Coalition for Harm Reduction
Date: 
2003-05-17
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a poster for a demonstration in support of the safe injection site, which also outlines its demands.
Keywords: 
safe injection site; demonstration; Four Pillars Approach; harm reduction

Stop City Council Erasing Low-Income Housing

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Author(s): 
Carnegie Community Action Project
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is a leaflet encouraging people to support the Hotel Conversion and Demolition Control By-law through putting pressure on the Vancouver City Council to enact it. It describes the by-law and states how it will help address homelessness.
Keywords: 
housing; Vancouver City Council; residential hotels; homelessness

Press Advisory

Publication type: 
Media Release
Author(s): 
Woodwards Social Housing Coalition
Date: 
2002-10-31
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a handwritten notice by the Woodwards Social Housing Coalition for a press conference to announce their incorporation and plan for actions on social housing.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; social housing; government policy

Critique of Report Presented by the Woodwards Steering Committee to Vancouver City Council on July 8

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Author(s): 
Woodwards Social Housing Coalition
Date: 
2005-07-08
Pages: 
9
Summary: 
This is a critique of the Woodward's Steering Committee's report of the public consultation on Woodward's redevelopment by the Woodwards Social Housing Coalition (WSHC). It goes through the report section by section, addressing discrepancies and absences, in order to accurately inform the Vancouver City Council of the desires of the residents of the Downtown Eastside. It also provides two addenda - one, a letter from the WSHC that expresses broader concerns about the workshop and second, an excerpt from a community survey conducted by the WSHC that identifies the Downtown Eastside residents' priorities for the use of the Woodwards building. Overall, it is very critical of the report and the genuineness of the consultation process.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; community consultation; community mobilization; gentrification; housing; Vancouver City Council; community participation; Woodsquat; poverty; aboriginal people

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