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Squatters Meeting

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Woodwards Social Housing Coalition
Date: 
2002-11-08
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is an announcement for a squatters meeting hosted by the Woodward's Social Housing Coalition to discuss working on a common front, homeless shelter, and social housing. It is aimed at resolving issues in the squat.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; squatters; solidarity; social housing; Woodsquat; community mobilization

Outreach Peer Manual

Publication type: 
Training / Educational Manual
Pages: 
8
Summary: 
This is a manual for peer outreach and alley patrol. It emphasizes experiential knowledge, building trust with street people, and reducing risk and harm in relation to drug use. It provides a list of 'dos and don'ts' and street definitions for drugs and things associated with drug use.
Keywords: 
outreach; community building; drug use

Woodwards Squat

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Date: 
2002
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a sheet of 'Woodward Squat' resident's identification cards.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; squatting; Woodwards

Please Remember: Woodwards for Our Community and Social Housing

Publication type: 
Poster
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a poster stating Woodwards is for the community and social housing.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; social housing

Anti-Poverty Committee News #15

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2004-01
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: ""The Active Community Presence Campaign"" (on the organizing against the two year time limit on welfare assistance), ""Elk Creek Update: Press Release from 'The Elk Creek Action Group'"" (on the logging of protected forests in the Chilliwack area), and ""City Raids Creekside Squat!"" (on the slow eviction of the tent city by city workers and police). It also states their basis of unity, ways to get involved through meetings and donations, and announces the 'Take the Streets!' and 'Refuse to Retreat Conference' events. This is an incomplete newsletter.
Keywords: 
welfare cuts; community mobilization; BC Liberals; tent city; social housing; Woodsquat

Silence Gordon Campbell Rally

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2002-10-03
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This poster announces a rally to silence Gordon Campbell to be held at UBC Main Library.
Keywords: 
Gordon Campbell; demonstration; Woodsquat; Woodwards

International Struggle Against the Drug War

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Author(s): 
Coalition for Harm Reduction
Date: 
2003
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a leaflet for an event on the international struggle against the drug war, featuring speakers, movies, discussion and strategy with donations going to the safer injection site.
Keywords: 
harm reduction; drug users; strategy; community mobilization; safe injection site

Support CRAB Squat

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Leyden, Jim
Date: 
2003-08-15
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
This is a letter seeking endorsement and support for the CRAB Park Squatters against an injunction launched by the Vancouver City Council and Parks Board. It describes the squat in terms of its fight against homelessness and for Aboriginal cultural rights. In particular, it discusses the Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society's right to squat on their traditional aboriginal land, their efforts to keep the park clean and safe for all users, and their desire to build a longhouse and sweat lodge in the park. It provides a list of contact people to write at the Parks Board.
Keywords: 
Parks Board; homelessness; squatters; community consultation; coalition building; urban aboriginal people; drug use; government; Crab Park

Single Women's Focus Group

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Author(s): 
Woodwards Social Housing Coalition Project
Pages: 
7
Summary: 
This provides responses from a focus group of single women on issues of housing and homelessness. It reports on support services like drop-ins, outreach workers, addiction treatment, mental health services, and prevention; barriers to income like illness, appearance, and connections; general discussion of needed services, support, and barriers; and priorities for government funding like nutrition and community kitchens. Themes include the need for peer support, community housing, 24 hour services and shelters, more community support staff, and places to shower, as well as barriers such as sexism and racism, burnt out workers, and waitlists for shelters, treatment, and housing. The first three questions and responses are missing from this document.
Keywords: 
housing; community consultation; homelessness; Downtown Eastside (DTES); women; welfare assistance

Woodwards Squat Resident

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Date: 
2002
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
This is a sheet of 'Woodward Squat Resident' identification cards.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; squatting; Woodwards

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