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Rally! All out to defend Woodwards Squatters!

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2002-09-23
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This leaflet 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, the police violence against the squatters and homeless people, and the need for a massive mobilization to defeat this government.
Keywords: 
demonstration; Woodwards; Woodsquat; squatters; community mobilization; social housing; police brutality; homelessness

The Fear of Falling Backwards and Guests

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a leaflet for a benefit show for the Safer Injection Site.
Keywords: 
safe injection site

Squatters Meeting

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Woodwards Social Housing Coalition
Date: 
2002-11-08
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
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
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
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
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
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
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
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
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 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
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
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
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
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
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
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

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