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Woodwards Squat Chronology: Actions and Documentation, 14 September - 14 December 2002. Draft 31 January 2003.

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Author(s): 
Vidaver, Aaron
Date: 
2003-01-31
Pages: 
15
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a comprehensive chronological outline of the Woodwards squat. It details events (ex. meetings, rallies, press conferences, etc.), documents from the squat and other organizations (publications, photos, statements, city notices, etc.), and number of residents at the squat between September 2002 until the end of January 2003. There are extensive handwritten notes throughout the document.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; community mobilization; DTES history

Dear Mayor and Council

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Woodwards Legal Defence Committee
Date: 
2002-12-12
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a letter addressed to the newly elected Mayor and City Council of Vancouver from the Woodwards Legal Defense Committee at the Woodwards squat. Its addresses the enforcement order against the squatters, the crisis of housing, and a civil claim against the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver police for the destruction of squatters' property and brutality. It lists five recommendations for the City to deal with these matters.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; Vancouver City Council; legal issues; social housing; Vancouver Police Department (VPD)

Anti-Poverty Committee News #6

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Anti-Poverty Committee
Date: 
2002-08
Pages: 
4
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: ""Police board refuses to hear community demands"" (on attempts to speak to police about use of violence against the poor and women, and the need for harm reduction), ""Welfare on Demand: The Battle against the Three Week Wait"" (on restrictive welfare policy changes), ""The Liberal's Attack on Sexual Assault Centres"" (on cuts to sexual assault centres and community-based victim assistance programs), ""Community Meeting on Policing Poverty"" (on demands that address police violence against poor), ""General Strike for the Rights of All Poor and Working People"" (on the need of solidarity between unionists and the poor to fight against the BC Liberals), ""Call from QUAK to bar the Liberal's from Pride"" (on Queers United Against Kapitalism's call to not allow MLA Mayencourt and the Liberals in the Pride parade), and ""Training Wage: Breaking the Law"" (on the illegal training wage). It also announces upcoming events, describes APC's basis of unity, and lists ways to get involved through meetings and donations.
Keywords: 
community mobilization; BC Liberals; poor; police brutality; women; welfare cuts; demonstration; activism

Help fight for affordable housing in the Downtown Eastside

Publication type: 
Poster
Author(s): 
Carnegie Community Action Project
Date: 
2005-09-13
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a notice for a workshop at the Carnegie Centre to help prepare speakers for a city consultation on the Downtown Eastside Housing Plan.
Keywords: 
Downtown Eastside; housing; community consultation; Carnegie Community Action Project

Wake up! Rally

Publication type: 
Media Release
Author(s): 
Organizers Training Group
Date: 
2003-08-09
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is an announcement for a rally against provincial government's attacks on women and children put on by the Organizers Training Group.
Keywords: 
demonstration; housing; poor; women

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

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