Friends of the Woodwards Squat

This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue reports three statements presented to Vancouver City Council by Shannon Bundock, Beverly Jones, and Aaron Vidaver. These discuss the need for immediate social housing, outline the police's misconduct in relation to the squat, and provide a list of demands, which include: information on the destroyed and stolen items from the squat during the police evictions, disciplinary action against the Chief of the Vancouver Police Department and ceasing police harassment of the squat, and recognition and action on the demands of the squatters and their supporters previously given to the Council.

This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue contains three set of overlapping demands from the Woodwards Social Housing Coalition, the Anti-Poverty Committee, and the Friends of the Woodsquat to the Government of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Government of Canada. These include the increasing social housing and other social services, legislating anti-vacancy bylaws, providing funding and support for aboriginal peoples in the Downtown Eastside, ceasing police harassment, providing immediate and adequate shelter for the squatters, and disciplining the Vancouver Police Chief for unreasonable use of force at the Britannia Riots (also see W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter #2). It also provides a list of contacts.

This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue provides an update on arrests made at the Britannia Police Riot and reports on the legal situation of the minors. It also describes other instances of police harassment. Calls for support and donations are included.

This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue contains an interview with squatter, Chrystal Durocher, who describes her experience in the squat, homelessness, pregnancy, and the squat being like a family.