Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre

Bonnie Stevens, fighting all the way to be drug and alcohol free; Call for Women Artists - Gallery Gachet the Centre and WEAVE exhibition of artwork by the women in the downtown eastside in conjunction with the Heart of the City Festival - two page article; Karen Mattics speaks the news from the Peer Support Staff Team and makes her apology in regards to member K; article on diabetes.

over 40 then come and get your boob checked in our yearly mammogram; what a better way to unite or people than on aboriginal day let our voices be heard and listened too; celebrate our mothers sisters aunties grandmothers on our may 14 mothers day picnic; the f word a discussion at our conversation cafe; world peace forum at the center " indigenous healing" weave one of the goals of weave is to create opportunities for public exhibition of women's work ;as this is a way foe women to make $$ on the side; whether it be ceramics sewing crochet printing beading fabrics arts;

Sexual Assault: facts, how to support, what to do if assaulted; Elders Council Talking Circle to Aboriginal, First Nations and/or Metis women survivors of residential school; Women Engaged in the Arts--Vision and Empowerment (WEAVE); Hen Party: name for women gathering to quilt, sew, gossip, laugh, and keep each other safe and sane; Pacific Resources Conservation Society to set up recycling program; Self Care with Devi: share ideas on makeup, yoga, hair cuts, relaxation, and build self-esteem; La Boussole (in French) for French-speaking women; DEWC Regular Programming: Chinese Women's Group (CWS); Conversation Cafe: new group; Street Nurse; Sweat Lodge; Arts and Crafts workshops: Painting; Crochet; with Anna and Freeda; Sewing Circle with Freeda; Beading with Leona; Ceramics; Fabric Arts with Diane; Battered Women Support Services; Power of women2women; Healing Circle; Taiko Drumming; Karaoke; Community Kitchen; Management Team News; Poem entitled Dreams by Bonnie E. Stevens; Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance (MEIA) support services to DEWC and Vancouver Coastal Health Contact Centre

Poetry - Amazing Grace, This Space in not safe for Women, Poverty in the Promised Land; Sticker campaign images for safety; Volunteer Program at DEWC - What is skills development project? Who joins the Project? What do the Project participants do in the centre? How do you get started as a Volunteer?; Welcome to incoming Board of Directors for DEWC; Purpose and goals; News from Management Team; Calendar - Chinese Women's Group, Massage, Resume Workshop, Street Nurse, Christina, Sweat Lodge, Arts and Crafts Workshops, Carnegie Crafts, Painting, Crochet with Anna and Freda, Fabric Arts with Freda, Evening Programming, Music Jam, Community Kitchen, Women's Health Clinic, BWSS, Taiko Drumming, Healing Circle; Poetry by Carol; DEWC Christmas photo album; Over 700 women and children served; Letter The Rules; Poetry The Curse