Raise Shit! Social Action Saving Lives
With authors Susan Boyd, Donald MacPherson & Bud Osborn
Thursday, March 4, 2010
7:00 pm
Solstice Café, 529 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, Lekwungen Territories, BC
Raise Shit! Social Action Saving Lives tells a story about community activism in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side (DTES) that culminated in a social justice movement to open the first official safe injection site in North America. This story is unique: it is told from the point of view of drug users — those most affected by drug policy, political decisions and policing. It provides a montage of poetry, photos, early Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) meetings, journal entries from the Back Alley, the “unofficial” safe injection site, and excerpts from significant health and media reports. The harms of prohibition, and resistance, hope, kindness, awakening and collective action are chronicled in these pages.
Susan Boyd is a professor at the University of Victoria. Donald MacPherson is the former Drug Policy Coordinator for the City of Vancouver. Poet Bud Osborn is a founding member of VANDU. Susan, Donald and Bud have been active for many years working on social justice issues that both strengthen and sustain the community in the Downtown East Side of Vancouver.
A question and discussion period will follow the launch presentation. This event is free and all are welcome.
For more information on Raise Shit! Social Action Saving Lives:
www.fernwoodpublishing.ca
For more information on Harm Reduction Victoria (HRV):
www.harmreductionvictoria.ca
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
"A Tale of Two Vancouvers"
"The shimmering glow from the Olympic rings above the Vancouver harbor only illuminates the contradiction that 800 teachers recently received notification they may be laid off next year because of budget cuts. The homeless population in Vancouver has more than doubled since the Olympic bidding process began."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/feb/12/vancouver-winter-olympics-protests
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/feb/12/vancouver-winter-olympics-protests
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Sunday, February 7, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
THE OLYMPIC PARTY IS ALMOST OVER -FEB6
FEBRUARY 6: DEMONSTRATION AND ACTIONS IN VICTORIA CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATEEVICTION OF VANOC! *The Victoria Coalition Against Poverty and No2010 Victoria organize “TheOlympic Party is Almost Over”* Bastion Square, 2:00PM, Saturday Feb 6
Coast Salish Territories - Victoria, BC -> The VictoriaCoalition Against Poverty (VCAP) and No2010 Victoria will be serving the Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) an eviction notice at the VANOC/SpiritCommittee offices in Bastion Square on February 6th, 2010. After ten years of Liberal cuts, abysmal welfare, inadequate disabilityrates and inaccessible healthcare, the Olympic costs will have direct local impact on already burdened communities. The Olympic Torch Relay cost Victoria over $600,000, and the costs of the Olympics in total will be over $6 billion. “The true cost of the Olympics will continue to be immeasurable as we see anincrease in poverty, criminalization, and ill health of those who are mostmarginalized”, said Rob Crosby of the Committee to End Homelessness. “Themost vulnerable people are footing the bill for the Olympic party, and we’vehad enough!” The demonstration and actions will begin when VCAP and No2010 Victoria serve VANOC with a people’s eviction notice. After the eviction, the groups will leave for a march with speakers and surprise actions. The event will finish with a street feast at Centennial Square. “We demand that VANOC vacate Victoria immediately and compensate thousandsof people in our city and throughout BC for the damages they’ve alreadycaused,” stated Tamara Herman from VCAP/No2010Victoria. “The BC governmenthas continued to ignore skyrocketing homelessness and poverty in thisprovince in the face of reckless spending on the Games. Today we’re callingon this to end!”
*PRESS CONFERENCE: FEBRUARY 6, 2 PM, BASTION SQUARE* The Victoria Coalition Against Poverty (VCAP) is a coalition of grassrootsorganizations that together are demanding an immediate end to poverty. No2010 Victoria is a local collective opposed to the 2010 VancouverOlympic Games. ** *Media Contacts:* Shane Calder: 250-893-0853 Tamara Herman: 250-857-9768 Shannon Lucy: 250-661-0989 Mik Turje: 250-884-6811 Email: viccoalitionagainstpoverty@gmail.com and no2010victoria@gmail.com
Coast Salish Territories - Victoria, BC -> The VictoriaCoalition Against Poverty (VCAP) and No2010 Victoria will be serving the Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) an eviction notice at the VANOC/SpiritCommittee offices in Bastion Square on February 6th, 2010. After ten years of Liberal cuts, abysmal welfare, inadequate disabilityrates and inaccessible healthcare, the Olympic costs will have direct local impact on already burdened communities. The Olympic Torch Relay cost Victoria over $600,000, and the costs of the Olympics in total will be over $6 billion. “The true cost of the Olympics will continue to be immeasurable as we see anincrease in poverty, criminalization, and ill health of those who are mostmarginalized”, said Rob Crosby of the Committee to End Homelessness. “Themost vulnerable people are footing the bill for the Olympic party, and we’vehad enough!” The demonstration and actions will begin when VCAP and No2010 Victoria serve VANOC with a people’s eviction notice. After the eviction, the groups will leave for a march with speakers and surprise actions. The event will finish with a street feast at Centennial Square. “We demand that VANOC vacate Victoria immediately and compensate thousandsof people in our city and throughout BC for the damages they’ve alreadycaused,” stated Tamara Herman from VCAP/No2010Victoria. “The BC governmenthas continued to ignore skyrocketing homelessness and poverty in thisprovince in the face of reckless spending on the Games. Today we’re callingon this to end!”
*PRESS CONFERENCE: FEBRUARY 6, 2 PM, BASTION SQUARE* The Victoria Coalition Against Poverty (VCAP) is a coalition of grassrootsorganizations that together are demanding an immediate end to poverty. No2010 Victoria is a local collective opposed to the 2010 VancouverOlympic Games. ** *Media Contacts:* Shane Calder: 250-893-0853 Tamara Herman: 250-857-9768 Shannon Lucy: 250-661-0989 Mik Turje: 250-884-6811 Email: viccoalitionagainstpoverty@gmail.com and no2010victoria@gmail.com
Rose's that Reduce Harm
Surprise your lovie this V-Day with a rosegram!
Pre-Sales Feb 9-10 from 10-3pm UVIC at the Petch Fountain
Pick-up/Secret deliveries Feb 11-12 from 10-3pm at the fountain.
Rosegrams $4.00,
Hand delivieries $10.00
Pre-Sales Feb 9-10 from 10-3pm UVIC at the Petch Fountain
Pick-up/Secret deliveries Feb 11-12 from 10-3pm at the fountain.
Rosegrams $4.00,
Hand delivieries $10.00
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