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2017 was the worst year for homeless Downtown Eastside (DTES) residents since the Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) began doing annual housing and hotel reports in 2008. Last year 500 tenants were evicted from their homes. Keep reading here: mailchi.mp/2c8994c0352f/down…
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“Home is where the heart is”: new music video release from Strathcona Park tent city by music composer Tenshun tha Stressed One.
invidious.fdn.fr/VV5iYBEvRic
“Between love relationships, devastating losses, losing my family and watching others struggle - I see a life less obvious.”
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CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 retweeted
Today, @fionaeyork of @CCAPdtes has emailed a press release detailing awful SRO "#housing" @BCHousing has offered 1 of the #homeless campers in #StrathconaPark. Shameful!
"I will not stay here. I will sleep in my tent until I find something better.” #Vancouver #AfrordableHousing
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CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 retweeted
"There can be no getting back to normal... Normal was more than 235,000 Canadians per year homeless and at life-threatening risk for no other reason than they were without a home.”
ipolitics.ca/2020/06/08/hous…
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𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗕 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬
CRAB Park tent city, home to over 125 people who find community, safety and support organized around a 24-hour sacred fire, may be evicted as soon as this weekend.
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We need supporters on site to witness, escort, and refer residents to help as much as possible throughout today and tomorrow. RSVP here if you're able to help: bit.ly/3hC9zlU
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CCAP's Erica Grant will be speaking on Housing webinar TONIGHT along with former UN Rapporteur on Adequate Housing @leilanifarha. Starting in 15 minutes!
There's still time to register for tonight's webinar hosted by @TheLeap_Org with @leilanifarha, Erica Grant from @CCAPdtes and @kateljacobson, moderated by Geordie Dent.
Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights names CCAP as one of 6 groups in the country doing great work on homelessness.
@CLAIHR outlines the #HumanRights issues in #Canada linked to #Covid19 claihr.ca/advocacy/covid-hum…
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CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 retweeted
Oppenheimer Park residents and supporters lead squat action to create emergency housing during COVID-19
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CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 retweeted
Gov'ts across N. Am. started securing hotel rooms to house homeless weeks ago. Modelling by University College London found more cost-effective than treating individuals in hospital. Why wait until virus spreads thru DTES? straight.com/news/jean-swans…
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CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 retweeted
"For weeks, inmates, correctional officers & penal reform advocates have been sounding the alarm that #Canada's #prisons are sorely underprepared for the arrival of #COVID19. " 25 essential minutes from @FrontBurnerCBC, full of voices of people in prison. cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/voi…
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"Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different...We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas..."
As usual Roy says it better than anyone else could - capitalism is the crisis
Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal’ ft.com/content/10d8f5e8-74eb…
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"You can't stay home if you don't have a home. You can't self-isolate if you live in a shelter with dozens of other folks on mats beside you." - @JeanSwanson_ #COVID19DTES #vanpoli
Jean Swanson: House people who are homeless in hotels now straight.com/news/jean-swans… #vanpoli #bcpoli #COVID2019 #HousingForAll
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'Fiona York, co-ordinator with the Carnegie Community Action Project, is now calling on the city to close a section of East Hastings Street to traffic so there is more room for people to space themselves out.' msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/ea… #vanpoli #DTES
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CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 retweeted
I don't know about you all, but I'd much rather have all the lights on, with the rooms occupied by people who don't have homes during a global pandemic.
This is sickening. This isn't "love."
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Petition: House the House the Homeless in Hotels Now! Sign and share. copevancouver.ca/house_the_h… #vanpoli
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CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 retweeted
We want to communicate you with.
Sign up now for community updates and info on emerging needs #DTESresponse #COVD19DTES ♥️
bit.ly/2WHDFMG
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CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 retweeted
We are a coordinated effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the DTES.
This unprecedented threat must not disproportionately harm the most vulnerable in our communities.
If you want to help, pls chip in $5 to help meet the immediate needs 👇🏽
dtesresponse.ca
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CALLING FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR OPPENHEIMER PARK AND THOSE UNHOUSED!
Department of Health Canada and City of Vancouver: Prioritize a COVID-19 Protection Plan for the Homeless - Sign the Petition! chng.it/VWb9LdKk via @CdnChange
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FINAL WORKSHOP! Please join us for the LAST event in our legal education series this Friday, March 6 from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM. This event is FREE and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Many thanks to all participants and our guest speakers. Hope to see you there!
CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 retweeted
Alejandro stopped this driver, “We are fighting against the RCMP invasion of Wet’suwet’en land.” He said, “thank you keep up the fight!”
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