Unceded territories, January 3, 2020 – In a tragic turn of events, community resident and Oppenheimer Park visitor Jesus Cristobal-Esteban, 62, passed away in hospital yesterday due to complications resulting from an injury on January 1. Advocates joined his friends at the park today to share sympathy for this well respected elder in the Latino […]
Unceded territories, December 3, 2019 – Downtown Eastside residents and advocates will be rallying and speaking at City Hall today to demand a change in policing that targets poor people and overlooks systemic social injustice, and for the conscious redirection of VPD funds into essential community services and supports. The Vancouver Police Budget has dramatically increased […]
Unceded territories, November 13, 2019 – “Mental illness is not the problem, it’s a symptom. A symptom of a homeless person who is self-medicating with alcohol and drugs to mask the overwhelming feeling of hopelessness.” We hear over and over the significance of housing on health. Housing and access to housing is considered a huge component […]
October 15, 2019, Unceded Territories — Neglect, corruption, poisoning and homelessness – federal inaction in the Downtown Eastside is a crime! Today, activists will declare a federal crime scene at MPs’ offices to draw attention to criminally negligent inaction on housing, homelessness and the opioid crisis. How do we house 2,223 homeless people (an undercount) when the […]
Unceded territory, September 20, 2019 –Residents, Indigenous community members, grandmothers and supporters of Oppenheimer Park continue to state that they feel safer in community in the park then in isolated back alleys and isolated doorways, and to call on the Vancouver mayor, councilors and senior members of the Vancouver Police Department to have a conversation […]
Updated September 9th, 2019 at 10:01 AM Unceded territories, September 7th – Now that a Parks Board injunction is off the table, residents of Oppenheimer Park are calling for more housing and better supports. “The VPD, Fire Department, City, BC Housing and Parks Board will have to actually come to the table and talk about supports […]
_____________________________ Eviction would be “Callous and Insensitive”: City of Vancouver, Parks Board and BC Housing freeze out homeless people. Unceded Coast Salish Territories, August 23– Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, and UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, Leilani Farha, have condemned any move to evict or further […]
Letter-writing campaign On December 10th, Vancouver’s city council will be asked to approve an annual budget for the Vancouver Police Department. The VPD budget has been dramatically increased in recent years and is now planned to reach $340.4 million, more than one-fifth of the city’s entire 2020 operating budget and up from $317.2 million last […]
An All-Day Occupation at City Hall Unceded territory, September 9, 2019 – Activists and Oppenheimer Park residents will “nudge back” with an occupation of city hall grounds on Monday and Tuesday September 9th and 10th in anticipation of a takeover bid by Mayor Kennedy Stewart. The mayor says Oppenheimer Park residents “need a nudge”. Despite a […]
Job description Community Education Organizer We are seeking a Community Education Organizer for the Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP), a project of the board of the Carnegie Community Centre Association. CCAP works on housing, income, and land use issues in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver so the area can remain a low-income friendly community. […]