Thanks to Aha media, you can relive the “Moments of Community and Labour History” walking tour, which was led by CCAP Volunteer Jean Swanson and Vancouver and District Labour Council President Joey Hartman during the “Heart of the City Festival” in October, 2013. Moments of Community and Labour History is a walking tour of twelve […]
November 12, 2013 Submission to DTES Planning Staff, City of Vancouver From the Low-Income Caucus (LAPP Committee Members) and the Carnegie Community Action Project Contact: Tamara Herman, tamaraccap@gmail.com, Carnegie Community Action Project RE: The Future of the Downtown Eastside (DTES) as a Low-Income Neighbourhood: A Response to the Inner City Neighbourhood Coalition submission In early […]
On July 16th and 23rd 2013, DTES low-income residents gathered at the Carnegie Community Centre to go over and talk about “Emerging Directions“, the City’s draft Local Area Plan for our neighbourhood. The critical question? “Are they abolishing homelessness or abolishing the homeless?” Read the CCAP Emerging Directions Town Hall Report and find out what […]
What’s the LAP and where did “Emerging Directions” come from? If you’ve been in the DTES over the past few days, you might have seen posters for the Local Area Plan (LAP), “Emerging Directions” and the city’s open houses. The LAP for the DTES is a development plan whose purpose is “to ensure that the […]
By Tracey Morrison Originally published in the Downtown East newspaper April 2013 I’m from Morson, Ontario, near Minnesota close to the Manitoba border. I’m from the Ojibway Nation from Big Grassy reserve. I’m adopted. My uncle and aunt adopted me and my siblings– six of us from the same biological parents. My real dad and […]
What do you think is the main thing that DTES parents like about the DTES community? When CCAP asked a group of sex workers this question, they guessed things like “the school,” and “the playground.” When they learned that the top thing parents like about their community is: “Kids learning compassion and kindness towards others […]
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A famous community organizer came to the Downtown Eastside on Sept. 25th. But guess what? He didn’t tell us how to organize our community. His name is John McKnight and his official title is Professor of Education and Social Policy and Co-Director, Asset-Based Community Development Institute at North-western University in Chicago. He said Barrack Obama […]
Published Oct 24, Jean Swanson, Vancouver Sun Blog. Edited for the NL by wp: Last month I wrote about our mapping process. The DTES, it turns out, has lots of good qualities like acceptance, empathy, 5000 units of good social housing, needed and appreciated services, and a sense of community that other neighbourhoods would die […]