Deadline to apply: May 3, 2019 The Community Outreach Organizer will work with CCAP members and volunteers to coordinate and implement outreach activities and engagement with Downtown Eastside residents. The Community Outreach Organizer will participate in group meetings and work as part of a team to plan campaigns and engage in community events. The Community […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 6, 2018 Fight for 58 and the soul of the DTES: Community Townhall on December 7th Vancouver, BC, Unceded Coast Salish Territories – On Friday December 7th, community residents and housing activists will reaffirm their community vision for 100% shelter rate and pension rate housing at 58 West Hastings […]
We are seeking a Communications Assistant 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 that the area can remain a low-income friendly community. CCAP works with English speaking […]
The Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) and the Carnegie Community Centre Association (CCCA) are hosting an All-Candidates’ debate this Friday, September 28th. This event will focus on issues facing Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Chinatown, and Hogan’s Alley community. When: Friday, September 28 at 2:30 pm Where: Theatre, Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver Confirmed mayoral […]
The Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) is looking for an administrator/coordinator to work with their other staff and volunteers to help low-income Downtown Eastside residents implement their Community Vision for Change. This includes working for more and better housing, higher welfare rates and to stop gentrification. This is a full-time position for at least one […]
Join the Carnegie Community Action Project at the Together: public film screening and panel featuring our very own Carnegie African Descent Group organizer, Lama Mugabo and Chinatown Concern Group organizer, King-mong Chan on the panel. *Due to demand, we’ve settled on the largest theater, 1900 Fletcher Challenge Theatre, at SFU HC as the venue. With […]
Vancouver, BC, Unceded Coast Salish Territories – The Vancouver book launch of best-selling book Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present (Fernwood Publishing) will take place on March 1st at 6 pm at SFU Harbour Center. Black feminist author Robyn Maynard will launch her book with Cecilia Point from Musqueam, Black Lives […]
By Jenn McDermid In the last four years, the reliable inaction of our provincial government has caused irreversible damage. Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberal’s have denied facts, overlooked major environmental, health and social crises, made vulnerable communities suffer, and stood behind inequitable policies. Their legacy is one that is marked by significant hardship for […]
The Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) is looking for an administrator and community organizer to work with their volunteers to help low-income Downtown Eastside residents implement their Community Vision for Change. This includes working for more and better housing, higher welfare rates and to stop gentrification. This is a 3 day per week position for […]
“The manager bullied me and said “sign or you leave,” Humberto Macias-Carracas told people at a news conference in front of the Ross House on Alexander St. on New Year’s day. “I can’t see, I don’t even know what I am signing. I have nowhere to go, I am going blind, I don’t know what […]