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38 years ANNIVERSARY ISSUE
THE 9th ANNUAL SANDY CAMERON MEMORIAL WRITl!N6 CONTEST Salid}'' was a writer and poet ancl an liislorian €'/7!i.7././I/jT who ti.£ice{] tlie }'e{ti-s or struggle for soc.ial and
ecoliomicjustice in the life of thc Downtown Eastsidc. Hc ccii]tiibuted hls tho`ights and fccliiigs on subiects as di\,Terse as class and wllale \`,yatchillg but tied ever};thing to our ollgoil`g ideation on social justice
This contest is to honour liim .and cill \`/Ilo use tlie \\/ritten \`,7ord to express themsel\/'es. This is t`ol' writers and poets who identit}/' \\Jith tlie struggles ()t`the Dt)wiltow-n Eastside. \\'lio see zind feel passion in liviiig witli spiritual: mental, and ph}''sical }'earnings. It mz`} be \\'ith wealtli (too milcli or
]1ot cno`igh), h()using (loo lil,`urioiis or not good enough)` homclcssness (sccillg people or tr.\'ing To ignore rcalit}7), both sides or{iddiction in the drug trade, the sex trade` "f-ree" tl.ade. communit.v` \\/t)ITieii
(murdered. missing what it is to t)e sat`e and creative). chilcli.en and growing. festivals. cereiiionies. ]iiemorials` speciz`l people aml their contrjbutioiis (p:`st, presciit) all }'ou do lo imke .\ our lil`e meanmgri]l both ii(tw aiid `t]\\ards the l`iltilre. \\'hc\\ ! Prizes u Ill bc auarde(11`or cacli catcgoit.
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The length of the ci`ra}' i`ai` be 250-700 \vords, basically uhat can be pnnlcd ou I ttagc ot`lhe Nc\\|letter. Poetl.} of whatever length, biit no more than carl biT I)Tinted on I page. Deadline for 5iibmiss]`ons is mom on September 15, 2024. Results will be ai'ii'itii]nccd al a hpecial i`vclit during the f7LJc7r/ f?/-/frtJ ( T7./j,` ftJ,`.//`'tt/ (cai.I}' No\'ember).
rrach writer ma}' submit onl,\ one essa}' anch/or one pcetr} i`ntr} . Submit } oiir work i`n paper to Cariii`gii``s front desk or email it to carnegienews@shaw.ca with coiitact info
The theme for this year's #€f/r/ o//¢c' ( '//.Tt fc,T/o'f// i> .`Thrcads of Coimcctioii .` Your essa}' and/or poetr}' can retlect what conimuliit}' has done and is doing and the need cif others to reatl or hi`ar it
One Hundred Years of Struggle "We need to educate the people about their rights and how to light for them." Bruce Eriksen (1)
The liistory o1` the Downtown Eastside is a history of the struggle for human rights. First Nations
people lia`rc fought for a just land claims settlement or over one hundred years. and we take inspiration from their example, especially in tliese dark days when \\/'e feel wc arc losing control of our lives in global economic wars, or mega-rtrojects that o\Terwhelm our neighbourhoods.
In the Downtown Easlside working men and women fought for the eight-hour dav and the right to fonn trade unions. The Vancouver and District Labour Council. one of the ol-de;t Labour Cttuncils in CanadaL, started ill 1889.
Ill 1903, Fi.ank Rogers was picketing for the United Brothel.hood ot` Railway Engineers when he \`,as shot and killed by a C.P.R. hii.ed guard at the ``oot ol`Gorc Avenue. In 1918, C`anada.s first General Strike took place in Vancou\.er to protest the murdei. o+`Gingcr Goodwin, a labour organizer f`rom Cumberland, B.C. In 1919, there v./as anothei. Gcncral Strike in
sympathy with the Winnipeg General Strike. During the Gi.eat Depression of the I 930s` unenip]o}Jed men in the Downtown Eastside fought t`oi. the 1.ight to food, shelter, work and wages. In 1935, Mayoi` MCGeer read the Riot Act at Victc)-
ry Square to t\`ro thousand unemployed men. Willis Shaparla \\/as thcrc, and he commeiited, "V+'rhen hungi.} Canadians v\'cre asking for food, MCGeer read us the Riot Act." So(in after the oc-
cupation of the Carnegie Museuni by three hundred unemployed workers in May 1935` the men ol` the Relief Camp Workers' Union began the On-ro-Ottawa Trek. Theii, in June of that year. one thousand longshoremen \\/ere attacked by police near Bal]anl}'iie Pier as a result of a lockoiLt and strike. Longshoremen had been fighting l`or their own union since the 1890s, a]id by 1944 they had a strong uiiion that protected their rights. On Ma}J 20,1938, unemplo}rcd men lookii]g for relief occupied the Vancouver Art Galler}J, the
:Jne[;,rii:goo:tc+oafnftdc:h\:,:1:Shtt3:fiicoe],%teG:itaanc\k]:]deod:iE:Si];,#So:,::dounae[]iut±:r::C:::'f\L:,:r:hifj:d[:° the ensuing struggle. That night ten thousand people attended a rally al the Powell Street Grounds. iiow called Oppenheimcr Park. in support of the hoineless. hungry men. In September 1939. the Go\Jeriiment of Canada would ask these unemployed men to fight for their couiitry. They did fight, and many of them had a dream ol`a be[er Canada when the \var \vas o`rer. In 1995. federal public servants occupied this old Post O1`fice` now the Siiiclair Centre, to
protest a federal budget that planned to throw lit`ty thousand of these workers into the anguish of unemplo}ment. Chinat()wii and Japantown. called Powell Street by citizens o±`JaLpanese background, were also
part of the Downtown Eastside. At first pe(tple li\ed in these communities because they wereii`t allowed to li\Je aiiywhere else, but iis the years went by. Chinatown and Japantown became centres ol`resistanee against in`iusticc. And they shaped tlieir history \`/ith courage and endurance. Frt)in 1881 to 1885. C`hinese labourers helped build the Pacific Section of the Canadian Pacific` Railwa}'. At least six hundred Cliiiiese workers died building that track. In 1887, tliree liundred white me]i beat up a camp ol.sleeping Chinese workers at Coal IIarbour. Ill 1907, another race riot
broke out, and a violent mob rampaged through Chinatttw]i and .Tapantown. During one hundred and seventy-five Chinese people died ot` starvation in Chinatown. (2) Al`ler the attack on Pearl Harbour on December 7,1941` the Canadian Goveriiment ur)rot)ted the entire population of Canadian Citizens of Japaliese origin. and moved imoccnt pcoplc to internment camps with no regard for human rights or family ties. True, the war was going badly in 1941. Before the cnd of the year nearly tv,/'o thousand Canadians wcrc killed or captured when Japanese troops entered Hong Kong. Paiiic, and fear of a race riot, may explain the acti(tn ttl`the Canadian go\/'ernment, but they do not excuse it. Not one Canadian oJ`Japanese origin v`/'as found guilty of any olTence against the security of Canada through()uL the war. Al`ler a long fight for human rights, Japanese Canadians won redrcss` and on September 22. 1988. Prinle Minister Brian Mulrone,v l`onTially apologized on behalf of the Government of Canada for wrongfully inteTiiing and seizing the property of Canadians of Japancsc background. Although Japaiitowii ncvcl-regained its prewar size. the Powell Strcct Festival has become an a.nnual celebration of the Japanese Canadian commuiiity. alid Chinatown lias become a busy social, commercial aiid tourist ceiitre with a highly respected intematio]ial reputation. Iil 1968, the Strathcona Property Ov`riiers and Tenants Associatic}n (SPOTA). v,as t`ormcd to stop the disasti.ous urban renewal plains of city Council. SPOTA stopped the bulldozers and saved Strathi`ona. Bessie Lee c)f SPOTA 1.ema].ked` .`\Ve ha\rc to 1.emind the Cit}i that when thc}J
decide to change things in a communjt}', they must always considei-the total planning ctf that ct)mmunity. and the cc)ncerns of the people who li`'e in it..`(3)
The Do\untown F,astside Rcsideiits. Association (DERA) would agree with that statement. SinL`e the early 1970s DERA has fought to establish the rights of the community, to change its image from skid road to the Downtown Eastside, aiid to win much-needed services fcir the members of`Va.iicouver's oldest neighbourhood. "The people who live liere, they cull il the Downtown Eastside`" Bruce Eriksen said, and in 1983 Mayor Harc`ourt of vancouver preseiited a civic award to DERA wliich declared that this citizens. organisation had helped to change the perception of part of vancouver. formerly known as skid road. to the Downtov`Jn Eastside. Tn the 1980s. DERA, with Jim Green as organi7er, addressed the right to housing in the D(jwntown Eastside by building low income housing. The DERA Housing Co-op was completed in 1985, and the Four Sisters Co-op \vas finished in 1987. In the 1970s. citizens of the Downtown Eastside fought 1`or seven years to win the Carnegie Comm unity Ccntrc for the neighbourhood. Later, the}.I u,Ion C`rab Pal.k and in 1985, tlie}' started
the Strathcona Coininunity Gardeiis. which empowered the cominunity through tlie creative act of planting seeds. Dowiitown F,astside poets. such as Tora and Bud Osborii. and the Ciimegic Newsletter. edited by Paiil Taylor, gave a po\\/'er(`ul voice to the community` as did the books ol` Sheila Baxter. This writiiig showed that human beings could forcefully reject tlie iiegative image ascribed to them and replace it with a cormnunity of caring that speaks t`rom the licart. Tn 1995. the Dov,i'ntown Eastside` in cooperati(tn \\/ith I`riends all over Vancouver, defeated a casino mcga-project that would have done great harm to both the community and the Cit}' t`t` Vancou\'er. aiid in recent }.ears the Viincouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU). the oc-
cupiers of woodward.s in the Woodsquat campaign. homeless people in tent villages. and Latinos in Action have fought courageously foi` respect. dignity, and tlie opportunity to lead a iiieaningful lit`e.
Remember also the glorious Do\\/nlown Eastside Communjly Play that \\i'as part of the celebrations for the Carnegie Library's 100'h birthday in the year 2003. This play cxprcssed the energy and tlie caring ol` our beloved community .
Now the Do\\/'nto\`/'n is under siege from the gentrification that has destroyed any inner neiglibourhoods. The flght for survival is a desperate one as developers, in their haste I`or profit` dehumanize the people who live liere. A discussion paper prepared ]`or the Gastown Improvement Society in 1992, rel`erred to Downto\rm F,aslside residents as "those social scr\ricc clients who frequent the area."(4) A Simon Fraser University inst"ctor. when talking of tlie liuman beings who call the Downtown Eastside their liome, said, `.Tliey get moved alttng: they get kicked out. Those poor buggers are used to it. They alwa}/'s get disenfranchiscd."(5)
When men of great power deny the humaiiity ()1` human beings and tlic history of a community, they tend to think that they can destroy both the people and the placed v\,ithout moral qualms. Tlie Do\`iiitown Eastside has a long history. ho\\,'ever, and a mugged ideiitit}..11 is not expendable.
and it is not skid road. We are sti.ong \\'hen \\'e staiid in solidarity with those who have fought for human i`ights for over oiie hundred }/ezirs. Memory is the mother of community.
By SANDY CAMERON This work was published as poetry in the Comegi.a rvew5/etter, and appears in Bei.ng True to Our5e/yes. (1) Quoted in Hasson, Schlomo, and David Ley -Neighbourhood Organizations and the Welfare State, pub. By
the University of Toronto Press,1994 -chapter 6, "The Downtown Eastside: One Hundred Years of Struggle." Page 178.
(2) Vancauver's Chinatown -Racial D.iscourses in Canada, 1875-1980, by Kay J. Anderson, page 143.
(3) An interview with Bessie Lee in the book Opening Doors -Vancouver's East End, by Daphne Martlett.
(4) Carnegie Community Action Project Newsletter, September 15,1996. (5)
"Gastown Ideal for single women," by Fiona Hughes, The vancouver courier, January 21,1996.
August 15,1986 -August 15, 2024 Tlie .38`h anniversar}-is liei.e for tliis paper. It began with thc` publication of a 12-piige p£`per ill 60
copies run off on an old photocopier upstairs in the Carn€gic Communit}' Centi`e. AI Mettrick uas the first i`ditoi.. receiitly let go by one ortlic Toronto dailies and liired on a LTl (Unemployment lnsui-ance) Top-up prograni. It would find }'oti \`ork ill youi` field \\hilil you looked for \\/'ork. Al \\'l-ote ]ial±` tlie stories for the first i`ouplc ol` issues` coming out (still ) t`+rice a month. and a
]eEty+i,`::t.;rsi[st::,e{'tuhtet;:t*T::1;`rt::;o::da::]``F:'r:|Sb°e±;t:`nct:::cnot:,`<,`#`..`Snta]ed[C;aim(I,ron]cidH»dnd tlie.NPA at the City. Dera \vas `\'oi.kills hard and I,xpo .% uns llie lalesl in a long line of pressures lo `clean up. oui. iieiglibouThot>d. Over the Course of thl` fit-c;t sl`\-cn issues. Al aiid .1 t`ew I)eople began t(` write poelr}J, ai-ticlcs iind
drau both gi.aphics and art to illustrate `torie` o±.aiid abttul this commuriLty. Woi.1d affairs ha\re their mill.or in li l`e here uiid iii`piration ciinie t`rom €\'eryu here. The drug. trade. sex trade, ..I`ree.. trade, housing, bi)mclessne``s. miirdered and missiiig \\/onieii` €coi`omic refugees. Indigemtiis Riglits Ltiid the sad legac} of dispi>ssessitm aiiJ 1-esidcliti.11 schools, gi.oups. organisatioiis. festi\'als. a„ a]id pot:try: co-(ip radio, gardens aiid w(`nien issu.es along witli sa(`€t} oli the streets and in agiilg hotels. lit-risk }'outh & the st].\iggle`` to get sal`L` Injections sitcs. meetl
i]ig slci.Cot) piiig \\ ith ciimmuiiity \\.ork tiiid the underl}'mg feeling/realit+' that \+'e ar.` 1iomc This is both a call for }Jou to get aiid sh} in\'itl\7cd in this c,oi}imuiiity anJ t`oi writers. either in thL` form of poeti} oi` essay` to subniit \`,'ork foi` the `)" Aiinual Saiid} Camel.oil Wi.itiiig Ciiiitest Let us all u/i)Tk to Lecp this thing going! PaulR Tay]or, voluiiti`er editor since Dec..86
~ TIle Art of Migration ~ Thi` trip of life. with its smooth and bump}' roail` brings a ne\`` lieginiiing at each I.ork or uiii.omfttrtabli` decisioll. The proci`ss is a he:art/milid niatter. Vv'hat ai`he` in(tst
for i`omfort usuall}/ wins ill the end. Ilo sit on the fence a]11ife]ong long, is a priggish \i`,ray to exist
I`ve never bccn off the Niirth American ciiiitineiit, so, oil my i`omfoilable feiice I sil and w(>ndi.r \\/here are the houses l`or c\1d oneq and nc\\ oncs. oi. niiist they resort to the CI`ab P:`rk bliles?
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A ghostly 12-foot tall creature in a business
If you happened to miss us, no worries! 7lfoe
suit was towed into Oppenheimer park Saturday morning, joining the bustling vendors, artists, and volunteers who were bringing the 48th annual Powell Street Festival to life. Necks tiir[ied and people paused from their work to gaze up in confusion at what this thing might be. Some
Creep won.t be going away for a bit, uiifortunately, so \`'e'll keep going out and organizing the fight against them. Keep an eye out for housing e`'ent announcements. There will likely be an appeal.anc`e at the Heart of the Cit`. festival colning up in
November!
dared to ask and \`'ei-e bi`iefly pulled into a
housing iiightmare that is often experieliced but seldom `inderstood. \\-e took the opportunity to expose 7lifee Creep who keeps this nightmare in our lives and the movement that is building to defeat it.
Members of the Carnegie Housing Project and a halidful of coilmiunit}' ai.tists spent the las( two lnonths ilnagining and building this mobile theati`e, and the Powell St. Festival \`'as its debut. The display, a rolling
stage with backboards that flair out behind the c.reature, transforms a space into an interactive tlieatre where lived experience of housing injustice is linked to the tools and motivations of those with institutional power who defend the curl`ent svstem for their benefit. They are I/'Le Creep. Undei`standably, this becomes a pretty depressing scene. That's where community action colnes in. And Freezies. Snacks al]d c`ommunity-focused solutions are the sul`efire way to build up a moveinent for c`hange. It turned oiit to be a beaiitiful sulnlllel. weekend, resting in the shade with friends new and old under full leafy canopies. Tl.aditional Japanese drums pounded in the distance, enhanc.ing the rhythm of o`ir nel`dy conversations.
Until then, feel free to join us every Friday at noon in the Cai`Iiegie 3i.d flooi` classroom
for .1 housing action lunch \`'liere ``'e plan events and activities like 7.Jie Cyeap or` fJie
Housms.Nig.h{iilare.
Last Ncivember City Council passed a 5 page motion called "Uplifting the Do\`'ntown Eastside."
There are some good things about the motion. But two parts c)f it could lead to
housing tlie same as the province's. Tlris would be a disaster for the DTES because the provincial definition doesn't require any affordability. Back in 2ol4 the low income DTES community fought for a special DTES social housing definition that
geiitrification and displacing lnoi`e lo\i,I illcome DTES residents.
requires all social housilig to have at least y3 of the units at shelter/pension rate.
Fii-st, the motion calls foi-c.it`' staff to
If the c.itv ch<anges its definition to the
"Explole options to update t`he DTES Alea Plan with the goal to deli`+er a greatei. number of soc`ial and s`i})portive hoiising units in the DEOD .... "
provinci<il definition, then we might have inore sot.ial housing in the DTES, but `'ou might h{ave to earn $8o grand a Veal-to afford to get in it.
The DEOD is a subarea of the DTES that is
The motion does talk a lot about wanting
ai-o`ind Oppenheimer Park. It extends froln the park doum Hastings to Columbia. Back in 2ol4 low income DTES residents fought
lnore supporti`'e and social housing so maybe that`s good. But at the same tinie `ire
for a Local Area Plan that would keep condos out of the DEOD. VI'e won! Because new condos aren't a viable option in the DEOD, land values are lo`i'er and building social housing is cheaper.
are losing supportive housing because the city isn't finding sites for supportive modulars whose land leases expire. And lnost social housing in the c.ity actually excludes low income people because you ha`7e to have an income over about $4oK just to apply.
In the Council discussion on the motion citv staff said condos are an option with this motion. Sometimes if a developer wants to build a condo tower, the city ``'ill say it's ok if the developei` puts in a little soc`ial housing
too, like at \l'ood``'<irds. When VITood\`'.irds opened I.en[s in the s`irl-ounding SROs all escalated, making them iiiiaffoi.dable to lo\\' income folks.
The motion also asks st.aft to report back on iinking the cit`'.s definition of soc`ia[
\Tatch for an upcoming town hall on this issue and/or come to the CaLrnegie Housing Project's Fi`iday lunch meetings at Cai`negie
to figure out how we can stick up for our low income community.
On July 23rd, three members of the Carnegie Housing Project (CHI') spoke to Vancouver City Council in responsc` to the Seniors Housing Strategy that staff presented.
BC IIousing registr}', and ho\`' neat-ly half of thosc` on the list {ire senior s. \`-e know folks wait for years, even dec`ades, hoping for decent ho`ising. So(`iet}. isn't \`'orking right
if tliis is the standard of care.
The repoii made some good reroi]imi.ndations, like im|)rovillg seniois' relocation protection ``.hen their cuiTent home is being rede`'eloped. It also
Plioeirix fiirished off the public coini]icint
I-ecollilnelids I)ushing tile pi`o`'iJice to increase the Shelter Ai(I for Eldei`l`'
housing that oiit}. c`haigc`s ht>i 3o9ii of her
Residents (SAF`ER) supplement, u:1iicli curl.entl`' oul`' co`'ers rtJnts below aio`\nd $8oo a moiitl-I.
sec`tion, sliaring her gi.atitude for l\a`-irig the Opportunit`T (0 li`'e in faiil`' stal]le senioi 's iiicom{. foi-i`en[.
Slip then \`'etit c>n to shai-e the paili she felt \`'at(`hing a senioi-\`'ho aitpeared to be unliouse(I str`iggle to ``'alk `ip tile hill p<ist
The CHP meinl)ers supported the strategy,
Cit`' Hall. Slie i\otice(1 tha[ he Liad a iie``'
but raised concei.ns al)o`it the l<`c`k of iirgenc}. to get senior-govt`mment fulidiiig
backpack, somethiiig he might ha`'e
ne.eded to actuall}7 incl`ease housing
affordabilitv for seiiiors (and ever`'ol`e else
who makes-under $4ok a ye<|r).
pul chased ``'ith his pe[]sion cheq`ie. Ullfor{uiiatel}` that c`heqtie is iiot enoiigh to actually pa!T for housing.
"I'm looking at us, and it's gi.eat that there is
First uJas I.aural, who spoke about the
a seniors housing strategy, but the prot>lem
tei.rible lrousing c`onditjons that seniors are
is so urgent." "1`'c` ntied more sheltei. ri`te
made to live in, and the lack of
housi[ig, ``-e need hotlsing that people can afford."
f`cc`oimtabilitv for landlords to address health and safetv hazards. Iraui-al has mo\'ed bet``rec`n inul[iple buildings bec`ause of the pi.evfllence of mold tliat triggers severe t.espiratoryissues.
The strateg}' passed umnimciusl}.. 'uu{ it's hard to sa`' ho\`' liai.d cit`-`t I:ft-.i-.nii `-ouncil will be pushing tlie I)I o\ il!i-e aj`,``. :-eds to f`incl real affoi`dablc. !`L` `: s::`,i
I.t--: tis kno``' if
She pi'esented a fast-pai`ed slideshciw of
`rou'(I like to spe<il . 1 + =`_: r :-.. ``ifLii Increase
ilrl:`ges sliowing building maiiiteliance iss``es
the pre s s u I ii I .` ` r I 1_: t--_ I-L`.I . -i+ i i i=h} ij hou s ing.
ancl described the sustained card stressfiil dispute process to get these issues addi.essed; one' she coinpared to n "cl`imiml tL.ia]..`
`Te.`t, I spoke i`bout the 6]ooo I)c`ople on the
Burn Bab`' Burn \\lieie `s your-loving baby Jesus \\'heii you whip the clap out of me? Where's tlie blood and body in theory making you lioly whe]i you puncli me ill the face? \`l]ere's y.oiu saci.ed Hail Mary \`.1ieii }rou hall down a beating on nle? Hii``. is it tlial Oiu. Fathei. In Heaveii :te\'er tempe!ed }'otu rage. }oiu I-ist?
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He \`'ho liimself co`lld not sa`'e
fi oiii Holy Ti iii]ty tiiple iimider/suicide? Pati.lalch cnnuuallty that I.aises greed to viitiie
as cons`imptiou cousiiines us
and
cat)ital acc`miillates foi- tlie holiest
as every' Sundry then` god foigi`Jes them foi` their week.s extiaction, tenoi.. and theft
As he forgave my §ettlei. father who iiever once admitted iespousibility foi. Ills offsi)I.ing 's pan until on lns death bed he said, "Maybe I beat on lily childlen too mucli " \\liat \`-ill it take foi capital to admit, •..\1aybe I extl.acted aiid beat too much on Eaitli aiid woi.kel`s"?
Is jt waiting for EartlL foi all includiiig theii kids and graiidkids to be at death.s dooi.?
The white patiiaichal god of assets aiid doiiriiiion
over iialure aiid womeii becomes a miiiioii `\rheii faced with nanu.e`s f`ny
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vancouver Premiere POWER TO CHANGE
Documentary
The Theatre at Carnegie Community Centre 401 Main St. at Hastings Wednesday, August 28, 2024 One showing only at 6 PM A DTES Peace Education Program Euenl dies peace,ed@gmail com
Carnegie Community Centre Theatre Scrccns ``Power to Cliange" I)ocunientary Highlighting Community Resilience in South London** DTES Peace Education Program volunteers are
the program encourages participants to reflect on lhemes such as appreciation` inner strength` selfawareness. and hope. It aims to empower people from diverse backgrounds b}' pro\/'idiiig practical tools and insights that t`oster a scTtsc of` well-being
proud to present :.Power to Change" at Carnegie Community Centre. The film by Cc/e6rci/c fj/e is a
and fulfillment. By promoting self-djsct)very and
cciiTipelling documentary wliich delves into the heart
perso]ial grov\/th, the Peiice Ediication Program contributes to buildiiig a more harinoiiious and
of a community in South London that united to combat the alarming issue of knife crime among its
understai`ding society...
youth. Tl`e screeiiiiig will take place on Aiigiist 28 at 6:00 PM.
"Power to Cliange" showcases the remarkable jour-
ney of Soiith London residents. Faced \`'itti a surge in kn it`e crime and gun violeiice, they came together lo filid solutioTis and ci`eate a safei. eii\Jiroiimeiit for tlieii. youth. This powci.ful documentary liighliglits
the resi]ieiice. hope` aiicl eiiipo\\'ermeiit that can
emerge whcli a commuiijt}' decides to work collectively against pi-essilig social pi`oblems.
The narrative of Soulli Londoti's struggle resoiiates deeply-u ith Vaiicou\ er.s Dou ]ito\\ n TTasTside (DTr,S), wl`ei.e tlie commuiiit} fact:i Its ii\\ ii iir±ei`t challenges: tlie soaring momht} rate Jue 1 _ J` `.I overdoses and \ ioleTit ci Hiie
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complex underl} ing social pri`t`:c|-,i ::h.:,_.`+:1, c,-,:``L.
muiiit}' action and co]Iabi)ratiiin
ln both Soiith London and the DTES. the biggest obstacle is often oursel\/'es+>\ ercoming apathy.', divjsioii` aiid despair to foster a spirit of teamwork and mutual support. "I'ower to Change" is a testament to the incredible outcomes thiit can bc achieved wheii a comniunil}` \\'orks together. underscoring that persoiial peace find collective effo]1 ciin lead to real. lasting chaiige. Join us for an evening ol`inspiration and reflection. Witness the transt`ormative power of commuiiity solidarity and learn how tl`e lessons from South London can ii`t`orm and energize oilr own ct`t`orts to tackle the challenges racing the DTLS.
construction for the next week or two. but we are OPEN and ready for (free) biisiness as usual. Our lovely branch head Danielle LaFrdnce is taking a well-desei.\'€d vaca(ion and so I am seiz-
ing the opportunity to put her beautiful books into the recomii]eii(led reads I /#LTf LJ.Ac J I,/.Ac I/` Frielidl). + Fire` avid #Posldil{lo z\re t\ll vNonder[iil books of poetry aiid big brain-)I thoughts and can be requeslcd t`roiii oiir cati`logue. If yoii.re looking t`or soiiie fresh fiction` T6a Obi.eht-s 71/ic Lwtjr"f.#gr`/.dc tells a mo\'ing stor,v of
a mother-daughter reldtionbhip throiigh magic and folktales, and it is t`reshly shelved i`t Carnegie. If`
yoii`re looking to encoiinter maiiy new writers,
you can try the 2023 etlifion a.r the Jourliey Prize
**About the Pcacc F,ducation Program**
S/or/.cJ,`T. \\Jliich celebrates lhc couiitry's best
The Peace Education Program offered by TPRF is
€mci.girig Black VIriters
dcsigi`ed to help individ`Ials explore the possibility
of personal peace ai`d discover their own inner resources. Through a scries ot` interactive workshops,
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