The city needs 300 volunteers to undertake the count and the recruitment process is underway by city staff now. WERA received this message from the Downtown/West End coordinator, Shandelle Billows:
Count day is Tuesday, March 23rd and we are asking for volunteers to help for 2 -3 hours, between 5:30am-midnight. There is also training that volunteers need to attend.
Contact Shandelle Billows at 604.716.9655 or shandelle@phs.ca
The West End Car Free Day this year is June 20, 2010, 12 noon to 6 pm.
Next organizing meeting is Tuesday April 6, 2010 at 7 pm to 8:30 pm at Gordon House.
We still need lots more ideas for this years festival. We are starting to have a wonderful crew of organizers for this years event. Come and be part of the fun of putting this event on
WERA’s 2007 letter to PM advocating for a funded national housing plan
The Games are almost over, but the Red Tent campaign is just getting started. Come out and join our Olympic Wrap-up party as we launch our campaign onto the national stage with a clear message for the Harper Government- Canada needs to end homelessness now!
Come down to the Canada Pavillion this Saturday and help us spread the message that housing is a right. We’ve got 150 red banners that call for a funded national housing strategy and we’re ready to wrap up the entire Pavillion.
Where: Meeting Keefer Place next to the T &T Market and then on to the Canada Pavillion at Dunsmuir and Beatty
When: Noon on Saturday, February 27th
What: A paint brush, instruments
Who: People like YOU!
Let’s show the Government, the media, and those working for change all across the country that support for a funded national housing strategy is growing.
See you on Saturday
John Richardson, and the rest of the Red Tent team
The Vancouver Plant and Seed Exchange Network (VPSEN) aims to connect local gardeners with an enthusiasm for plant diversity. While one might ask what gardener, be it someone who has a yard, a community garden plot, a small balcony, or a sidewalk strip wouldn’t appreciate having a variety of plants in his or her garden, a number of barriers may exist: cost, access to suppliers, and lack of plant and gardening knowledge, to name a few. This project seeks to help alleviate these challenges by providing a space in which easy access to information will hopefully translate to tangible results (of the green kind). In addition to sharing their plants and seeds, we hope that members of this network will contribute to an open and respectful dialogue on the state of food in our city, biodiversity, urban land use, and to a collective knowledge which is only too vital for sustaining a healthy community. The VPSEN is an initiative of the Environmental Youth Alliance.
VPSEN
redtent.org
Hundreds gathered at on the north side of the Vancouver Art Gallery today to rally the call for a national housing program in Canada. The rally was organized by the Impact on Communities Coalition (IOCC).
The Raging Grannies opened it up with a few songs. Speakers included: David Dennis, President-Elect United Native Nations; Rev. Ric Matthews of First United Church; Wendy Pedersen, Carnegie Action Centre; John Richardson, Pivot Legal Society; and Libby Davies, MP Vancouver East.
Video of Libby Davies speech here.
Photos of the rally here.
