[antiwar-van] Feb 15 - No More Empty Talk, No More Empty Lots

[Harsha W.]

- please forward widely -

No More Empty Talk, No More Empty Lots.

* Mon February 15th, noon at Pigeon Park (Carrall and Hastings, Downtown
Eastside of Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories).

Rally with all our neighbours and supporters. Organized by DTES Power of
Women Group with the DTES Justice for All Network. Visit:
http://dtesjustice.wordpress.com/

* Support the "Olympic Tent Village". Endorsed by Streams of Justice.

The upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics has escalated the homelessness crisis in
Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and the Greater Vancouver area. Since the
Olympic bid, homelessness has nearly tripled in the GVRD, while real
estate and condominium development in the Downtown Eastside is outpacing
social housing by a rate of 3:1. Meanwhile, a heightened police presence
has further criminalized those living in extreme material poverty in the
poorest postal code in Canada.

With the eyes of the world on Vancouver, residents of the Downtown
Eastside and our supporters will be taking the streets to affirm our call
for justice and dignity. We want:
1. Real action to end homelessness now
2. End condo development and displacement in the Downtown Eastside 3. End
discriminatory ticketing, police harassment, and all forms of
criminalization of poverty.

No more empty talk and no more empty lots.