[news] Why the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre was closed for two days

[Resist!ca]

This excerpt from the Carnagie newsletter from May 1st, 2004 explains the 
reasons behind the recent two day closure of the Downtown Eastside Women's 
Centre in April. The negligence of the board to meet even the most basic 
responsibilities (i.e. paying the Hydro bill) has resulted in an overwhelming 
response from staff and community members, who are organizing and using the 
Societies Act to officially outst the board. Many women who use the services of 
the DTES Women's Centre were threatened with the denial of entrance and 
services if they continued to engage in a legal sit-in during the two day 
lockout that resulted....

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/5/5/161555/0108