[van-announce] Tent City Needs Your Support Now!

[megan at resist.ca]

From: anton at resist.ca
Subject: [APC-Announce] Tent City Needs Your Support Now!


** PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY **

Call for support!

Today at approx. 5 PM homeless people and their supporters marched on a
piece of vacant and under-used city property to create a tent city.  We
did this to help house the city's ballooning homeless population and to
draw attention to the need for housing for all!  After a tense standoff
with over 100 police officers and after the arrest of two of our allies we
succeeded in finally taking the land.  Our tents and shelter had already
been taken down by City workers.  People still want to occupy the land and
demand that the city put aside ONE green space in this city for homeless
people to live in.

By taking down the tents, by blocking people from using parks and other
green space, and by arresting people, the city is de facto taking the
position that it is better for the homeless to sleep in alleys and in
doorways than in the comparative safety of green open space. Homeless
people deserve better. Please call city hall and let them know that.
Call Mayor Larry Campbell's office at 604 873 7621 or email him and the
rest of city council at mayorandcouncil at city.vancouver.bc.ca.

Now, we need your support. Please come down now or as soon as you can.
Please bring tents, sleeping bags, blankets, food, and - most of all -
yourselves, to support the fight for Housing for All!
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