[van-announce] April 4 - DTES Contingent in Grand March for Housing

[Harsha]

GRAND MARCH FOR HOUSING

Join the DTES Contingent!

Saturday, April 4
Gather at noon at Main and Hastings
Sandwiches served

On Saturday April 4th there are Marches for Housing across BC. A Grand
March for Housing is being organized in Vancouver by different
communities, labour unions, and neighbourhoods across the Lower Mainland.

We are organizing a DTES contingent to highlight the struggles of
residents of the DTES, the poorest postal code in Canada, who are most
impacted by the lack of affordable housing, growing poverty and income
inequality, inadequate welfare rates, as well as cuts to social supports
particularly for single mothers, those living with mental and physical
health issues, and those struggling with addictions. The DTES is also home
to one the largest urban Indigenous communities who continue to live under
the brutalities of racism, colonialism, and poverty.

Join the DTES contingent of the Grand Housing March on April 4, show your
strength and express your voice as a DTES resident, and demonstrate your
support for the humanity and vitality of the DTES neighbourhood. All
residents and allies welcome!

This contigent is being organized and endorsed by: Carnegie Community
Action Project, DEWC Power to Women Group, DTES Neighbourhood House,
Streams of Justice, Indigenous Action Movement, and more. The Grand March
for housing is being supported by many city-wide groups:
http://www.citywidehousingcoalition.org

If you are intersted in helping to organize, want to endorse, or have
questions, please contact us at 604 839-0379