[Wamvan] Sat Sep 17: Womens Housing March and DTES Block Party to Block Condos!

[Harsha W.]

- mark the date and do read below on ways to support -


SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17 2011:

ANNUAL WOMEN’S HOUSING MARCH
immediately followed by a
DTES BLOCK PARTY

http://dtesnotfordevelopers.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/womens-housing-march-block-party/

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=272871019394832


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5th ANNUAL WOMEN'S HOUSING MARCH
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Sat. Sep 17 @ 1:30 pm
Starts at Cordova and Columbia, just west of Main St.
Unceded Coast Salish Territories

On Saturday Sep 17 at 1:30 pm, join the Downtown Eastside Women Centre
Power of Women Group* in the 5th Annual March for Women's Housing and
March Against Poverty.

We invite groups to bring their banners and anything else for our festive
march and ‘GentriFucation Tour’. All genders are welcome and celebrated.
Please bring your drums and regalia. This march is child-friendly and
there will be a rest-vehicle for elders. Spread the word!

We celebrate the recent victory that has forced the provincial government
to commit funding to a 24-hour low barrier shelter for women as a result
of our collective efforts. We also continue to march for:
- Social Housing, Childcare, and Healthcare for all!
- No more Evictions and No more Gentrification in the Downtown Eastside! -
Stop Criminalizing the Poor!

Email: project at dewc.ca or Phone: 778 885 0040


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Immediately followed by A DTES BLOCK PARTY!
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BLOCK PARTY TO BLOCK CONDOS ON THE 100 BLOCK
Sat. Sep 17 at around 4 pm
Music, food, and the last bit of summer sun!

Marc Williams wants to build condos at the old Pantages Site in the
Downtown Eastside. Condos in the heart of the neighbourhood will cause
higher property values, higher rents in single-room occupancies,
displacement of current residents, increased policing, and low-income
residents feeling unwelcome in their own neighbourhood.

We are getting the neighbourhood and all our allies together to protect
the site for 100% social housing for low-income residents. The DTES is not
for developers to make millions; it is for our vibrant and vital
low-income community!

HOW TO SUPPORT:

* If you are a group, endorse the DTES Community Resolution:
http://dtesnotfordevelopers.wordpress.com/savepantages/

* If you are an individual, sign the online petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/nocondos/petition.html

* If you work in the DTES, sign the Boycott Statement:
http://dtesnotfordevelopers.wordpress.com/dtes-workers-boycott/

* If you are a social housing provider, don't collaborate with Sequel 138:
http://dtesnotfordevelopers.wordpress.com/social-housing-provider-boycott/


Organized by the Coalition of Aboriginal Front Door, Carnegie Community
Action Project, Citywide Housing Coalition, DTES Neighbourhood Council,
DTES Power of Women Group, Gallery Gachet, Streams of Justice, Vancouver
Area Network of Drug Users.

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* About the DTES Power of Women Group organizing the Annual Women's
Housing March:

The DTES Power of Women Group on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/?sk=group_95044879752

Stories from “In Our Own Voices” Power of Women Writing Project:
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/author/dtes-power-women-group

Short film Survival, Strength, Sisterhood: Power of Women in DTES:
http://vimeo.com/19877895



-- 
Harsha Walia

https://twitter.com/HarshaWalia
https://www.facebook.com/nooneisillegal
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/author/dtes-power-women-group



-- 
Harsha Walia

https://twitter.com/HarshaWalia
https://www.facebook.com/nooneisillegal
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/author/dtes-power-women-group