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'l'hc ( agrees to eliminate discrirnirlatiori on the basis of nlcntal health andor ahuse. by networking with ! people arid organizations working for the same goals. " 110 you have to be c.rq, to be a member here? Yes, I am! 'l'hat's the whole point, nwrlt~ll is what we do to stay healthy, it's not just 11~~11th about hospitals and care teams and labels. When art is vital and speaks about the world around us, it can test our limits and prejudices, and promote animated arguments and even social change.

A l l o f these are reasons why I organized the Sticks and Stones show. I rerneniber my mother answering "Slicks unti Stotlrs m q Vhrruk your hon~~.s, hut nunres ~ V lnevcr l h r r j.ou ", when 1 was teased as ii child. No\+ I can see that she was wrong, that people are beaten and murdered for their sexual orientation, their racial origin. their gender. their religion and the way they I ( x k Ihis exhibition w i l l show ho\\ we can use artmaking as a therapeutic tool for healing ourselves and our conimuriity. breaking down the barriers that separate us. and educating each othcr. Art, including traditional "crafis". has been one ofthe strongest tools for recovery from abuse o f all kinds. It gives an identity. both personal and cultural, to the survivor, which cnablcs them to grow beyond the limited stereotypes previouslq put in place by their addiction. ;ihuse. inc;lrceratiori or tiis;~hilit\

I approached comrnunit) worker\ and trie~vl\I know and respect, explained the co~iccpto t h t i r k , and Stones, and scheduled Sour workshop. a \ i \ l i ' i , screenirg, and a perfimnance night. I c i r c r l l : ~ r ~,$;I J open call h r artists to consumers' group. t ~ e ; ~ I ~ i w groups and support groups. not the uhual art c i : t ~ .

Everyone was asked to speak tiorn their per>orl,il experiences, and not for any group they were not ,i member of: 'l'hese are the people who responded. w ith e r i t h u ~ ~ asm and dedication Jean Swanson is an anti-poverty activi5t arid rhc author of"1'OOR-11.4S//lh;(; 71w / ' o / i ~ r c ~( I \/ k :/ir . v i o t ~". She worked at [>PKA h r I 0 >car\ hctclrr. cct tomding E d l . c , ~ i . s l ~/ ~' o~\ r~d~ ~ in r ~ I>')X5. . \iiC otkrs a hnowlcdgeahle w e n i e w ot the >, jtcrr!. '!I,II t1;ive created pc)verty i n the West slnce teud;111~111 Isas overtaken by capitalism. S w a r w n detirw-. .'ptx>r-bashing" as the way that econornicall Jihad\antaged pet>ple are suhtly, contirluoasly. and ot~rv; unconsciously, demeaned by our culture. I . a r ~ p ~ ~ i r c is one ot'the biggest weapons used againit he p r ) f . and p)es hand in hand i t i t h other fimlb ot'opprc.,>ion. such as racibrn and wui\ni. Stlc i r 1 1 1 I J W plpll I i ~ c ~ t i oti^^ i I I I I ! .

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I.intl;i hlorcarr ( liwrierly Marcottc) i h ; I H ;~utliorand L ~ ~ I I I I I ~ Iactivi~r.

I I I ~ ~ ~ Shc ~rorkedas an organizer at h ~ c I.cyi.~ltrf~,c/ l I ' o v ~ r ~f ivr I 3 years. She led all Orgat!i/crs' 'l'rairling (iroup. witli Alice Kcndal and J U I I C I3crnml. at tl~cI A > Mt ~ f o wLt ~ ' ~ ~ . s ~Ws' Oi ~ I I lJ ~ L'.s,~~ ~ '~,ttlr(, fix 0 )i*ars. I~cfOrc:i.,l .I>. I ,ids was :I single mom on ~cltilrc.,and col~intecrcdas a welfiire advoa

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Shelley I.avcll work\ in both oil paints and thy.

I iunwur plays ;1 niaijor part in both her healing and her creative prtxcss. I jcr works i n this show portray part?:o f ' l ~ c r w l f ' t t.;he ~ ~ has repaired witli the help 01' hu~nour.She says; "Just as hurncxir comes tiom pain, the most irltlividual and interesting parts of US arc the damaged parts that we have had to repair."

Elaine the Lunatic Artist is a survivor of the psycl~iatrichospital system. with a total of34 committals. She was told shc was a schimphrenic who nccded to take psychiatric drugs fbr the rest ofllcr lifi., and accept that she needed to live in a boarding Iionlc and be taken care of: She has been free from psychiatry and medication for more than 10 years now, is an artist, and labels herself a "(ioofy Savante". She hclievcs psychiatry has about as much scientific validity as green cheese moon tlleory, and says; "I think it is your right to believe in Mental Illness. psychiatric labelling, or psychiatric drugs,

hut I \ b i l l not be free until Society doesn't have the right to gral) rnc, Itxk rnc: up. rip dow~i1 1 9 parits and stick a needle i n my xis. till1 ofdrugs tllat tahc away everything 1 chcrish: rny hurnnnity, 11iy creativity. my soul.''

Sandy Cameron is the a ~ ~ t h ot' o r "Slult.X.v,/rorlri h F'irc~". " 7 i r k i t 1. ~. l t ~ o t l ~I.ook ~ , r (11 ( '/tr.\..v ". and "f"ighliyq,/i~r ( ' o r r ~ t r ~ wSioric,,v,/rott~ ~ i ~ ~ ~ ~ I / I C ( '~1rt1~' ,sic1i ~ mDo\c.t~[orc..rr l b;~i.si.sicic~ '' I Ie I~as tl~ughtat 311 levels tiorn primary through to university. Over the last 15 years, he has volunteered as a tutor at the (.'arncgic 1.carning Centre. t le is a reg~ilarcontrihutor of political ;iri;llqsis and poetry to tlle ( ' c ~ r r ~ ~ y i r ! a voice of'disscnt and accountability N~~wslcrrcv-, distributed ficcly in Vancouver's 1)uwntown I'astside. 1 le says we begin healing by sharing stories :' and fighting stereotypes. t lc adds;" 'I'hc school system iliscriminates against ptwr and non-white kids and labels then1 Slow I .carnus and Trouble Makcrs.

The pverty and violence in their lives arc not retlected in the stories 01'I)ick-tZnd-.lanc. 1,itcrncq.is ii OLlr power to say who we are."

Willy Munro was born and raised in t loll;ind. The socialist ideolou was part of her childhcd household. She emigrated to ('ariada twice: once single .. and once with two daughters. She has volunteered and worked at the Vancouver Schtxd Hoard's various adult learning centers in Vancouver as an instructor and assistant fhr the past 15 years; and ~ o l unteered at Carnegie ],earning Centre and Native Ilducation Centre. She is presently enrolled in the HA Adult Education degree program at IJCFV. She feels that only through socialism arid critical thinking, true denmcracy is possible.

Gina Scarpino is a I:irst Nations ('hildren and I'amily Counsellor. She makes masks of deer hide, feathers and beads as a way to embrace her I:irst nations I~eritagc. Stlc is currently wc~rkingOII her' master of stria1 work at [ JI3(:, looking at the roots of resistance, resiliency anti strength of her people.

Through education, therapy, and learning about who she is as a whole person, she shed the shame and fear of being First Nations, by doing art and taking pride in what she creates. She says; "When I embraced rny culture, I started to feel more of a sense o f c o ~ n m u n i t ~When .

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5 and acceptance of this part of me. In life, we all have special gitts and it is time we told the world what these treasures are. As a family development worher. I see these gitts in fbmilies. as we work to create change. I watch each ofthem grow into their potential."

Caroline Credico. Sto:lo Nation, is the Family k o grammer for an inner-city community centre, as well as an artist and poet. She has a certificate in counseling, and a diploma in 1:aniily Violence from Native Education. She has worked in many areas with grieC loss, suicide prevention, intervention and p s t vention (dealing with the families afler someone sttempts or succeeds at suicide). She has cofhcilitatcd and led healing circles. In the one she will be doing at the Gachet on July 6. she will be addressing the issue of division in communities because of different ethnic groups. Peer groups eventually become gangs with biger weapons than just words. She believes if we teach non-violence to one child consistently throughout their life, we are affixling more than just that one child. because they are talking to their siblings and peers. Her poetry is about the thing she's changed in herself in the recent past. such as loss and how she deals with it.

She incorporates collages and drawing in her written body of work, layering inter-connected images and words in a continuum of experience, change and growth .

Gladys Evoy is an Alcohol and Drug Counsellor, Family Support Worker at Y W C A Crabtree Corner, recovering addict and mother. The daughter of a residential schoc)l teacher and a 16-year-old student. she doesn't rcmcnlbcr a loving home, just alcoholism and violence. She started using drugs at the age 01'7. hanging out on the street. and was lured into prostiluticwlby a "baby pinip" within a few years.

As the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome coordinator for Crabtree. she continues to see the results of neglect and abuse on children. fkcause of her own recovery from alcohol and drugs, and a strong spiritual thundation in her lik today. she recognizes that she's blessed with the ability to help others.

Hocco Xibalba came to Canada afler almost losing his lift. in his native Mexico at the hands of a gaybasher. In the last 5 years there have been 63 1 unsolved murders of gays and lesbians in his country.

I le says, "homophobia is never defeated. it's a daily. gentle and courageous fight."

Marie Annharte Baker: Ojibway Nation i \ a ~br~tcr who will be reading her work o n PerfOri~lar~cc Kight She works in collage with recycled materialj. a\ an active member of the Ari Siudio. 'l'he therapeutic tcwls she employs are hurnour and outragcot15c\cc\siveness. She says; "My healing viwal ciplorat I O I I . are influenced by art therapy uhere I could cl:rirr~111) protected space symboli7ed by a tepee. My \cr~\c01 community is transitory or it is a work-in-progrc.\i Right now, I am in community with others i r a~ ( I 1 t lealing Journal Workshop. I am looking for- otl~cr., with heart and spiritual connection to a lard haw Adina Edwards lives in the ('ore Arti\ts' ( o-op i r ~ the [)owntown f.;astside, where she participate., i l l the music room and membership comrnittcc. I tlc labelling, ugly secrets and memories of her childhood in east van are depicted in her sculpture l lcr artwork speaks with a social consciousne\s. tl~atL I L . ating one-dimensional labels for people ard ourselves is a destructive path we should all avoid 11 u c want to leave the door open 1i)r growth and char~pc Kristin Nelson is a painter of large-scale carna\c\ of drag kings, and lesbian activists. I Ier portrarl\ arc. of'women u ho are proud to call thernselvc\ " I ( I I I L 11' This world is one of lost histories, hidderl peoplc ~rrd yet unknown faces. She re-presents. revive\. ~ I r I fies, puts on stage and honours the people of hcr desired ancestry, unknown heritage and ahw~tctl tinily through her artistic practice. "

Louise Garand's mixed media drawings are a powerful depiction of the healing process of a woman who has survived childhood sexual abuse. Her experience shows that healing is possible at the deepest level for anyone else who chooses to undergo the same transformative journey.

Diane Wood: "I have painted and drawn all my life.

I have had formal art training 'ti1 the age of 19, with 2 years Fine Arts at Sir George Williams University in Montreal. Since then it has been the city streets, poverty, pop culture and the music scene that has shaped my vision. I have done front line crisis work in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside for over 12 years. My involvement with the issues of addiction, abuse and recovery are the basis of the art I create now ."

July 5 at 8:00-- "Homo Fobia The Two-headed Monster": Screening of the video: "4 1 1,ocas" by Mexican-Canadian filmmaker Rocco Xilbaba on Gay-bashing and Gay Pride, Hi-lingual discussion to follow with the film-maker and members ofthe Latin and Gay Communities, with translation.

JuIv 6 at noon - "What About The Children?"

Sacred ilealing Circle with I:irst Nations Community Workers Gladys Evoy and Caroline Credico.

They will lead a Talking Circle in the First Nations tradition, on the effects of bullying and racism on school-age children. As adults, we understand pre-judice, but how do we explain it to young children'? Name-calling is learned and repeated often without knowing what it means, at that age. Anyone with young children will gain a deeper understanding, and some basic skills to work on with their kids.

On-site supervised childcare tbr this event.

July 11 at 8:00- "Stupid - the Politics of Educa-

What names have you been called? What names do you call yourself? Community building arises from our need to protect ourselves, and in Vancouver is apparent in the resistance and the strength of the Downtown Eastside.

I am inviting you, the people who are most affected by prejudice and oppression, to the free events being held at the Gallery Gachet all month. The calendar is as follows:

July 5 a t 3:00- "Lazy - the Politics of Poverty" Interactive Workshop with .lean Swa~isonand I,inda Moreau of End 1,egislulcd I'ovc~rfy.They will use popular education techniques and invite audience participation.

tion and Illiteracy" Workshop with Sandy Cameron and Willy Munro, on how the school system discriminates against pcm and culturally dift'erent kids and labels them Slow Learners and 'Trouble Makers. When they drop out of schtml, it has nothing to do with intelligence; their reality is not retlected in the schtxd system. Sandy and Willy are adult educators, who have taught for the Vancouver School Board, the C'arnegie Learning Centre and the Native Education Centre. They will initiate the process of healing by sharing stories and discussing how there is a difference between feeling stupid, and knowing the school systern didn't met our needs. " 1,iteracy is our power to say who we are."

Julv 12 at 8:00 -- Performance Night with Elaine the Lmatic Artist, Diane Wmd, Marie Annliarte Baker, Caroline Credico, Muriel Williams and Bill 13uckels

J U ~26 V at 3:0& "Last Call" Artists'Talk with the participating artists. Viewers oHen want to meet or at least see the person who made the art. l'he artists will be on hand to answer questions about our work and our healing process.

- I h i e Wood, ('urator

The School System And Class Conflict Written with reyxct for the teachers, students and parents who have fought against the in.justice of the s! \tcm li)r !c,rr\.

I used to think school was the path to "upward rntr bilitq" h r low income children. Studcnts K ho were "snlart" and worked hard could improve their situation and become doctors, Iawqers, or whatever. In indi\ itlual cases, lo\v income students do move up in status through schooling, but that is not the usual pattern.

What the sociology of education has shown for 40 years is that the school system divides society into layers on the basis of income and wealth. As a rule, the poorest students drop out first and the richest last - not because the poorer students are stupid, but becausc the school system discriminates against them. In other words, the school system perpetuates a class system, and legitimizes a society so unequal that most of us can't even imagine the wealth of the richest I'anadians. /.ow inconle students drop out of school at more than twice the rate of other students. ( I ) Maybe they feel excluded because their clothes don't carry a fashionable label. Maybe they get tired of being callcd dumb in a hundred subtle ways. Maybe they can't find the money for books and field trips.

Maybe they have been reduced to silence because the school and its curriculum do not reflect their lik experience. Maybe their self-esteem has been so shattered by failure that they simply refuse to go to school. Some children have bee11so badly traumat i m i h~ the system that their minds automatically shut dohn as soon as they enter it.

Clnf'ortunately, students generally blame themselves for their hilure and the school blames them as well. 'fhey're told that they have low IQ's, or that they're culturally deprived, or that they're slow learners - but such culturally biased assessments only show that the school does not know these children. Some students learn to fkel stupid in school. and they accept that as meaning they are stupid. It can take a lung time before a person has enough confidence to risk ne\\ learning.

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'l'he school system is a competitive system ofwinners and losers. When low income students drop out, others will say. "'l'hey didn't work hard. They're lazy. 'l'hey're stupid. They're troublemakers. They don't deserve a good job or a good wage." We know, however, that the school system itself has let down these children by failing to meet their needs. It has hiled especially in the nurturing of self-esteem, and has refused to address a major cause of student thilure in a middle class school system: poverty.

"Poverty is the underlying cause of illiteracy," said Carman St. John Hunter, one of the most respected adult educators in North America. "Without any proven will to break the chain of poverty, no government has been able to make significant progress toward universal literacy." (2) To their credit, teachers' organizations such as the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) and the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) speak to the issue of poverty and school performance. They warn that unless we citizens address the economic inequality that lies behind much of the failure in school, our school remedial programs will have little etTect. (3) The best way to deal with the injustice o f a class system is to eliminate poverty and create a classless, equitable, democratic society. This is the direction in which Scandinavian countries like Norway have moved.

Right now, however, our public schools and public schools around the world are being attacked by governments that serve the interests of corporate business; which is motivated by maximum profit. We have a long way to go.

By Sandy Cameron ( I ) The Canadian Fact Book on Poverty, 1994, page 68.

( 2 ) "Myths & Realities o/Literacy/lllitera~y,"by Carman St. John Hunter, in Convergence, vol. XX, # I , 1987.

(3) Children, Schools and Poverty, published by the Canadian Teachers' Federation, Ottawa,

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THE POLITICS OF EDUCATION AND ILLITERACY During the multi-media show Sticks and Stones, exploring the long-term effects of name calling, Sandy Cameron and 1 would like to examine education in Canada and how it afTected you and us, during a workshop. I t ' l l be held at the Gallery Cachet, 88 East Cordova, July 1 I , at 8:00 p.m. We know it is not the best time for you party beasts, but we hope you can make an effort to examine, with us, the situations in our school system and/or society that keep us fiom learning. keep us fiom being creative and keep us fiom asking questions for fear of being called dumb. A lot has to change and what are we going to do about it!

Hope to see you there!

Willy Munro

Wednesdays, 2pm - 4pm in the Gym Starting .July 9th, 2003 Tap into the universal energies of the earth and cosmos. Five simple exercises that strengthen mind, body and spirit & f lealing meditation (Exercise I hour, meditation I hour) Taught by Dale Dingman (sponsored by VANIXJ and I>owntown fiastside f1IV/II>lJConsumers board) Wear Iww-titting clothes. Jeans okay.

Bring bottled water and a smile on your face.

Evervone Welcome!

The 16th Annual Volunteer Recognition Awards:

Celebrating Our Gems Carnegie was nominated for "Group Community Service Award" - "...to honour groups who enrich our community through your Volunteer service" With humble beginnings 23 years ago, the Carnegie Community Centre's Volunteer Program has grown into one of the largest volunteer groups in RC, providing a range of volunteer opportunities to over 600 individuals a year, for a total of over 70.000 volunteer hours committed annually.

Programs and services sought by the Centre's 2,000 daily patrons are provided primarily by volunteers, wirhout which such resources would not exist. '1'0 ensure maximum accessibility by Downtown Eastside residents, the volunteer body is comprised of men and women tiom many walks oflifi., with the wisdom ofa variety of ages, races. lifestyles and abilities. The Volunteer Program is particularly successhl in matching volunteer tasks with an individual's own capacity to be of service, and thus greatly hcilitates a volunteer's development of skills and selt~worththrough participation.

The Carncgie Volunteer Program as a whole won this huge award!! Our Volunteers Program is a very unique creation that provides enormous benefits, not only to the community that C'arnegie serves but also to each arid every individual who participates in it.

T H A N K Y O U T H A N K YO11 T H A N K Y O U

VOLUNTEERS

COMMUNITY DIRECTIONS working together for a healthy community

General Meeting Saturday, July 5, loam-12 Portland Ballroom, 40 W.Hastings Aaenda:

Elections for Steerina Committee

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1Ift:Y StJKf: DO I f A V F SOMfi (iAl.1 EAST f:ND RtSII1I:NTS IfAV[i NO SAY C'I'I'Y PARTY'S A N Y WAY FUNERAL PARLORS MAKE l3lG I IAl j l I ~ R I N GYFX r1tim TO SHI'ITY ~ I A I I

Book Launch Monday, July 1 4 ' ~2:00 , prn Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Street From an idea six years ago to a beauti tul hooh. r l r i , will be the launch of The Heart of the <'ommunit): The Best of the Carnegie Newsletter. I t ' \ a collec tion ofarticles, writing, poetry and art taheri I r o t ~ i the most consistent and persistent publicatio~ri l l I l ~ c Downtown Eastside since 1086. The l'ubli\her i \ New Star Books and it was made possible wit11 a grant from I'artners in Iionomic artd ('on~~r~urttl~ tielp (I'l:A('If). -1:dited

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But why does it have to go back to lawlessness and disorder?

Whv cannot the ~olice

There seems to be a lot d discussion on how the poiice are cleaning up the Main.and Hastings area h y say that the @ice are brutalizingsome of the drug dealers. 1 v\l

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Cause City Hall doesn't want to tie up a lot of all yearlong. want them during the tourist

SUMMER " BEACH PARTY " DANCE % WITH DJ MIX FRLJUL Y.4 7PM-1OPM IN THE THEA TRE COOL REFRESHMENTS COOL PRIZES

it'll be back to normal

again and every Tom, Dick and Lbry will be crowdint (continues to the sidewalks trylng to sell their junk.

What a flagrant abuse of power!

As a rate payer I want this area free of disorder all

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Not just for transient tourists.

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Just to hwp you a l l u p to date with the ('arnegie Community C'entre Association Board OIlicer\

1 DEYAS is MOVING! I

Margaret Prevost - President M u g s Sigurgeirson - Vice President Peter Fairchild - Treasurer - Secretary Gena 'Thompson - Member at large C'hris I-aird.

The Do\snto\vn Eastsidc Youth Activities Society ( D E Y AS) has m o v d locations and consol~datcda number ot'progranis into a single site. Following arc the changcs.

* 'The Adniinlstrativc otliccs. Alcoliol & Drug ~ o u n s c l l i n gprograni and client phone have moved f r o m 223 M a i n Strcct to 4') Wcst Cordova.

Vancouver V b B IC'X. This address 1s the D E Y A S mailing address.

* T l i c Youth Actioll Ccntrc moves t i o m 342 East t h i n g s to 4 1 Wcst Cordova

* Tlic Youth Outreach and Rcconncct programs "loves from 432 East Hastmgs to 40 West Allcyr (back o f 4 1 Wcst Cordova)

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* The Youth Dctos \I. ill rcniam at 432 E liastlngs

All phone numbers remain the same.

See you at the new site!

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On Giving I n Kimberly sits serenelj,. silently. rigid. erect. p o r ~ d c r ~ r ~ g but not mean. solemnly. deep in thought. mind war~dcring yet k e n .

Oh Kimberly so distant 4 remote. an emoting wul. yet tense and uptight I pick up on our grtwves her s h r l c vibration rules as a psalm.. i t is so right She lays back tor who knows what or wherc or wtr) but so prim and properlby the btwk i f you clorl't COIIn a t you'll get the leering look she puts up fences, barriers, and yet is not so her! \\I! maybe sly.. her hard exterior shields her hot Ir~tcrlor.a core that's so afire i t lovingly ccn)hs Alas i t is in her game the riddles she plays \+hcrc timc is lost and nothing is gained Who wins. Who loses. 1-11 let her decide; 1'11 p s t tag along for this stormy ride. I cannot quite dcclphcr trcr mysterious ways when deep feelings collide Kimberly cannot fathom i f I'm onto her style and alluring, stirring feminine wiles It's such an unfiwgivable loss o f time, ever1 though 11'11 be only a little while; yet as the minutes and m o n t h ~go speeding by it's the two o f us who lose. our drea~r~\ slip away She reminds me o f someone special who I was lond of so many hazy years ago in this t~red,vital world I~I;III\ spinning like her web I should swallow my prdc ar~tl. simply and sincerely, let Kimberlcy h n o ~ how I rc.all> k e l fbr her.. .

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Celebrate CANADA D A Y - Tuesday, Julv I

METIS DANCING

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Yvonne Chartrand 1070-1641Commercial Dr., VSL 313 Phone: ns-0790 far: ns-0881

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I l i everyone, I've been struggling with a severe bout of asthma since last week, and lying here trying to breathe has moved me from my mind to my heart. f'erhaps it's my inability to run around with all the daily "doing" that has freed me to see things more clearly. Rut I have an insight to share with all of you, concerning why and how we can jump off the blind treadmill of death that we and our culture are caught in.

A good friend ofmine, Ellen Murphy, spoke on my radio program a few months ago. She had just been arrested for handing out information on depleted uranium poisoning to American servicemen at an army recruitment centre in Bellingham, Washington.

Icllen is a beautiful and compassionate soul, but like so many of us she was trying to rationally describe why she did what she did, in the face of a genocidal corporate-military beast that is devouring our planet.

I could tell by her voice that she couldn't put into words what her heart was bleeding.

Fortunately, I also had on the program another strong soul named 'l'elquaa, a Carrier native woman from the Maxan Lake Bear Clan of northern B.C. 'T'elquua is a veteran of many battles for her land, but unlike most of us activists she has stayed in the pain of her heart, and speaks tiom there.

Tclquaa began sobbing ovcr the air as she described all of her relatives who have been murdered or killed oft' in her territory after the invasion of Cominco, Alcan, and other corporations which have destroyed

the land with mercury poisoning and defhrestation.

As 'l'elquaa cried ovcr the air, I:llen began to cry too.

And then I did. Soon, we were all simply wailing our grief and outrage to the world; something we have been conditioned not to do.

Finally, all of this releasing allowed Ellen to speak the truest words she could, straight from her heart. ,,, I'hank you 'felquaa, tbr helping me to grieve. My culture doesn't know how to grieve and so we stay stuck and nothing changes."

Like Ellen, it has taken the honesty of our own pain to make me see that words get us nowhere: that rational discourse changes nothing, since our planet is dying and we with it. That is not a rational or sensible fact: it is a nightmare. And we are so numbed by this terrible reality ofdeath that we consign it to an abstract and disassociated "issue" in order to get through the day without coming to pieces.

But it is time that we all come to pieces, and fall apart with grief Then the truth will be heard. and acknowledged in the only place that can change the world: within human hearts.

The only reason that I can know this is because I have gone through the grief that opened up my own heart. My life was shattered and ground to nothing over a few years, after I stumbled over the murder and land then committed by my former employer, the "IJnited Church" ofCanada. And I am still being ground down by the same people and groups who put me here.

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I'he ticts of'rhis world seen clearl! ;~rc\ L ~ L V ) through tears."

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And yet, short o f that personal tragedy. I doubt if l would now understand much o f that 'l'elquaa and Ellen taught rne that day on the radio - and what so many other native people have given to me: the siniple truth that wc're on the way down as a people, and that only radical spiritual transformation \\ill save even n remnant o f us.

I don't think i n terms o f "how" anymore. I an1 seeking a place ofrebirth in which the "how" fbllows from a new understanding o f who 1 am, and who we are, and why we have been given this precious and sacred gitt o f a bleeding and loving heart in the fce ofthe blind and automatic murder that poses as polite society.

I n the midst o f my illness, on Friday night. my lungs began tilling up with mucus and I literally couldn't breathe. I struggled at first, like anyone does who is drowning. But then something involuntarily relaxed nie and I looked at myselfwith a sudden love.

I saw that, like my body, our world and what we know and rely on is ending. But I also knew so clearly that (like me) we are nevertheless so much inore than who we seem to be, and that death is not llic end. And hnowing this, 1 actually laughed in the midst o f my gasps Ibr breath, and began crying with a j o y that 1 had heard as well in the voices o f Telquaa and 1311en.

I came through that s t r u g l e with a new peace in rny centre where mystery and all truth resides. I pray that in the days left to nie, I can spcak fioni that centre and not from my mind.

The poet W.11. Auden wrote, "In the desert o f the heart, let the healing walers start". Rut lelquaa and l.llcn and I can add to this, "And let those healing waters be our own tears: ofshame, and grief: and a new joy."

A l l my relations, Kevin Annett

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August 12'h noon - August 16Ih noon l'o Participate: *Personal commitment for the 4-day list *Only personal responsibility tbr irjuries. 1os1ilc111. *thing own camping gear, tent, etc.

We need volunteers f i x 74-hour camp securir donations of bottled water for Ouest - donations o f cooked food fi)r feast volunteers to serve fi)od at least Drop by und suy H e l k !

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Necessity, the Mother o f C'hange 1%) t arr> t r ~ l l l k q I Iris series ol'articlcs looks at the sever1 coritlitions t11at are necessarj fix cliange to occur. We \\ ill c\amine I i o u tliesc scien "precursors o f c.l~ar~gc" arc relev:rrit to gctting o job. keeping [hat job. arid getting rend!, fhr our n e l t job. p

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'The Sc\ en Precursors Of Change 1 : A Sense of Necessity 2: \f illingnes\ or Readiness to Eaperience Anxietj or difficult^ 3: Amareness 4: Confronting the Problem 5: lffort or Will Toward C'hange 6: Hope for Change 7: Social Support for Change I n t1ii.l issue. Ice \ r i l l examine precursor # I , A Sense ol'Necessit!. [.as1 time. I said thal the seven precursors ot'cliiirige do not 1111 need to be present tbr cliarige to begin and that each assists and coniple~irentsthe others. 'l'liis is true. tlowever. \L i t l i o ~ ; ~I sense t tlinl it is nccessar) l o change. \ve s c l d o ~ n111akcthe effort to begin.

Necessity grows \\ it11 tlie desire to have a t w t c r li fe. Rarel) d o unemployed people want to \\orb sililplj for ii reg111arpaycheck. When p;~rticip;ints 0t"l'lie Job Shop speak about tlieir ~ i ~ o t i ~ a lto i o \rork. li the) also speak of other benetits of'eriiploj nicnt. '1-hey talh ahout their desire to tkel

useful. T l i e j uant to have ~ t l esati\ti~ctiorl01 ,I 101) well done. 7'hej. say it is importai~tl o gct the I ~ y 7 ~ x . r o f others. and to k e l s e l l k s p c c t . I lie! \:I! \ \ ~ I . ! , ~ I I ? makes them feel more a part ot'socict). I h ~ i n p:I day's work for a da!'s pa) can gi\es niucli IIIOIC than tinancial r e u a r d .

I n addition to 111e desire for clianyc. ;I w r l w ofirrgency is important. W l i j should \\c b c g i ~ IIO\\ i .'

Why not put it oft'! Last week. \re i~rter\,ic\\cJ:I fellobv who said he sincerelj banled to ret(11-11 to h o r k . l l i s plan is to go h;ick to \zor.L ill /1p1i I ( 1 1 2004.1vhcn he expects hi\ i ~ ~ c o n a\histai~,c. rc \\ i l l I v ending. Some people \\'e talk to hn\c told 11. IIUI tllC\ believe that the gocernrncnt \\ ill lxicktrac!, OII III~>II deadline. "So why \rorr!?" M w t ot'our cwrclrr participants believe that it is ncce\\ar.? to l w ~ ~ ~ ~ e l x i for the possibility that their inconie nssi\t,~~lcc \\ 1 1 1 stop.

Ilrgericy can also conw t'rom \\itlri~i I IIC urgency that we Iiear expressed 111051 ~ I C ~ ( I C I I I ~ ! comes from inside tlre person not t I o ~ ioi t ~ t \ i i l c pressures. It comes from impatiericc lo gc-t ( 1 1 1 \ \ it11 things, to move f o r ~ a r d .to mahe thing\ I i a p p e ~:I\~ soon as possible, and to k e l more coniplc~tc.

I n tlie next nev.s\etter. \\e \\ill look ;II tllc importance o f being read) and \\ illilrp 10 c\pc.ri~,~~ce. anxiety and diftic~ultyas \4 e niakc chiuigcs ill (1111. life. This series o f short articles is i n s p i l u l I)! research on the precursors ot'cliange I?! I rctl .I Iianna. I hope that this i n t i ~ r n i a ~ i\+ill o ~ i Iicll) J O I I IO make the changes jot1 \+ant to see in !o(lr lil;..

I.arr! I'runke! is the I'rograrn Manager o f The Job Shop at Tradeworks Training Societj. 'I he .Ioh 411()(~ si~pportsresiclents ot'the LI'T'tJS i n their return to work. I'articipants develop and broaden the shill\ lllc! \\ill rieed to get arid keep a job. Federally lilrided by tlKIlC, The Job Shop starts neiv participant4 e\er! \\<c%!, Program intimilation sessions arc held Tuesdays. at I p.m. Call 604-753-0155 and ash li)r I l l e .lob 411011

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU to JAY HAMBURGER AND HIS CARNEGIE THEATRE WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS AND SPECIAL, GUES FOR DOING SIJCH A GREAT JOB Of: I'f IE READIN<;: Mark Clayton-Taylor, Grant Chancey, Irene Schmidt, Dora Sanders, Joan Morelli, Jay t lamburger, Paul DeCarie, Alex Martin, Patrick Foley, Muriel Williams, Sorrelle, Montana Ilunter, June Seto

e Peo~le'sfeedback at these readings is really valuable.

Your feedback helps us to understand what to keep and what to lose when we edit It reminds us what has been missed and what needs reinforcing. It helps us to understand what rings truth and Were we are going off track.

Here are some o f the responses we received to our question: What would be the message that you would

want a play to represent about the DTES?

* 'Together we stand,, divided we fall: community strength * Joy. Whether privatejoy or the joy of winning some of the

battles - not just the triumph over the people who were perpetrating the unfairness

* The difference o f the neighbourhood -- how people who don't "belong" can belong here - whether they're new to the country or the city or just trying to tind somewhere to fit in. * That the place and people . . are different from the media I I stereotypes * 'I'hat it's a community made up o f many comniunities, that it's a community with depth and texture; that it's the home of thc underdog who endures and occasionally, triumphs. * The Canadian experience which interweaves the dreams and sweat of the immigrant with the displacement ot'the Native peoples in this historical context of class struggle and coloni7ation: the personal experience of the political. What does it mean to be CANADIAN'? * 'l'he DI'ES is a multicultural community and it i s a representationo f the world. * 'l'he kids are the hope - art, music, science, literature and business ~nakeit thrive - define communities. * Ordinary people doing extraordinary things - both collmtivel~and individually about their family - with stories that only happen here or are unique to our neighbourhood. * Struggle, resistance, hope, solidarity, radical possibility.

What would YOU want a play about your community to portray?

Share your ideas with US:Cali Colleen, Rose or k i t h @ 604-665-3008, or Terry (a) 604254-691 1. Email: vmtO,vcn.et. Or9 come to one of our workshops. Watch this spot for announcements.

MEDICATION In a low income high-rise two senile well groomed ladies play games wondering halls knowing people behind thin doors say things to hurt then hurry a few feet away stop to look hack and giggle behind their hands like two young children in their parent's homes Dora Sanders

importantly, she wanted to know why the hell she had wings ifshe was born in a cage with nowhere to fly?

She pondered this mystery as she stared at the bar\ of her cage, growing angrier and more liustrated with each passing day that brought no Justifiable answer. And then one day, a new song carnc to her. From deep within her soul a hrrttle chaut r o x . laden with conviclion and clear in its mes4age.

"Old cage your bum ure old und weuk You cannot hold me, my dreums I seek.

I've learnt your secret, now I know, 1 will not stuv, s o Ief me go!"

With the passion of her song to empower her. she struck at the closest h r with her lovely wing. and sang even louder as she triumphantly watched 11 crumble to dust on the floor ofthe cage.

She was fie Hallelujah, she was fiee!

She Sings

And now, there is this beautiful, vibrant b r o w bird; not yet old, but no longer little. She still I~vcs in the cage. although its bars are now golden and it's no longer old and ugly. Instead. i t is warrrl and inviting, furnished with all manner ofeclect~c treasures that are wonderful reflections of her character and life. The doorway is especiallq ornate, in memory ofher epiphany and as a reminder that she i s no Itmger imprisoned, but muL3come and go at her whim. l'his i s her home. her personal place of refuge. 'Ihe bars are there to protect, r~ot confine.

She has made it a magical place, this cage. I,or now it grows with her as she, herself; continues to grow; in knowledge, in experience and in strength She need never feel unnecessarily bound or rcstricted again unless she so chtwses and that i s unlikely, for the joy oflieedonl i s lar too precirw, to surrender willingly.

Inside and outside her cage, she sings. I:verywt\erc she sings loud. clear and fearlessly. tier song\ arc. full ofgratitude; fbr all that she has, ibr all that s l ~ c hopes to become. And when she encounters Other birds who do not understand her songs, mistaking her happiness tbr naivete or ignorance'! She offer4 the gift of a smile, spreads her lovely brown wir~g\ and continues to sing.

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Blindness And Empire "Whydo Americuns puy so lillle allenlion lo their poe~sund moru1i.sl.sund so much lo lhcir millionuire.~und generuls?"

1x0 'l'olstoy tmpire-building is so much a part o f the history o f the United States that many Americans don't even see it. Ilenry [)avid Thoreau saw it, though, and as part of America's deepest and truest democratic tradition, he opposed both slavery and the US. war with Mexico that lasted tiom 1846 to 1848. It was a war ofaggrcssion (as is the war on lraq today), and lots o f Americans opposed it as an unnecessary atlack on a weaker nation. "Witness the present Mexican war, the work of a few individuals using the standing government as their tool; for in the outset, the (American) people would not have consented to this measure," 'Thoreau wrote in his famous essay called "Civil Disobedience", published in 1849.

I n the treaty after the Mexican war, the United States seized fiom Mexico the regions o f California.

Nevada, IJtah. most o f Arizona and New Mexico, and parts o f Colorado. Some said the war was a great victory, and an expression ofthe spirit of manifest destiny that lies at the heart o f empire.

Others, like Thoreau, did not believe that beating up weaker people was a sign o f honour, courage or mo-

rality, and looked to peacefd ways for nations to settle disputes.

The acquisition o f new territories after the Mexican war caused unexpected problems for the (J.S. t3itter quarrels over slavery broke out. Were the new territories to be "slave" or "ti-ec"? In spite o f the C'ompromise o f 1850, these violent quarrels became one o f the underlying causes o f the American Civil War. In war, you can never be sure about what is going to happen next, even as the Bush Administration has little idea o f what is going to happen after its iilconceived war of agression against Iraq.

'The success o f the Mexican war buried criticism tbr a while, even as the apparent U.S. military success in lraq has given Bush a little more time. L3e careful, though, o f this word "success". Hefore the German invasion ot'l'oland i n 1939, tlitler spoke to his military commanders. tie noted the failure o f the world to remember the Armenian genocide by Turkey - I to I.s million people massacred tiom 19 15 to I9 I 7.

"Who, after all, speaks today o f the annihilation o f the Armenians? The world believes in success alone," t litler said. ( I) Well, the world has remembered the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust in Germany, the genocide of aborirrinal peoples in the Americas, and the " many other genocides that have taken place, and are taking place, i n our empire-driven world. Ordinary people are getting fed up with "success" that relies on genocide. We hear a strong voice against war in the international peace movement. When the American people rediscover their own democratic tradition they will reject George Rush and the ugly face o f empire.

"1low does it become people to behave toward this American government today? I answer that they cannot without disgrace be associated with it," l'horeau wrote in his essay "Civil [>isobedience". When "a whole country (Mexico) is unjustly overrun and conquered by a foreign (American) army, I think that i t is not too soon fbr honest people to rebel. This (American) people must cease to hold slaves, and to mahe war on Mexico, though it cost them their existence as a people." Earlier in "Civil Disobedience" 'rhoreau wrote, "I think that we should be human beings first and subjects (uncritical, obedient consumers) afierward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right." Ile

closed his essay with a spark from the tire o f true denic~racy," I please myself with imagining a State which can afford to be just to all people, and to treat the individual with respect as a neighbour." 'l'horeau spoke the democratic vision of America. It is the opposite of George Bush's empire. The llnited States. after all, was founded i n rebellion against the 13ritisli Hnipire. How beautiful th hope ofdemocracy as described by American p e t s - "As if it harmed me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself- as if it were not indispensable to my own rights that others possess the same," Walt Whitnlan wrote. (2)

London Drug store, the one way up on t i a t i n g s pa\[ Nanairno Street.

We decided to catch a bus. We jumped on a Nurnher 16. 29Ih Avenue S t a t i m l t wasn't too crowded Ilierc were two people sitting at the front ofthe bt14arid we also sat near the front. I think they were tourist\

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I lirsch, IJniversityof North Carolina Press, 1995, pg. 184. ( 2 ) "7'horrghf- ( ? f l ~ u u l i f y , "by Walt Whitman. in Leaves

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It was a lazy Sunday early i n the PM, just after noon.

I had just recently started to ride the bike again and had to go liv a ride around the Stanley Park seawall. I had actually planned to go riding earlier in the day but it was raining when I awoke fiorn my slumber and I didn't want to go outside and melt and leave a big puddle of brown sugar on the sidewalk.

1,111 a very considerate person.

Iloorl I received a call from a friend who I .lust hadn't seen in a week or so. She asked if I'd like to go fi)r a walk to London Drugs up on Georgia and (;ranville. I didn't really want to put oft'my bike riding exercise (yeah, right) but being a genteel Iiorlllllc I agreed to the walk up Granville. I decided that i t would be all to go for a ride later i n the day. When we got there, she couldn't tind what she to a difyerent Was looking hr, so we decided to

to this part oftown because they didrl't know where they were or where to gel oll'the bus. .l'hey uere headed to Edmonds Stat ion. I h u n d that out u lrerr they decided to get off at the (iranville Street Station to catch the Skytrain just after we pulled away Iror~l the Granville Street Station stop. This error cawed a dialogue to develop between them and the bu\ driver. Atier discussion o n the merits ol'uall\ir~g down to the Watertiorit Station horn the corner ot Hastings and Granville, they decided to stay orr tlrc bus until they reached 29'"Avenue Station arid trarrsfer to the Skytrain there. Apparently they were a couple o f hours ahead o f schedule and wanted to \ce sonic of the city befi)rc tliej met their part! at I drnonds or something to that af'ftct.

As we neared Pigeon Park, the man mentiorred to his woman tiiend that we were entering:he wor\t part ofthe city because he had heard a lot about Pigeon Park and that there had been a few d e a t h there. The driver. now being a part oftheir group. said that it was a lot worse than that. I guts\ lie feel\ that way as lie drives thru this part of'town or^ Iri\ regular route. 1 h u n d that strange because I 11vca block from there and I tind it to be a friendly placc most all the time. Whenever I pass Pigeon l'ark some one always says h i or hello or just rrcxJ\ or smiles. Not being a butt-in-ski kind of'pcrsorr. I dccided to be quiet and mind my own busines\ as ue passed thru the worst part ofthe city. Sure e11011glr

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they kept on running the area where I live down, the tourists and the bus driver, although the driver was not saying too much.

Someone further back in the bus heard the conversation and decided to chip in his oppsing opinion.

This brought a smile to my face as I sat there watching the tourists get suddenly quiet. The guy was a big boy and he was trying to see who would question his opinion. I t was then that I realized that this is how the myth becomes hct. This stranger felt threatened as he traveled thru the bad part oftown thereby reinforcing his prejudice that this was the worst part ofthe city. I ie would only have this idea that hc was ridit about his opinion. I knew I should have said something but I realized that it wouldn't matter what I said because this person would never believe anyone from down here until he spent some time down here. I was the same way before I came down here about 6 years ago. I now know how wrong an opinion can be when it comes from rumor or the paper or any place when a person hasn't walked in another person's moccasins. 1:ven though it is the worst area of town I feel as if l belong somewhere finally. Being a volunteer at Carnegie is somehow making my life worth something. It may not be much but I received a letter the other day saying that I am important to some people some of the time. Kight now that is important to hear.

-harold To all the Ihwntown Eastsiclers who have

shared their timc, energy and friendship.

When I leave I will miss you all.

Stay strong.

Judy from Auslralia

'l'he World t iealth Organisation today issued a new warning against non-essential travel to the entire Western hemisphere, fbllowing renewed concerns about the spread of Severe I m s of I'erspective Syndrome (S1,OPS). Ofticials are warning travellers not to visit the OK, the \IS, almost all of' Western Europe, and Canada, following further outbreaks of the disease, which has led lo mass panic among the media, thousands ofecstatic children being kept out of school by their credulous and moronic parents, and increased prolits for DIY stores as the idiot public rush to bulk- buy fhce masks and hoiler suits.

A Wt 1 0 spokesman said, "You'd be much bctter off' going to somewhere like Thailand or China, because all you've got to worry about there is SAKS, and let's face it, you're about as likely to die tiom that as you are to get kicked to death by a gang of zombie nuns. '!'lie SAKS virus has now claimed a staggering 500 lives in only six months, which makes it considerably more deadly than, say, malaria, which only kills around 3000 people every single day. Malaria, however, mainly effects only darkies what speak foreign, whereas SAKS has made at least one tkglish person kel a bit it% for a couple ofdays, and is therefbre considered much more serious.

The spread of S1,OPS has now reached pandemic proportions, with many high-level politicians seemingly affected by the disease. The rapid spread of SI,OPS has been linked to the end of the war in Iraq and the need fbr Western Icadcrs to give the public something to worry about. Otherwise, they might start asking unconifortable questions about domestic issues, and that simply would not do. Anyone who appears to be exhibiting symptoms of SI,OPS should be draged into the street by tlieir genitals and shot.

..Irld l h there the nig!ii L+C roa~,icdI I I I I , .:f the bonfire, well not d l of us! .As we approaclr l u i l mom, the g q s go all pagan on t r i . Women Iiirlgtt. squeal a d chcer, while the men jump through I ~ I C flames, s i n l i n g and searing and proving their ~riarrh o d ! Jason keeps challenging Gerald to d o it !11( trururcl, "sky-clad" as wc'll call it in solnc trad111oi: When not screaming with laughter. w c all k , ~ r ~; l IyO i to the g o d old songs horn the had old d;i>., \ c ~ ~ i i ~ . \be all knob. and rernenlber dilkrerrt ~ ~ o r to dz Bingo is a hig favourite. N o nlarkers \o u c LIX. beans and rocks. "Where do qou get the rock , " ( I I , . ever-alcrt security person asks. 'I obacco i \ rhc pcbrennial nurnbcr one choice of the ~.inr~t.rs.( ) t course. there's the occasiorlal squabble: if'AmJ> hadn't sprained his wrist at volleyball, l'rn u r c ilc would have gotten into a fist fight with the birrgo caller. 'l'he games are hidl spirited. My favourile is the new one we invent, obstacle course bocce ball. 0 1 ' course, for some. there is love and romance. w d ;I! I the tantrums and tears that accompany it. I niahc new fiiends with people I usually Just pass i r i l l ! :I "hello", sometimes not even that on a bad hair da!.

'The food is spectacular and abundant! We all pacA home enough groceries to last us a few days. What more could a girl ask for? Sign me up tbr the next one!

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CAMPING AT CULTUS Camping with Carnegie, a first time for me. It takes a while to get used to being out of the city. I hear the wind rustling the leaves and think it's shopping cart wheels on Concrete.

The schizophrenic is playing volleyball by himself, but asks me to join him. It rains, so Kai reads out loud to us from the Chilliwack Yellow Pages. Much fuss about fishing, to Rocky Raccoon go the spoils, and the marshmallows.

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Free soup and bun by I3rody daily at noon!

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!%,n~~(d (he new hook ~ g v j w!his ~ / week Rabbit Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Call # 994.04 pi1 1:ollowing an Australian government edict in 193 1, black aboriginal childre11and children of mixed marriages were gathered up by whites and taken to settlements to be assimilated. This incredible story which was made into a remarkable film is the real life story of three such girls who escaped the institution to walk home over 1000 miles'througli the dessert - a moving story of awesome resilience and courage bound to inspire the reader.

The Sick House Survival Guide by Angela Ifobbs Call # 613.5 hob We ordered this book following requests from some patrons. It is a new b(x)k produced by New Society Publishers Guhriol~1Islc~nd/I.( '. It may be of interCSI to people suffering from asthma , allergies, chronic fatigue or environrl~cntalfiictors. I t has many tips and is easy to read.

Ilow to grow up when you'rc zrown up by Nancy O'Connor Call # 158.1 O'Con 'I his is not just a book you read, it is a book you do!

I'hc book is organized in a way lo help readers to idcntily specific arcas whcrc they would like to change and has a very helpfill selflevnluation tool to identifj, areas where change would lead to a happier and more successful adult life. I Ier previous hook Letting go with love was one of the most helptill btx)ks on bereavement your librariar~used when living wit11 loss.

And in ucknowledgemrnt of Nutionul Aboriginal I1u.y June 21" some new First Nutions Titles Who a r e Canada's Aboriginal Peoples : recognition, Definition and .Jurisdiction ('all # 971.004 Cha Addresses such questions as who are the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada? Who are the Metis? Who decides? t low many are there'? Where do they live?

One Dead Indian: The Premier, The Police, and the Ippcrwash crisis Call # 970.2 The title tells it all Inside Out: an autobiography of a Native Canadian by .James Tyman Call # 971.004 An autobiography of a young man written in six weeks by the author as an account of his own story .

A story filled with racism and injustice a story where his life almost ended. First published in 1989 when it became a national best seller i t deserves to be rediscovered.

Final word from Mary Ann your librarian Are you reading Stanley Park?? Do wish to talk to others about the book? Want to enter a competition where grand prize is sleep over in Stanley Park with author Timothy Taylor and a gourmet meal? ,Join us in o u r reading club Thursdays a t noon in L.earning Centre and come add to the fun

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"A big hurdle that none of us is spared (whether we know it or not): how to keep going and going, doing and doing, learning and learning, without becoming so set in our ways that we lose sight of (or taste for) the stray, the dift'erent, the unexpected."

Willianl Carlos Witlian~s

18 Signs Showing You Might Be Canadian 1 -You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars.

2 - You drink pop, riot soda.

3 - You know what a mickey and a 2-4 mean.

4 - You don't care about the fuss with Cuba. It's a cheap place to visit, with good cigars, great music, and no Americans.

10 - You know that the last letter ofthe English alphabet is "Zed" not "Zee".

I 1 - Your local newspaper covers the national news on 2 pages, but requires 6 pages for hockey.

12 - You know what the four seasons mean: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road work.

13 - You understand the Labatt Blue commercials.

5 - You know that a pike is a type of tish, not a tieeway.

14 - You know how to pronounce and spell "Saskatchewan".

6 - you have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.

15 - You perk up when you hear the themc song from "Hockey Night in Canada".

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