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Neighbourhood invitation to
DTES HOLlsing Action
Town Hall #3 hosted by the Carnegie Communit)r Centre Assoc:at:on Housing Project
Emergency shelters, tiny homes, and warming centres are impc)rtant immediate actic>ns, but the underlying problem is that there is not enough adequate housing being built 1:or people living in Vancouver!!! How much housing do we need, how should it operate, where should it be built, and how do we get it? We'Il discuss these questions and mc>re at the next Carnegie Town Hall. i3 .i`i e5 ri .;-:r
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Carnegie Association Housing Project Town Hall #3
Emerging Recommendations for Medium to Long-term Housing Actions
Tlle Carnegie Housing Plc)ject team held a torn hall in October to talk with DTES residents ab()ut immediate actions that folks in the neighbo`irhood want the C`ity and Province to follow through on to support our unhoused neighbouTs this \+'intcr We are continuing to build on llicsc requests by writing letters to the I Iouslng MinistcT Ravi Kahlon,1neeting with loc{il politicjans7 and meeting \+ith neighbourhood groups. We also hosted a recent news conference that received coverage from CBC, Global News, CTV. i]nd the Tyce. We will coTitinlie to be supporting the community to organise for tticse actions. Contact (`amc ehousingDroiectrf7)iumaiLcc>m to get involved.
A critical component of this project has been a commitment to an end to houselessness through an ultimate standard of guaranteed affordable, dignificd housing p]amed and fundcd by all levels of govemmcnt. Wlllle tliis souirds radical, il is exactly ttie kind of role the govemmcnt is in place to fill and tias doiie so historically.
Wednesday No\.'cmbcr 15th from 5:30pm-7pm. wc will be holding another town llall in the C`amcgie Community Centre Theatre to discuss \`'hat kind of bigger picture recommendations we want the three le\iels o±`govemment to l]1lplement and how \+c make sure the}. hear us. Hcrc is the list that has come from research and conversations with communlty groups so far. Please join us to share your thoughts! Snacks and drinks will be provided.
Emerging recommendations for upcoming provincial budget early next year: fund and speed up building loo percent shelter rate self-contained housing al Regent, Balmoral, and Gore and Hastings Lemplc sites.
Fulld the tiny house village for CRAB commiinity on parking lot ne.\1 to CRAB Park.
Ftmd costs for new sites. moving and operation of all Vaiicouver modular housing on laml with expired leases.
Fund alld require that all social housing Include {it least 30 percent of iinits z]t shcltcr/pension rate.
Fund the D rES Comiiiunity Land Trust to bii.y and renovate at least 10 SRO hotels and operate them usiiig their tellalit-led organising model.
Emerging recommendations for fodcral and provincial governments Make a plan to end l]omelessness. Create and adeqtiately fun(i a plan to end hoi]relessness for the Down(o`\'n Eastsidc a[`d all cominunities. that `akcs into account the number and voices of people who arc. currently homeless and their specific needs. the iiuiiiber of affordable units we are losing3 the number \ve are gaining. ttie number ot-people coming into homelessness. and the services required. Marie-
Josee . the federal Housing Advocate` says our govemmenls nccd to "adopt and implement plans to eliminate homelessncss as quickly as possible in cons`iltation with people \+ho arc uTihoused. Such
plans must Include c]ear` time-bound goals, as well as setting out who is respons]ble for wh{it across all le\'els of govcmmcnt...
Bull(11 million social housing units u`'er tl]e next ten years in Canada. Massive]} scale up fim(ling for dignlfied non profit social housiTig with bathrooms and ki(chcn5 that low incc>me people can afford. V\'e support the recommendation of the l`anadian Centre for Policy Altematives for one million new social hoiLsing units in C`andda o\Jcr the next decade.
Hnsure that low income people can afford the new social housing. Require and fund 30 percent of all federally and provincially assisted new social liousing units tci be affordable to people on income assistancc and Guaranteed Income Supplement. '1`his could be b.y providing grants to Tionprofits up front or by providing ongoing rent supp]emeilts to social housing for lower illcome folks after llousing is built. Rigorously idelltify and e]imjnate bureaucratic roadblocks to getting new non profit social ho`ising b`Iilt. Ensl]re that all children, incliiding, and especiall}r, those who belong to muTdercd and missiTig TTidjgenous
women, and pareiits who have died as a result of punitive dnig policy, are hoiised in adequate affordi]ble hoiising \\i'ith famil.y caregivers when possible.
F,merging recommendatiims for federal government Restore and drastically scale up the Rapid Housing Initiative to provide now hc>mes that people `+ho are homeless or at rjsLr of homclcssness can afford.
Change tlie criteria for the National Housing Co-investment Fund so that privately-owned SRO.s can benefit from the funding if they' keep rents affordable for people on social assistance and Gis.
Emerging recommendations from the Province Develop speclfic plans to stop the flows of especially Indigenous people into homelessness from hospitals, jails, kids ageing out of care` as outlined in the Indigenous S{ralegy and recognized in Bc'/o77g/.77g /# JBC
Bring in vacalicy control in SROs if the city ]oscs the vacallcy control court case.
Implement recommendations in II]digcnous Strategy and Red Women Rising. Implement recommendations in the Val]couver Chinatown Seiiiors Affol.dable Housing Tnventory' Report for new affordable seniors hoiising that integrates culturally appropriate eldercare sel.vices across the care spectrum and do this for all DTES seniors.
Because diverse groups of people need different kinds ofhoiisirig, create a fund that these groi]ps cdn iipply for to help them ile\`elop housing proposals that would suit the groiips the}r represent and be viable
Hmerging rccomincndations for the city E,`t€n(I the lei]ses for fill in(7(lular supporlivc housing or pro\Jide land for all modular housing \\'hen lhcir leases expire so \`7e don.t lose those desperately neeiled, self coTitaincd units;
Pursue vdcancy control in SROs;
Emerging recommendations for tri-level SRO strategy All three gove].iinient to provide adequate funds for SRO strategy ASAP; Eiisure that low income people can dffor(i the housing dcvclopcd by the SRO strategy'
S,ahned,¥wca:dT:+[e:TThIT:pTn°erd[ao'n¥:[\!::Tgbe:°iTlt::t part of the Heart of ttie City I`estival. This }/'ear's was lhc 8`h Aiiliiial conti`st as the I+`estivdl cc]cbrated
20 ycars! There were 3 anonymousjudgcs t`or each category: Poetry, with 10 cntrles and Essa}r with 7 entries.
Poetry nition for Merit
Being With Others at Carnegie By Max Campbell
Essay
',.q By Bormie Buchart Kindness Kindness By ()lga Sorenson They used to like to tell me By Patrick Foley Loaded will. tlte TIlings Of Love By Robbie V\'olney Honourable Mentions Downtown Days By J.T.Sandhu Free to Die
By Avery D"Eufemia
nition for Merit Un(Ifford(Ihle Rent/ITousing & Wealth IIleuuulity
By Su Chol Chong Tile Bcattle Of Neretva
By Branha Kontic Honourable Mentions I won{]er about ilie Dodo bird By .T.T.Sandhu
I Had u Dream By Robin Massey 3rd Place
1n (he States By Aver}r D.Eufemia
3rd Place
Dreams Of I'ro|)hec.vi By Mike Trapp
2nd Place
My home -Carnegie Community Centre 13y Jim Wang
2iid place
Torlure Puntoum By Gilles Cyrerme
B}J Gilles C};rennc
lit place
Once in u Northern Town By
Phoenix Winter
1 s' place
Good to be Kind
o=`CE i* A NOR'rHERN 'row.`' Beer bottle So brc)wn
Like me ln tlie white section of the bar I was talkiiig to Sandy Creed My drug dealer date The beer bc)tlle came at me Fi.om across the room So so brown Like me
Beneath Phoiie screaming. . .
I must get up and t`ace the world, showing e\'eryone my pcrfcct life. The person who looksjust right. Holding a smile so strong, no olie will ever know. . .
peeling myself out of bed. I gaze blackly into tlie mirror` a shell --pale andjagged looking back at me, living like an egg ready to break. Each crack fomied from \i'ears of hiirt.
Was it because
My bloodshot eyes vacaiiL
I wasii't in the iiative section
puffy from my cries late I,q<t iiight.
So brown Like me No o]ie told me to my face But selit a message
I can't recognize the person I see. Product by product, I work pailistakiiig]y to cover my shalne. to hide my paili. Filling the ridges beneath my eyes, adding a touch of rose to my cheeks. M,v shirt, my shoes matcli just right.
In a bottle
So so brown Like me Usually I could sit In whatever section I liked
Date any man Notlolli`Qht
The boLmcer at the door As I left Had a hook for d hand Gleaming silver In the tarnished moonlight.
Phoenix Winter
I look like nothing happeiied last nigi`t...
Beneath my smile.1i\'es pain, from tryii`g to survive one more day.
Kaden Pope
Its A wRAp 20th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festi\/al Wednesday, October 25 to Sunday, NQvember 5, 2023
Blank€ting anc} hcinouri!ig Isaac White. photo: Tom Quirk
MEMORIES -There were many many wonderful memorable moments at the Festival. One such highlight was the bianketing of lsacc White in appreciation of his v'ision to build relations with Indigenous and lrish drummers, which sparked the establishment
Qf the wonderful Hearts Beat initiative. Thank you lsaac!
THANK YOU - A huge thank you to the Carnegie Community Centre staff and Association along with a host of community partners, funders, donors, staff, and incredible artists and knowledge keepers for making the 20th Annual Dc.wntown Eastside Heart of the City Festival such a great and memorable success! The2023 Festival theme was GroL/nded /n Commun/ty.I CarryI-ng /.r Forwcrrd. It was so wonderful to see the community coming back out again after years of Cavid for live events. TD be together, grounded in community, sharing our culture, our stories, our lived experierice, our artistic and cu!tural practice. Together, grounded in community, we build community. Thank you one and am The DTES Heart of the City Festival is produced by Vancouver Moving Theatre \p+'ith tlre Carnegie
Commuriity Centre & Association of uiited ukLiinian Cariadians, along witli a host of commu"tv partilers
• Are 19 years cjf age or olcler
• Have the capacity to consent • Can understand and speak English
• Have experienced the death of someone they cared about (human or animal) and in the last year experienced grief for that lctss while experiencing homelessness (e.g„ unsheltered c)r unhoused) • Had or would have like to have had grief support in BC for that grief in the last year (e.g„ from friends, family, organizations) • Feel able and willing to share their grief experiences
To participate or learn more, contact Joshua Black at jblack@bc-cpc.ca or 604-626-2442. We will have drop-in times for those who do not book in advance. Note: Participants will be given an honorarium for their time.
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Study Title: Improving the bereavement experience among people who are experiencing homelessness in BC Principal Investigator: Dr. Eman Hassan (eman.hassan@ubc ca, 604-553-4866). Ethics lD: H23-00749
Vancouver Spent $550,000 to Evict Hastings Campers Advocates say the money would have been better spent improving Services for unhoused people.
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The City of-Vancouver and Vancouver Pc>l Ice Departmeiit spent a total of $548.000 to clear a homc]css encam|)mcnt on F,ast I lastings Street in April -money critics say coiild hal/'c beeii spelit on providing badly needed services for the city's growing number of ulihoused people. "You think of how many shelter beds could tlie}i have opened for that," said Jean Swanson, a former city coiincillor \`'ho advocates for homeless people as a member of the C`amcgie Tlousilig Project. rllie Carnegie Hc)using Project recently released a list o±` lline recommendations it said were llrgontly
needed as winter approaches. from increasing tlie number of` shelter spots to opening mcire da}iiiine dlopin spaces. The number o+`unhoused people in Valicouver shot up by 16 per cent beta-een 2020 and 2023, meaning there are now 2,420 homeless people in the city, according to the most recenthomeless count.
Across Metro Vancouver, homelessness grew b}/ 32 per cent. with a total of 4,82l unhoused pcople counted. The voluiitary point-in-time survey, which vyas conducted in March, is acknowledged to bc ar` undercount of the actual iiumber of homeless people. The Hastings clearing operatioii was the most aggressi\Je decampmcnt that has taken place in the city in I-ccclit years. It \`ras a departure from the city`s usiial strategy of working with BC I Iousiiig am] noJi-profit housing c>perators to secure housing and shelter spots before T.emoving a c{imp. Se\Jeral shelter operators said the.`. wcrc caught off giiard b}r the city`s action and did iiot liave enough spots to meet demand after people.s tents were taken from them. On April 5, dozens of police cifficers and city workers cleared seven tonnes oftents and other belongings from a camp that had formed on Hastings Street belwecn Carrall and Main. More tliaii 90 tents u ere removed. The city said i{ had no otl]er choice becdiise of the nuinber of fireb, violent incidents and scxiial assa`]lts happeiljllg in the side\``alk ciicampment. But homeless people and shelli`r opei.ators said there \lycre liot enoiigh spaces for people to go to and the tei]t I.cmo`-al left some people without any shelter at dl]. I'he Tyee asked I-or the total cost Of dccampment activities from April 5 to 12.
Figures released through frocdom of ilifomation requests to the city and Vancouver Police Departmeiit show that police salaries iind benefits took up $409.536 of the decanipment cost. The Cit}J ofvancouver's total was $107,803 for labour, $21,572 fc>r city equipment and leased equipinent like trucks` $934 to liold teiits at an impound lot and $7.875 to pro\i ide wheeled plastic garbage bins to homeless people lo hc]p store their belongings. People are still being ordcrcd to remove tents off ol`Hastiligs and the street is being regularl} cleaned. But Vancouver`s homeless problem is far t`rom being sol\'e(I. At a press colifei.ence last week, members c>t`the Carnegie Hotising Project and Downtown I,astside comiiiunity organizations wai.ned that they`re sceing iiiore desperation tlnd poor liealth in the viilncrable Dov\i`iitown Eastside neighbourhood. Trey I leltell, manager of the Overdose Prevention Socicty al Ha,stings and Coliimbiii, said tllat durlng the w inter IT]onths people crowd into the small stctret`ro]it space and cvcl) try to hide `inder the tables, makiiig it difflciilt to spot overdoses. Gary Davison, a community liaic;on \+'ith Heart Tattoo Soclety, called for more medical outreach teams. A lraliquilli7jer called xylazine is ilicrcasingly being added to the synthetic opioid fenlany]` and hylazine injections are leading to persisteiit infections and abc;cesses in people's hmbs that are `ier}' hard to lieal. cspecially `\'hen people arc unhoused, Dav ison siiid.
The C`ity of Vancou\Jer is pl.eparing to open 67 temporitry wir}ter shc]tcr beds. 70 extl-eme \\ieatlier respoiise spots aiid 236 warming centre spaces this wiiiter. in addition to the cit.\i .s 1,400 pcrmancnt shelter Spaces.
I`he Carnegie Housing Project is calling for an increase in shelter spots to actually meet the number of people who are homeless. The group also wants the city to: extend the leases of 144 units c)f modular housing that are set to close soon; create a tiny-home village to hoiise people li`ring in the CRAB Park encampment; open more daytime .`hangout" spaces where people can go during the day; incrcasc medical outreach services in the Do\rmtown Efistside; and increase laundr}' and shower ser\'iccs. The Carnegie I Iousilig Project is also asking for changes to B.C.'s rent laws to re(iuire liindlordb tc) get apprc)`'al from the Residential Tellancy Branch and have a homelcssncss prevention plan before evicting people from supportive hous]iig and single-room occupancy hotels.
NDP.s Jenny Kwan reacts to housing an-
nouncement in Vancouver "Homeless c]icampments are popping up in commiinities big and small across the couiitry. Last month. Metro Vancou\'er's homeless co`]nt showed a 32 per ceiit iiicrease in tlie number of people cxpcriellcing homclessiiess siiice 2()20` with 33 per cent of which / identiried as IIidigclious. As tlie cost-of-hoiising sk}rrocLels, the constmctio]i of more affordable housing is desper:]tely' ncedcd in the Greater Vallcou\i'er area. Unlike Jiistin Trudcau, New Deinocrats belie`'-e that the Federal government mtist play a lcadcrship role in solviiig this housing crisis by investing in more accessible social and coop housing. The reality' is that successi\ie Liberal and
Conservative govcmments have gutted finding for
build the affordab]e homes families, inchiding Indigenous peoples. need. That's why the NDP is ci`lling for the Liberals to double Canada's social housing stock."
Edjtor's note: The 3 levels of govemiiieiit keep talking about hoiising as though people can wait. The crucial pojlit is that immediate nccds are almost alwa} s hardest to get through \`hilc solut]om are years ii\``uy . The Prcqs Coiiference had Jean and Dcvin present 9 points that can get housing to those most in need. Tliey spoke to I)eople on the street -`expericncing homelessness" to get firstha]id input on needs and wliat can be done. Chris ljivingstone from Aboriginal Froiit Door. spoke o{.the operation at Mtiin & Haslings providing storage, meals, advocacy. Gary. with Heiirt Tattoo, talked i]bout providing food aiid seeilig
social and co-op housing pri)grams and cancelled those programs. As the. average rent for a two-bedr()om apartincnt in Vallcou\Jer skyrockets to over $3.900 a month, Con~
peoplL`-young & older-having w oiin(ls. ab-
is in it for wealthy in`Jestors and corporiite land-
people trying to siirvive wliile many aven`ics to treatment are llard to negotiate. The people without lioiising and those in SRob hiive lo get through the coming v\Jinter and it hub to be all hands on Jeck to kccp people ali`/'e.
scesses alid trauma due to bad health and poison dnigs. Phoenix Wintc`r spolie from her netwoi-king with a National Homclcssncss Coalition. Ethel scrvativc leader Pierre Poilievre, who is in the pocket Wli itty si)oke of working \\iith the hardest-toof we{]]th}r in\'estors, says building social alld co-op housc` and Tre}'', working at the Overdose Prevenhousing is a `LSoviet-st}'le takeo\'er uf housing." He tion Society. laid out the scenarict seen daily witli
lords-not ever}Jday people struggling to find a home lh€}r ciin drrctrd.
Furthemiore. the Governor of the Bank of Canada said iiicreasiiig the hoiisiiig supply is not an inflationany spcndilig. So, it is time +`or tlie I,iberals to put
people before the profits or wealthy dcvclopc`rs and
PaulR rraylor
Good TO Be Kind
lst place Essa}'
Sonic years ago, I had a l`rll`iid. <i reiilly smart gil) . u Ilo as lic got older t>ecame increasingly more and niore \`'rapped up in colisiiiriic}' tlieories` promoted lii`gative interpretations of e\rerytliiilg, and col"niinieated an expcctatittn t„ llii` imminc`[it colkipbc `it` all of ci` \lization al`d the world. (Possibly more true no\\J with global \\raiming all(I cllii`ate charige, bilt wc are wi)rLiTig on it.)
On the mornilig of Januar)J lst. 20()0.
he got up earl.\ {]i`il \`icnt to a community centre, con` ineed that airplailes \\Jerc going 1o drr>p out `" ll`i`
sly` 1hi„ iha(y+ \v.h taking over tlle world -that apc>calypse \\as miminelit. Y2K.)
(Does an}Jbody relm?Ii`hcl
Afli`i. ha\ ]i`g ert"ersations with him, it woii]d take mc a day to reco\'er fr."n the dcpressi` i` lone I"` his alt]luile
()lie da+. I said to hilTi that I believed, "Tt`we consider all the smiill ficts of kin(1ncss hilliiaiis sh.ire
i`\ i`ry ili]}/I, aH thre mothers, fathers, aml friends who care for children. \\'io \\ork t`) L`TeEili` a `iettL`r "fe for llii`ir l`;imiljes and coi"Tiunities; all the work being done by pl`ople in hi`]|)Hlg prol-i`s`iolis. Ieaclier>, iiurses, iloi`tiu s. si)cial u orkers; work of garbage collectors; the fact that u e hio c s}.stcnh ll`at help Ill m} riads if
emi`rge]ici€s-alllb`ilance,police,hospitals-asocielythatsuppoltsaHctf.that..`nilgt"ern.riiice.iniiUnited `rH`ioiic;. though f`ar from pcrfec{. \\iho aspire to create policies and enhalii`c I)eiice `ucli thiil u e e+ ol` c a hettcr w i->rld: u e have Constitutions and Bill of Riglits that aspire to creiitc a bcttcr w t>rld... '`F,\ er\ tiiiie there is a disaster, an earthquake, a flood. a hurrlccinc`` Iicl.*hbo`irs and iTulliiiiunily agencies r`ish lil.to help I ]iimans care and walit to help one another. dcsi)iti] £ill tlii` idcithgies of iiidn idualisiii and competitlol1..
"Aiid iill i)f` tliat. tliose small and big acts of kindness, co-opei £]tioli, and i`\)miT`unit}' biuldilig`" I i`ctnclud,
ed, ``far oiit\\ eigh thi` \\-ars. conspiracies, hatred, and iiii`I`lii`i`` llH" coiitmue. Otheru lie. huiiiiiTiit? \\i)illd
not liave evoh ed ancl siirvived``' •`It.s about sun w al ol` the fittest," he answered. The \\'aniiongers alv`iays \\in. "But,.` I said, I.E\ ei` in m}' \\'orst times` \\htli 1 \+iis `uicida]1y depressed to``ard the end c)f my drug aml
alcoholic years, \`heTie\ er I tc`ld sonicoi`e how I lch 1 ill)t offers ot` tielp. People told ine that 1 `lyas a gooil
person, despite m} bottoliied-oiit Self-es`cuni ^11`1 \+'hen I decided to sober up there was a communil}' of stlpport around nie th:tl I.ai ed and Tiulturetl IT`c fis bit by bit I regained sonie sanity. rm alive because I si[r\7ivcd a }-ear of depressioJi al`d 1 gi)t the help I iieeded ``hen I went lc)oking for it. People care. "Maybe,F 1 argued, .-It.s Qiii.` i\ al ot the frii`I)dliest. and it.s the I-riendliest who are most fit .'
Without a momc[1t.s pailse, \+ith(n" a niicro scc(jiid.s reflection or consideration. he said, "No No wz`}-. That was the begimiing of lhi. clitl or t}iat friendshir). no` oiily because of the nega`ivity that depressi`d iTic, but because I hatl to ltioL iirtcr m} self
1 wrote him a lorig letter ah`iut ili} coiicem> toi his nienlal health. about the effect his belief ill tenuous conspiracies \`'£]s ha\i ill.a on hl` life i`ml frieiidships .in(I at)out his insistence that he was always right flboul e`'erything. never w illiiiLt to tt`mk about other \ ic\\ 5 111ever heard b.iiL When I ran into h[m oil the s`ri`e{. ti } i'ar or so latet.,I said3 r.lli Bob, how are }'ou (ltr in.g','
`.T)on-t loll "t nii`.`` hc said, tuned away, and walkc`d ot`f in lhi` `)ppositc direc\iun
Though darkness looms Siiii still dawns every day What to do with rising liglit?
Small acts of kindness Come our v.J'ay every day A biis driver smiles. 13.\
Gilles C}'reiine
lluMANITIES ioi COMMUNmr uNIVERsllvfu Frco Are you interested in a I 3-week Creative Writing course? Hum offers free university-level courses to ]owincome people who live in and around the Dovmtoun Eastsidc and Downtown South: as well as people who are "natural community mcmbers''-former residents, volunteers, communit}' workers, and T)a()plc wino rc]y on the social services in these areas. Meeting oi` Tuesday cvcnings fTc>m mid-January to April 2024, in Writing 101 and Writing 201 wc lcaTT] and
practice a new genre of v.riting with a different teacher cvcry \``ci`k. classes cover creative fiction and nonfiction. poetry. song writing, TTidigcnous literalures, manifestus, comedy, cc)llaborative writing, book reviews and more. Parlicipants receive school supplies, UBC cards, meals, bus tickets to get to and from l/BC Point Grey campus whcrc c]atsscs arc held, and childcare fimding if needed. Hum courses are for people w.ho have encountered financial and other barriers to unjvcrsit.y education and who wish to expand their jntellecttral horizons in an accessible, chaHenging and respectful environment. Applicants must have a love of leaming, basic literacy skjlls and be wiuing tc) attend classes, complt.te assigriments anil participate in group di5cussious. Applications for these noi+credit courses are accepted not on tlie basis of past academic history. but on the applicant`s desire and ability to be part of the Hum Programme. Visit the Hum wc`bsitc for more information. humanitieslo 1.arts.ubc.ca, oT contact h.u.m@ubc.ca I 604-822-0028.
PU13LTC PROGRAMME Scl]F.I)ULF,
A TASTH OF THE MIDl)LE EAST When: Mondays, 5:00 -6:()0 p.in.
Where: The Gathering Place (fitness room) Facilitator: Shah]a Masoumnejad Middle Ezistem countr]es have rich cultures and although they are frequenlly' idenliried as one region, each country represents a distinguished culture that is rooted in ancient traditious. In this study group, we enjoy the beauty of these cultures and explore the differences that make each country Lmique3 often paired with dclicious sweet and savourv induccmcnts.
DOCUM.F,NTARIES FOR THINKERS (Nc,`1 screening Saturday November 11 ) When: Second and third Saturday of tile month, 6:00 p.in. Wliere: Carnegie Centre Thcatrc racilitator: Clande Ranville and Paul Woodliouse On the 2nd and 3rd Saturday of cvcry month join us jn the Camc`gic Auditorium tc] watch aiid discuss some scintillatiTig dacumenlary films. The film series shows an exceuent selection of thought-provoking films covering historical and contemporary s(tcial, culfural, pol itical, and environmental issues. Cakes and bevc`rages are
served during the intemission.
Salurda
November 11
I/iiwft#/c/ bT/t;ri.eb..1999. 48 mins. This documentar}/' tells the personal t,tory. of filmmdker J:iri Osbome.s father, a Chinese-CimHdian veteran. She describes her father`s involvement in World War 11 and uncovers a legacy of discrimination and racism against British Columbja`s Chiliese-Canadian communjt}r. Sworn to secl.ec}r for decades, Osborne`s father and his war bu(]dies nov\' vividly recall their top-secret missions behind enemy lines in Southeast Asia. Theirs is a tale of
young men proudly fighting for a country' that htid mistreated them. This film does more than reveal all important period in Canadian histo].}J. It pa}/s moving tribute to a father-s quiet heroism (nfb.ca). Forgo[[en Wurri()r.s.1997 . 5\ miTis.
This documentary introduces us to thousands of Jndigeiious Canadians who enlisted and fought alongsjdc thL`ir countrymen and \\`omen duriTig World War lJ, even though the.y coul(I not be conscripted. Ironically. while the}/ fought 1`or the freedom orothers, they \vere beiiig denied equalit}'-in their own country and rctumed home to find tlicir land sci/,ed. Lol.etla Todd`s poignant film offers forth the testimon}J of those \+'hc) were there. and how' they managed to heal (nib.ca).
Saturda\r Novemh.r ]8 E7;ZTlwwwg Marx. 20] 7 I hr 58 mins. 26}c<ir-oldKarlMarxeiiibalksv,iithhisuife.Jenny,onthl.ri).adtoe\ile,1n18iiParis,hemi`i`tsFriedrich 4l)}`;<H-`'1ul`CIJl inLiL/``uLi`^ili`J v .-,..., ~ _,_. _ _ „ _|`.L_ T`_:.:^1` `` ,`.t„,`r` ~1-.c Fnu/`lc thp rlal Eiigel5` an industnalist.s `oii. who inve`ti±ia[ed tlic soriiid birth c>f lhe Britisli \`i)rkmg-class. EOLi`cls3 the dand}r,
provide` the last pic`ce cil tlie piizzlc to the }'oun`g Karl Marx`` ni`w vision ol` H" \\'orld. Togethi`r. bet\\'eL`n censorsliip ;ind the police`s ri`T7resslon. riots and political uphe." :`ls, they will lead lhe labor mo`remi`r`t duriiig it`
diu elopml`!" into a modeni era (ww.imdb.ii)in).
Hum L! ;i iweerg!'t`..i,i'. Sgr¥ f1,,S.?.:i-? Free university~level courses at the UBC Pc)int Grey campus fc)r people who are living with low Incomes in and arouncl the Downtown Eastside and Downtown South` 8 diftereut teacher `.
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Information and applications available a{: The Gathering Place, 609 Ht:ln`cken St. (mocling room) Saturday November 1 Eiln at 11 loo a.in
Carnegie Cc-ntre, Main and Ha5tings St. (third flJLror classrcom`/ Satijrday November 18.'` at 3.00 p in
Dowlltown Eastside Wcm`en's Centre` 302 ColuTnb'Ia St. (`itomen c>nly) Monday November 20rl at 3 00 p.in.
Varicouver Ptiblic Library n5Ea?mat ct Strathcona Branch, 730 E. Hastings Sl (Wo Soon {Mary3 Lee Chan Room) Moiiday November 20" at 6-00 p.in
The Vancouver Recovery Club, 2775 Sophia St. (Spemsh room) Wec] ncsc!,ay NoveiTibcJr Z?I i at 6.00 p in
604-822ro028 I h.u.m@ubc.ca I humariitiesl 01 arts.Libc.Ga UBC & free
Fot 25 years, Hurr\ has offerec] tree university-lc.vet cc)urse5 c]t eciucation in the DTES/South vi^tli re5rdent5 A Steermg Comriiittee of Hum st\.dents anc] grt]cJuates meets iegulcr \r tLi guicJe c]U aspec?i of the Pr-/>]rarT`me.
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Earlier in the month \+'c had a patron artproach us looking for liiore work by Primo Levi. She left not before iiiaking a statement that the con-
defective destroyed disabled disorganized disrupted
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(1itions outside o{` our branch reminded her of`
the ghetto, of Aiischwitz. She said how the conditions have to do w ith the politics ot`exclusioli. Levi wrote how our language is inadequate to describe the offence of the Holocaiist. That a harsher language is required. It is always (iiiite a remarkable encounter to find oneself. ill where f`ew words are needed to express systemic cruc.I+y. Survival in Ausc]Iwitz: Tlie N(Izi Assault on Hwmffw/tj7, is I.evi's classic account of his ten months in the German death camp, a lialTowing story of such cruelty and endurance. Reflecting on genocide docs not require the right words. the right platitudes, but a call for thiit resounding well in our liearts to speak out
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psychoamlysis with a focus on decolonial stn]ggle` and `+'ho has written a woliderful book I:it+ed Psychoanalysis Unaler Occupution: Prac[icing Resiblunce in Palestine3 rec,endy rna,de ..xn as`utc observation that if yoii're feeling "crazy" right Iiow that makes a lot of sense, th{it what we have been witness {o in Palestine is unthinkable. ..incomprchensiblc." Perliaps being at a loss for woi.ds is a wd}' for us all to hold oiito our collective humanity. While there arc no right words, while simple stateTiients don't seem like enough, there are voices that continue to echo out, spet`king tmth to pct\tcr` that are worth our attention and stud}'. I-lere is fl list of books we have in the library:
Edward Said 's Pcoce ""a/ J/s Disco/iIeiits: Essuvs un Palesl.ine in llie Mid(Ilo East
Peace Pro:ess llanpapp6` s Tell Myths Aboui lsruel F[.il:[i;LF a(nori The Wrelcl.ed Of the Eartli
Be"[d Regrt\n` s Tlie Baof our Declar{iliori: Em|)ire, tlle M{Ind(Ile (Ind Resistance in
P,'les'i''e Joe Joe Johnson played the Rc)und-
house at the outsider Festival. (Photc): Rudolf Penner)
Jehad Abusdlim's cditcd collection of stor.ies Light in Guz,(I: Writiiigs Borit of Fire ~~ Danielle
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