401 Main Street Vancouver Canada V6A 2T7
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17th
Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival Wednesday October 28 - Sunday November 8; 2020 We"re just getting started! Many more activities Nov 1- Nov8
Due to circumstances of the pandemic, most of the festival's programming
is online and outdoors.
Live stream www.heartofthecityfestival.com
Can't access a computer? There are other ways you can enjoy the Festivalpop-up ART IN THE STREETS Mon to Fri, Nov 2 to 6, lpm - 3pm This coming week the Festival offers pop-up, outdoor Art in the Streets activity including: OTES Poets Corner; OTESWriters Collective; Carnegie Learning Centre mobile writing workshop; City Opera Vancouver; musician Michael Edward Nardachioni; and theatrical clowning with Gerardo Avila, Covid Protocols are in place, Go to Facebook for "day-of' schedules for outdoor Art in the Streets htt2Y.1www,fac:.;ebook.comjHeartoftheCitmstivalf
Viewing Rooms The Festtval has setup two viewing rooms where we will present streamed Festival programming and selected Zoom interactive sessions, Check the schedules at each venue for more details. Please note: both venues have controlled entry, safety protocolsin place, and very limited capacity. First come first serve. $ Carneqle, 401 Main
Sun Nov 1-12:30pm-3:30pmj 5:30pm-7:30pm Tues Nov 3 - 12pm to 2pm Wed Nov 4 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm Thurs Nov 5 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm Fri Nov 6 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm ,Sat Nov 7 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm InterUrban Gallery" 1E. Hastings
Tues Nov 3 - lOam to 9:30pm Wed Nov 4 -lOam to 9:30pm Thurs Nov 5 - lOam to 8:30pm Fri Nov 6 -lOam to 9:30pm
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Screening Outposts The Festival is partnering with Evelyne Sailer Centre, 312 Main, WISH, Atira and the Vancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall to bring the online Festival to other locations. Check with these organizations about when they will connect with the Festival's live stream events or show Festival programs. Many more FREEexciting events during the up coming days of the Festival! Find the Festival Program Guide at Carnegie Centre and at locations throughout the neighbourhood. For complete Festival details, visit - www.heartoftheclrvfestlval.corn. Go to Facebook for outdoor Art in the Street "day-of' schedules - https:!!WV1IW.faceoook.com!HeartoftheCityFestival( Produced by Vancouver Moving Theatre with Camegie Community Centre & Association of United Ukrainian Canadians, with a host of community partners. Front cover photo: lames Pau; this page: Mike Richter photo Oavid Cooper
, The Sandy Cameron Memorial Writing Contest saw its 5th annual awards event on October 28 as part of the Heart of the City Festival. Lisa David, as MC, welcomed all to the live-streaming as COVID restrictions limited participation to maybe 10 people in the room. Following are the results of judges:
Recognition for Merit:
Audience of One by Mike Tropp Letting Go by Priscillia Tait Honourable
Mention:
Waheguru by JathinderSandhu Feeling Gratitude during a Pandemic by Adrienne Macallum 3rd place: Boil Water Advisory by Phoenix Winter 2nd Place: Growing Not 50 White by Gilles Cyrenne i" Place: Frontline Workers by Jennifer Nelson POETRY Recognition for Merit:
Garage Rocker by Andrew Date To My Noni Laura by Linda Harrison 5RO you know? by Arthur Parks Ode to Crab Park by Barbara Morrison My Life is a Test by James Kreitewolf Mean Old COVID-19 by Ghia Aweida Unsung Heroes by Jennifer Nelson Honourable
Mention:
Bed Time Story by Lee Benner Life Brushed by a Feather by Phoenix Winter 3rd Place: Contagion by 5tewart Brinton
2nd Place: Heartbreak by Gilles Cyrenne i" Place: Survivor by Jackie Humber
Over the next several issues much of this work will be published. Judges read only the typewritten pieces with no author's . name attached, made comments and ranked all. Jackie Humber got 1st place in Poetry and $100 for this poem:
SURVIVOR Every morning as Iawake I hear the chirping of birds not bombs
What about you .. Living on the streets Sleeping on stone pillows Night after night The vibration of life keeps changing But the hum from the city keeps you alive The city song keeps you walking But at least it's forward, yes forward You press your pedal and leave it all behind Maybe a scrap offood today Maybe a meal • You follow the white line You ask .. Can Isleep on your couch. huh huh. .. Not tonight is the usual vibe You keep walking forward Finally a meal and your life feels so real Again The rain falls upon your face Looking up Just like a shower in the penthouse of your dreams You see in magazines The city doors lock up As night falls You sit in an empty dark store front A bird rests upon a wire It chirps. Jackie Humber
Here is the writing of JenniferNelson, This was the 1stplace entry in Essay. Jennifer arrived to read but circumstancehad the event ending about 10minutes before she could arrive after work. It was read aloud by Lisa David and Jennifer receivedthe $100 honourariumprovided by the HOTCFestival. FrontIine Workers
My definition of "frontline workers" may be different than most ... Yes, doctors and nurses are important but the REAL heroes, the TRUE frontline workers, are not those making over $20 an hour, it's those that are HIGHLY underpaid & NEVER mentioned in the media ... they're your peers, your friends, your neighbours. They're the ones doing incredible work for tiny amounts of money, or none at all! The people that rush to your rescue when they find you in an alley or on the street, the people picking up garbage & needles on a daily basis, the people making & distributing meals to the people the rest of the world has forgotten ... To us taking care of our community AND the people in it is SOOO much more than a job, it's a calling. Doctors & nurses get paid well for what they do, but the 'little' people in the background, helping our world run, being cogs in the machine, generally without recognition OR adequate pay; THESE are the essential frontline workers. We put ourselves in harm's way to make the world we live in a safer & better place to be for ALL! Immersed in pain & hopelessness, surrounded by suffering & death, we are the ones fighting to force the sun through the clouds to give you a glimmer of hope, fighting to revive countless motionless bodies, fighting to breathe life into those on the verge of no return, fighting for our community to be whole, & fighting for ALL of us to be SEEN, no longer ignored. So to ALL of the incredible, resilient, headstrong, dedicated, extraordinary, unrelenting & FIERCE people fighting the good fight EVERY damn day, the TRUE essential frontline workers that not only breathe life into the victims of the opioid crisis but breathe life into our community with ALL they do EVERY day, & give hope to the hopeless, I thank you! You may not get mentioned in the news, or the paper, you may even think no one knows what you do ... But I see you, I acknowledge you, & most certainly appreciate you! We stay strong because of YOU! We stay standing because of yOU! And countless lives are still in exist. ence because. of YOU! Thank you JenniferNelson
Aboriginal Veterans Day November 8, of every year
Since the dawn of human history, people have been engaging themselves in fighting and in wars. They have been killing each other, looting peoples' land, resources, belongings, raping women and girls, burning houses, poisoning waters, destroying food, taking people as slaves and using children as soldiers. The aforementioned evils are only part of the colonial process. We must condemn any future war. We must stop any warmongers from stirring up any ideas of separation or independence. The number of nations should be smaller and smaller not bigger and bigger. We are just one humankind. Innately, no one is superior. No one is inferior. We are all equal when we are honest, straightforward and upright. We are equal when no one schemes and plans to take advantage ofthe other people. We are equal when no one is phony or fictitious. Individual differences are acquired from external factors, such as one's upbringing, peers, and education. We should not divide ourselves by the color of our skin, by our religious beliefs, by our ethnic backgrounds, by our social customs and mores. The world's political leaders should not engage in finger pointing at one nation while supporting another nation involved in killing and genocide. Many wars are caused by a small number, about ten percent of religious leaders of all stripes, who harbour extreme views towards faiths of other people. This has happened many times in the past. It is happening right now and it will happen ifwe don't learn from our past mistakes. We should not follow these fanatical religious leaders whose extreme ideas lead to extreme actions. A good religious leader should always promote the power oflove and respect for other people who don't belong to his or her religious affiliation. We must remember that mighty war machines are not that mighty or invincible. Recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are total failures in spite of the billions of dollars worth of deadly weapons used to bring to heel the people of these countries. Nations, including Canada, should not have supported. these wars. Many of the officials of these countries are highly intelligent and if they are given the autonomy to rule their own countries and their own subjects will be able to develop governance that will benefit their own people. What are invincible are corripassion, sharing, respect, dignity and kindness towards each other.
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There is an old s"ยง.ying"The honoring of one General is paid for by the death of ten thousand soldiers." Humanity so far has not learned from the brutality ofthe killing fields. After the Industrial Revolution in Europe, the European powers were able to acquire canons and other armaments with long-range destructive ability. These nations spread out to different corners of the world. When the European powers came to North America, they first used Aboriginals to fight their enemies by making alliances with them. When the wars were over the Europeans killed or made slaves of the aboriginals and took their land and forced the natives to live in designated reserves. Most of these reserves were far from city centers and lacked good agricultural and hunting grounds. -
They were far from water and other resources so that the native people. often starved as a result Even today, life on these reserves is very difficult. Lack of adequate housing, good water supply and proper educational and health facilities compound the problems. I have had the opportunity of participating in the Aboriginal Veterans Remembrance Day event for the past years. We gathered at Carnegie Community Centre Theatre before 10:00 am and proceeded outside to begin our march with the cooperation of the Vancouver Police Department. An open van preceded us carrying a group of Aboriginal drummers and singers. The weather cooperated with the mood of the day. Rain fell like teardrops from the sky as if to mourn the fallen veterans and bemoan the fact that we humans go to war to kill each other. Some bystanders waved their hands to support us and some joined us in the procession .. Upon arriving at the cenotaph, a local MP and a war veteran gave speeches and two wreaths were laid at the cenotaph. The veterans who were present laid their poppies with the wreaths.at Victory Square. Twelve thousand Aboriginal soldiers took part in the First and Second World Wars and in the Korean War. Five hundred of them lost their lives in these three conflicts. In spite of being discriminated against by the Europeans, these soldiers gave their lives for our country to defend freedom and world peace . . These people can teach us how to respect the diversity of our neighbours. We should all try to live in harmony and avoid armed conflict and warfare in the future. Lest we and our children forget, so let us remember every day, not only on Remembrance Day, of the brutality, destruction, and acts of genocide caused by war The Downtown Eastside is the best Open University with no 'tuition fees. It offers the best education by volunteering and observing the activities one learns to be a compassionate caring human being. I hope all future public leaders and officials such as presidents, prime ministers and international corporation CEOs will learn from tile volunteers of this area before they be. come proficient enough to be admitted to the so-called world's most prestigious and top universities. The University of the Downtown Eastside is the best place to produce our most caring and compassionate professionals, business people, good workers, law enforcement officers and statesmen. Money hungry and corrupt politicians, CEO"s, professionals and law enforcement officers need not apply. They should go to the University of Wall Street that's melting and collapsing because of limitless lust and greed. James Chi Ming Pau Recipient SFU Ghandi Peace Prize
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CARNEGIE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION 401 MAIN STREET VANCOUVER BC
Hello CCCA Membership, On Thursday October 1, the Carnegie Community Centre Association had scheduled the Annual General Meeting, following health and safety protocols for COVID-19 that sought to balance the ability of our members to participate in the Society's decision making with the ongoing health and safety challenges presented by the global pandemic. Unfortunately, not everyone who wanted to participate in the meeting was able to do so due to space limitations. We have also heard from many members that they do not have access to the internet, making Zoom or another digital platform equally problematic. As such, the CCCA board of directors has made the difficult decision to defer the continuation of the 2020 AGM constant with the requirements of the British Columbia Registrar ofCompanies and the Province of BC's Emergency Order, which allow Societies to defer their 2020 AGMs due to COVID-19, to a time when the membership can meet more safely. Thank-you, and be well. Gilles Cyrenne President, CCCA
The regular meeting of the Board of Directors will happen on Thursday, November 5, at noon. Attendance is open to all but limited due to COVID restrictions.