Our Survival Fund has reached nearly $60k! Thank you for the support. We are now giving funds to nearly 300 families and individuals, and round 2 of applications will be up soon. Keep donating and sharing! https://t.co/wLLya9fH32
#COVID19#covid19Canada#Covid19_Coming_Together
PROTEST SAFETY 101
Join our info session with @PaceSociety on protesting: protest basics, some historical context, and how to stay safe and supportive as a participant.
WEDS 12 Aug at 5:30pm!
Register: https://t.co/5WdWK8X3ge
Event: https://t.co/PKlIuXatsI
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Oppressed & repressed populations are unequally affected by COVID-19.
We know that there are many of you/your loved ones who do not qualify for government support. We know that there has ALWAYS been need and we're here to try to meet some of them as best we can.
#COVID19#YVR
Greater Vancouver monetary assistance to those who need it: applications due SUNDAY!
COVID-19 Coming Together proudly opened our 3rd round of funding! The gvmnt continues to, as per legacy, inadequately support those who need it most. We're here for you!
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Round 2 of Survival Fund update:
eTransfers are now being sent out! Please check your email (and spam/promotions folders!) for the latest update.
Thank you all!
#Covid19ComingTogether#Covid19Vancouver
We're launching a joint campaign with @valucoop to support local artists, unions, and mutual-aid groups. Please check out and consider purchasing beautiful products!
#bcpoli#vanpoli#COVID19
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Learn more about our #vanmutualaid campaign with @CComingTogether! https://t.co/TOxBWvyJws While restrictions may be lifting in BC, our journey through the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. With proceeds from this campaign, we can bring real support to those who need it most!
It shouldn’t have taken a pandemic to raise assistance rates or to begin to deal with housing emergency. But let's build on initial steps & make the human right to housing a reality.
Co-written with my partner Andrea Pinochet-Escudero https://t.co/UAJ5t9qETy #vanpoli#bcpoli
Maintain the $300 increase in income-support programs for low-income people and people with disabilities and pursue further increases to allow people to live with dignity. #EndHomelessnessBC
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A network of elected city councillors and activists are demanding immediate housing for all of BC’s unhoused residents.
Please sign on to the #EndHomelessnessBC open letter: https://t.co/jn9fPzdkqw
#bcpoli#vanpoli
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Maintain and expand the interim guidance issued by the province of BC and the BCCSU to enable an ongoing safe supply to combat the provincial public health emergency, declared in 2016, fueled by the continuing overdose epidemic. #EndHomelessnessBC
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We are SO excited to announce our #vanmutualaid collaboration with @CComingTogether, an incredible grassroots initiative formed to support community members in need. Our artist-designed and produced items will be posted on our NEW website this week!
Stand for housing justice by signing on to these petitions:
🖊️Letter to house all unhoused BC residents: https://t.co/Ga4Ma55Px7
🖊️Oppenheimer Tent City Community: petition voicing demands of Oppenheimer tent city community members: https://t.co/4OtyqQlGxe
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COVID-19 is an urgent crisis that is threatening the lives of thousands of people across BC. Now is the time to support those most vulnerable to the pandemic, who have been consistently and systematically failed by neoliberal institutions and austerity politics for decades.
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