OneCity Vancouver is hiring an Executive Director!
Come work with us if you believe in building a city where city workers are paid a living wage, we take climate action seriously, & we restore accountability to City Hall.
A city where we all belong.
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Is the ABC Vancouver School Board doing its job? We’ve graded them! Read OneCity's VSB Report Card and learn more about the governance happening out of public view.
✏️ https://t.co/flA0SQkKaH
What grades are you giving the VSB under @Vote4ABC?
@RoryAEBrown and I may not have been elected to The School Board in the 2022 election but we are still watching them do their work (or not do their work as the case may be!).
Click through for our report card of the Vancouver School Board - inspired by @pattibacchus!
The BCTF is in full support of the government’s announcement to fund before and after care on school grounds in three districts. Our members have families and struggle to find childcare just like many others in BC. See our statement here:
https://t.co/6peq4UFM65 #bcpoli#bced
It seems the @vsb39 only has one trustee willing to do the work to support students and those who teach and support them. Thank you @reddyforchange! #vanpoli (and shame on the others).
Last night's Emergency Seder in the Street in NYC was a powerful embodiment of the spirit of Passover.
The Guardian published the text of my speech:
"Exodus from Zionism"
https://t.co/uvwstjwAwP
OneCity's Krista Sigurdson speaks to "crisis-level" staffing shortages under ABC leadership.
"Parents just want teachers to be supported."
#bced#vanpoli#vancouver
https://t.co/eg6EGOAAcT
Wow! @VSB39 is asking parents to rank kids who face barriers above one another in their budget survey. Is this a human rights violation?? #vanpoli#bcpoli
"From the list, please select one you would most prioritize:"
1. A #vanpoli cautionary tale about selling public assets/land: In 2016 the BC Libs' education minster @Mike_A_Bernier pressured the @VSB39 to sell part of all of the Kingsgate Mall property and to use sale proceeds to balance its operating budget. .../2
The recent abuse of local government authority to forcibly displace unhoused people is a reminder of just how powerful local government is. Let’s remember that this action was a political choice made by ABC Mayor Sim. In -20 degree weather, I know we can do better. #vanpoli
Even now, in the middle of possibly the worst moment since 1948, there are groups of Palestinians and Jews working to forge a future together. Because there's no other future. Any word or action that helps these people move forward is good. Anything that pulls us apart is bad.
Veteran Haaretz journalist Amira Hass has reported from the Occupied Palestinian Territories for decades and says the Israeli public is "drunk with the will to take revenge" on Palestinians, spurred on by a far-right government dominated by "extreme fascist settlers."
While supporting his family in Guatemala packing cucumbers in Abbotsford, Jeffry Hernández says he faced abuse, was paid under minimum wage and was housed in cramped quarters. He’s not the only one. @zakvescera reports. #BCLab 🍎
https://t.co/gYEPQ9Gsqj