CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃

Carnegie Community Action Project |

Working for housing, income and justice in the #DTES 在 #溫市東端 為住屋，收入及公義工作

[CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 @CCAPdtes]

2017 was the worst year for homeless Downtown Eastside (DTES) residents since the Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) began doing annual housing and hotel reports in 2008. Last year 500 tenants were evicted from their homes. Keep reading here: https://t.co/nPFq2gUfYG

[CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 @CCAPdtes]

“Home is where the heart is”: new music video release from Strathcona Park tent city by music composer Tenshun tha Stressed One.

https://t.co/eb1VFeyTrd

“Between love relationships, devastating losses, losing my family and watching others struggle - I see a life less obvious.”

[Stanley Q Woodvine @sqwabb]

Today, @fionaeyork of @CCAPdtes has emailed a press release detailing awful SRO "#housing" @BCHousing has offered 1 of the #homeless campers in #StrathconaPark. Shameful!

"I will not stay here. I will sleep in my tent until I find something better.” #Vancouver #AfrordableHousing

[CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 @CCAPdtes]

@chatrmobile why is there no service at this number? 6046887684

[Pivot Legal Society @pivotlegal]

"There can be no getting back to normal... Normal was more than 235,000 Canadians per year homeless and at life-threatening risk for no other reason than they were without a home.”

https://t.co/AISOigIbBP

[CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 @CCAPdtes]

We need supporters on site to witness, escort, and refer residents to help as much as possible throughout today and tomorrow. RSVP here if you're able to help: https://t.co/rrgEnmtT3T

[CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 @CCAPdtes]

𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗕 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬
CRAB Park tent city, home to over 125 people who find community, safety and support organized around a 24-hour sacred fire, may be evicted as soon as this weekend.

[CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 @CCAPdtes]

CCAP's Erica Grant will be speaking on Housing webinar TONIGHT along with former UN Rapporteur on Adequate Housing @leilanifarha. Starting in 15 minutes!

[The Shift @Make_TheShift]

There's still time to register for tonight's webinar hosted by @TheLeap_Org with @leilanifarha, Erica Grant from @CCAPdtes and @kateljacobson, moderated by Geordie Dent.

[CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 @CCAPdtes]

Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights names CCAP as one of 6 groups in the country doing great work on homelessness.

@CLAIHR outlines the #HumanRights issues in #Canada linked to #Covid19 https://t.co/iV2sameQF7

[Nathan Crompton @natecrompton]

Oppenheimer Park residents and supporters lead squat action to create emergency housing during COVID-19

[Anne Roberts @anne_roberts_bc]

@CCAPdtes Gov'ts across N. Am. started securing hotel rooms to house homeless weeks ago. Modelling by University College London found more cost-effective than treating individuals in hospital. Why wait until virus spreads thru DTES? https://t.co/x2rk6plHWm

[West Coast LEAF @WestCoast_LEAF]

"For weeks, inmates, correctional officers & penal reform advocates have been sounding the alarm that #Canada's #prisons are sorely underprepared for the arrival of #COVID19. " 25 essential minutes from @FrontBurnerCBC, full of voices of people in prison. https://t.co/iJdRpatVl9

[CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 @CCAPdtes]

"Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different...We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas..."

[John Cusack @johncusack]

As usual Roy says it better than anyone else could - capitalism is the crisis
Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal’ https://t.co/Hkkmz2tt5X

[CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 @CCAPdtes]

"You can't stay home if you don't have a home. You can't self-isolate if you live in a shelter with dozens of other folks on mats beside you." - @JeanSwanson_ #COVID19DTES #vanpoli

[Derrick O’Keefe @derrickokeefe]

Jean Swanson: House people who are homeless in hotels now https://t.co/ZG2Eq7xD6J #vanpoli #bcpoli #COVID2019 #HousingForAll

[CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 @CCAPdtes]

'Fiona York, co-ordinator with the Carnegie Community Action Project, is now calling on the city to close a section of East Hastings Street to traffic so there is more room for people to space themselves out.' https://t.co/Wi3LT9687H #vanpoli #DTES

[CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 @CCAPdtes]

@bctoday Fiona York would like to speak to you if you're still interested. We can connect you with her contact info.

[CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 @CCAPdtes]

Petition: House the House the Homeless in Hotels Now! Sign and share. https://t.co/Q95PO2S3nj #vanpoli

[Frances Bula @fabulavancouver]

Somehow I only just learned today that almost every hotel in Vancouver is closed.

[DTESresponse @DteSresponse]

We want to communicate you with.

Sign up now for community updates and info on emerging needs #DTESresponse #COVD19DTES ♥️

https://t.co/sgflgBEhmj

[DTESresponse @DteSresponse]

We are a coordinated effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the DTES.

This unprecedented threat must not disproportionately harm the most vulnerable in our communities.

If you want to help, pls chip in $5 to help meet the immediate needs 👇🏽

https://t.co/OiEaR04VUj

[CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 @CCAPdtes]

CALLING FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR OPPENHEIMER PARK AND THOSE UNHOUSED!

Department of Health Canada and City of Vancouver: Prioritize a COVID-19 Protection Plan for the Homeless - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/lNzQJqJCuT via @CdnChange

[CCAP 加麗基社區行動計劃 @CCAPdtes]

FINAL WORKSHOP! Please join us for the LAST event in our legal education series this Friday, March 6 from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM. This event is FREE and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

Many thanks to all participants and our guest speakers. Hope to see you there!