Samantha Pranteau - Dancing Water

Misipawistik Swampy Cree First Nations - Tenant Overdose Response Organizers Project Coordinator - DTES Community Organizer & Facilitator.

[Institute on Inequality & Democracy @ChallengeIneq]

“Each building that we work in has it’s very own ecosystem. We want to enhance and support and empower that ecosystem, wrap our arms around them and give them the love that they need.” @Vancitysam1 on the harm reduction work of @dtes_collab in Vancouver’s SROs. #UnequalCities

[Samantha Pranteau - Dancing Water @Vancitysam1]

From a TOROs "million-dollar view, and twenty-five cent room" Starr: "when I got hurt . . . it was like, I wanna give back again. I think that's what everybody *should* be doin'... is like, tryin' to help people. It's like, instead of hurtin' them."

[White Coat Black Art @cbcwhitecoat]

"I've saved somewhere between 750 and 800 people" - As a drug user and resident of a single-room occupancy hotel, Jeremy Bell helps to save his fellow residents from opioid overdoses.
https://t.co/KEW30S1h9S

[Samantha Pranteau - Dancing Water @Vancitysam1]

So proud of my mom, Raven Woman for having the courage to speak and present for the first time. She shared her 46 years of experience within the colonial healthcare system and how it continues to fail our Indigenous people. Speaking truth to power on the racism and stigma.