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I am happy to be participating in the Connect show sponsored by the City of Vancouver, the Gathering Place and Coast Mental Health. I consider downtown Vancouver a part of my community as well as inspiration for my personal social advocacy. There is amazing physical beauty in the city, however amongst the sea, mountain and skyskrapers are personal stories of survival that are truly inspiring. These stories aren’t likely to make the front page of mass media, or have the provocative nature for a viral exposure.
Astonishingly, many of the artists in this show are either still homeless, or have been at one point, accounting for almost half the artists in the exhibition. The expression of individual struggles requires courage but the opportunity for the public to see it takes a community to make it happen.
Jeanne Krabbendam, artist and one of the organizers of the show states, “I am excited about combining artists and art from people who use social services in the Downtown South with residents, small business employees and others connected to the Downtown South of Vancouver,” If you are in town for the Winter games in Vancouver, the exhibit is open February 6th to 28th, daily 1pm-8pm and March 1st to 20th, Wednesday to Saturday 1pm-6pm.
http://coastmentalhealth.com/artshow.html
Vancouver Tent City tales and tunes
February 22, 2010 in Commentary | Tags: J Peachy, vancouver 2010, homelessness, winter olympics, vanoc, concord pacific, Ryan Fletcher, tuesday night live | by J Peachy | 3 comments
Ryan Fletcher and I down at the Red Tent City in Vancouver DTES. A tent city was erected in one of downtown Vancouver’s empty lots on Monday Feb 15th. The lot owned by Concord Pacific was intended to be a parking lot for VANOC vehicles during the games has been occupied by members of the community. As of Wednesday Feb 17 there were about 200 people staying at the tent site and a statement to the number of homeless in Vancouver and the call for more low income and social housing within the city. We spoke with some of the people in tent city, their views on the protest and how the homeless have been treated with the games in town.
Nestor, our media liason at the site, shares his observations on what has been happening over the past few days. (2:11)
Rick and John’s thought on Tent City (5:16)
Stella August on women and the Downtown East Side (5:03)
Derick a musician who is staying in tent city, plays a tune in the street (1:59)
Stuart Richardson Programmer and Host of the CJSF Program Latin Waves, interviews Rick, one of Vancouvers working homeless
Ryan Fletcher attends the Tent City Press Conference and hears the passionate pleas from the community. (23:51)
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