Campaign Overview for Pivot in 2009 and 2010
By John Richardson, Executive Director, Pivot Legal Society
Vancouver, January 4, 2010 - It certainly was a wild 2009! And 2010 is looking to even wilder [more]
Hubbard family demands police accountability
Vancouver, December 18, 2009 - The daughters of Michael Vann Hubbard have rejected an investigation by Abbottsford police of the shooting by two VPD officers of their father, on March 20, 2009.
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Hubbard family files complaint against VPD Chief for undermining investigation
Vancouver, December 14, 2009 - The daughters of Michael Vann Hubbard have filed a complaint against Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu over his improper disclosure of a Memorandum relating to the police shooting of their father by two Vancouver Police Officers on March 20, 2009, resulting in Michael Hubbard’s death. [more]
Methadone patients protected
Vancouver, December 2, 2009 - Tenants evicted from Downtown Eastside SRO hotel have won a a re-hearing of their case and an opportunity to seek damages for illegal evictions. [more]
DVBIA must pay Pivot
Vancouver, November 9, 2009 - Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association engaged in "improper conduct" says Tribunal, and had significant impact on integrity of Tribunal process. [more]
Assistance to Shelter Act will hurt, not help, say advocates and shelter providers
Vancouver, November 5, 2009 - Pivot Legal Society and a coalition of advocacy groups and shelter providers today released a letter to Housing Minister Rich Coleman denouncing the proposed Assistance to Shelter Act, which would allow police to detain homeless people and use force to compel them into shelters. [more]
Train to be a legal observer for 2010 Olympics!
Pivot Legal Society and the BC Civil Liberties Association have teamed up to train legal observers for the 2010 Olympic Games, and we hope you will get involved!
Double victory for Pivot in SRO battle
B.C. College of Pharmacists and Attorney General side with Pivot to create legal protections for methadone patients living in Downtown Eastside hotels
Vancouver, October 29, 2009 – The B.C. College of Pharmacists and the B.C. Attorney General have taken legal positions with Pivot Legal Society against infamous pharmacist and hotel owner George Wolsey, who earlier this year evicted two tenants who refused to buy methadone from him. [more]
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Photo by Nick Procaylo, The Province
Hope in Shadows book editors nominated for B.C. Book Prize
Vancouver, March 12, 2009 – Editors Brad Cran and Gillian Jerome have been nominated for the B.C. Book Prize: Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize to recognize the authors of the book that contributes most to the enjoyment and understanding of British Columbia. [more]
Vancouver, February 23, 2009 - Free legal workshops by Pivot Legal LLP lawyers were announced as the Pivot legal firm launched its new website at www.pivotlegal.com
Pivot Legal LLP, a social enterprise of Pivot Legal Society, was established in 2006. Pivot Legal LLP’s mission is to provide quality, affordable legal representation to individuals and organizations. [more] | |
An end to homelessness is possible.
After years of government apathy and neglect that has left Canada with an affordable housing crisis, Pivot has launched HOMELESSNESS IS OVER! (if you want it)
See Pivot's YouTube video!
Photographers "human rights ambassadors"
2010 Hope in Shadows calendar launched
Vancouver, October 13, 2009. "You should be proud in your part as human rights ambassadors," Pivot Legal Society executive director John Richardson said to the photographers at the seventh annual Hope in Shadows Award ceremony and calendar launch this morning. [more]
Go to Hope in Shadows website
PAST EVENTS
A Not So Silent Night!
Date: Saturday Dec 5, 9pm to 4am
Location: Open Studios, 252 East 1st
DJs: K-Tel, Hebegebe, Foxy Moron and Vinyl Ritchie
Visuals: Technomorph
All proceed to Pivot! View poster
Pivot Annual General Meeting
 Featuring guest speaker Dr. Evan Wood presenting on drug policy, harm reduction and crack cocaine use.
All welcome!
Where: 112 West Hastings Street
When: November 25, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.
Who: All members and interested members of the public are welcome
Cost: Free [more]
Sex Workers, Clients and the Law
You are cordially invited to a FIRST Public Forum on November 23, 2009
VANCOUVER — Moderated by Madam Scarlett Lake, this public forum sponsored by FIRST will provide the public with an opportunity to learn about the men who buy sex, the experiences of sex workers with their clients, and why neither sex workers nor their clients should be criminalized.
Date: Monday, November 23, 2009
Time: Doors open: 6:30 p.m. Forum: 7 – 9 pm
Location: Vancouver Public Library, 350 W. Georgia, Alma Van Dusen & Peter Kay rooms
Admission by donation
Video (10 mins):
"A Swedish sex worker on the criminalization of clients" (Pye Jacobssen)
Speakers:
Chris Atchison, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Simon Fraser University. Topic: "John's Voice"
Trina Ricketts, BC Coalition of Experiential Communities; Naked Truth (nakedtruth.ca). Topic: "Trade Secrets" - Results of interviews with clients and sex workers
Jody Salerno, BC/Yukon Society of Transition Houses. Topic: "The clients who paid me"
Katrina Pacey, Pivot Legal Society. Topic: "Why Decriminalize Prostitution?"
Passion for Justice Extravaganza and Auction
We at Pivot are very pleased to invite you and your friends to the 7th Annual Passion for Justice Extravaganza and Auction, at the B.C. Supreme Courthouse. [more]
Moveon movie hosted by Pivot
Vancouver, September 18, 2009 - The first Canadian screening of MoveOn: The Movie – the new feature-length documentary focused on the revolutionary history of the biggest progressive grass-roots movement seen in the United States since the 1960s, was hosted by Pivot at the SFU Harbour Centre yesterday.
The movie, hosted in partnership with the BC Health Coalition, is about how a small group of committed people has inspired millions of Americans to create a new form of citizen engagement and reinvent American politics.
Justice Rocks
Fusing pop culture and social change
Strathcona Park, Saturday August 29, 2009
Time: 2 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Description
On-site skate demos, silk screening and of course some of the hottest music on the scene... Featuring Jess Hill, Cris Derksen, BMP (Rup Sidhu, Nadia Chaney, Tarun Nayer), The Living Room, The Beauties, Greenbelt Collective, The Heard and more...
visit www.justicerocks.org
Vancouver, April 6, 2009 - Pivot Legal Society joined thousands of Vancouverites on the Grand March for Housing on Saturday. [more]
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