Resident rally to protect homeless in Vancouver park
No police sweeps occurred this morning but Pivot Legal Society says it intends to challenge any tickets issued under a city by-law restricting camping on city land.
[CTV, July 18, 2008]

HUMAN RIGHTS
Safe-street program under attack
Security initiative marginalizes poor and homeless, complaint to rights tribunal states
The complainants - Pivot Legal Society, the United Native Nations and the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users - are calling on the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal to force the city and the business association to cease the program, ensure their staff receive "appropriate anti-discrimination training" and pay up to 1,000 homeless people $20 each as a token financial compensation.
[Globe and Mail, July 18, 2008]

Groups file human rights complaint over treatment of Vancouver's homeless
The complaint by the Pivot Legal Society, the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users and the United Native Nations claims the guards discriminate based on the disabilities of addiction and mental illness.
[Canadian Press, July 17, 2008]

Pivot Legal Society files human rights complaint over homeless treatment
Pivot Legal Society, VANDU and the United Native Nations have filed a human rights complaint against the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association and Civil City Commissioner Geoff Plant, according to a news release.
[Vancouver Sun, July 17, 2008]

Rights complaint launched on behalf of Vancouver's homeless
The complainants – Pivot Legal Society, the United Native Nations and the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users – are calling on the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal to force the city and the business association to cease the program, ensure their staff receive “appropriate anti-discrimination training” and pay up to 1,000 homeless people $20 each as a token financial compensation.
[Globe and Mail, July 17, 2008]

Civil City program gives itself a pat on the back
Pivot Legal Society lawyer Laura Track said six months is not enough time to gauge progress of a makeover for the myriad problems underlying public safety for everyone, including the marginalized.
[Vancouver Sun, July 11, 2008]

Lawyer seeks nod for city council
David Eby, a lawyer with the Pivot Legal Society and an outspoken advocate for the poor in the Downtown Eastside, announced Thursday he's planning to run for a spot on city council.
[Vancouver Sun, July 11, 2008]

Eby eyes council
Outspoken housing advocate and Pivot Legal Society lawyer David Eby is ready to make the jump to city hall.
[24 Hours, July 11, 2008]

Pivot lawyer courts Vision nomination
Eby won't be the spokesperson for Pivot Legal Society during the nomination run and he'll take a leave from the organization if he succeeds in winning a Vision nomination and a municipal seat.
[Vancouver Courier, July 11, 2008]

The NPA has lost its incumbent mayor. Is it about to lose a loyal councillor, too?
PUSHED INTO ACTION
For David Eby, the youngest and newest aspirant to Vancouver City Council, the tipping point was a motion two months ago to give beleaguered residents of the Downtown Eastside more information on what is happening in their rapidly changing community.
[Globe and Mail, July 11, 2008]

Hooking safe sex
Young's constitutional challenge is expected to go to court next year, as is another one launched by Vancouver's Pivot Legal Society.
[Edmonton Sun, July 4, 2008]

Tenants' rights spelled out for Downtown Eastside's poor
The Pivot Legal Society distributed 5,000 Tenant Rights Cards in the Downtown Eastside yesterday.
[The Province, July 4, 2008]

Cop calls for backup in fight against homelessness
Lemcke attended the board meeting to respond to a letter Pivot Legal Society sent to Sullivan that raised concerns over police targeting the homeless.
[Vancouver Courier, June 25, 2008]

Pivot Legal Society lawyer opposes ticketing homeless
Writing in his blog on February 4, Pivot Legal Society lawyer David Eby recalled that he had seen Mickasko the week before, and that the 47-year-old Edmonton native had asked if he knew of a place he could rent.
[Georgia Straight, June 19, 2008]

Hundreds line Vancouver Downtown Eastside street to join photo contest
"It basically touches everybody in the Downtown Eastside," said John Richardson of PIVOT Legal Society, a homeless advocacy group that founded the project six years ago.
[Canadian Press, June 8, 2008]

Residents from Vancouver Downtown Eastside participate in photo contest
A non-profit legal group in Vancouver is passing out 200 disposable cameras to residents in the city's troubled Downtown Eastside. [INCLUDES VIDEO]
[The Cape Breton Post, June 7, 2008]

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