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Hope in Shadows 2009

 

 
Pivot Post 6 The Pivot Post
Spring 2008 issue

Read Issue 6 of the newsletter. Articles in this issue include: Lost in the System - Pivot releases report on B.C.'s Child Welfare System, Essay Winners Give Insight into Housing Crisis, Hope in Shadows book to be launched in April, Hope in Shadows calendar sells out, New Blog about the Olympics and Homelessness.

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Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is the poorest neighbourhood in Canada.

 

Advocating change
By John Richardson, Executive Director, Pivot Legal Society
Founded in late 2000, Pivot Legal Society is a leading advocate for marginalized people such as drug addicts, sex trade workers and the homeless... [more]
Pour une avancée sociale
Le co-fondateur de Pivot, John Richardson, écrit au sujet de ce que Pivot espère accomplir.


Broken Promises report with authors Darcie Bennett and Lobat Sadreshemi

Broken Promises report authors Darcie Bennett and Lobat Sadrehashemi holding the new report with Amanda Rose from the Kettle Friendship Society.

An interview with report author

Pivot’s latest report, Broken Promises - Parents Speak about B.C.’s Child Welfare System was launched at the Carnegie Community Centre on February 20. After 18 months of research including hours or interviewing parents, Darcie Bennett talks to Katja Clark about the report. [more]

 

David EbyBig wins for housing campaign
Even before the B.C. provincial government announced the investment of $80 million by purchasing Single Room Occupancy (SRO) residential hotels, Pivot’s housing campaign had celebrated some big wins in the first few months of 2007...

De grandes victoires pour la campagne de logement




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