Joint letter from 15 organizations expressing deep concern about Vancouver City Council motion for CCTV cameras.
By 
Sozan Savehilaghi |
Apr 26, 2022 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
Apr 26, 2022 |
The Pivot Blog
Poverty and social exclusion from services are not inevitable. Rather than contributing to stigma-driven, reactive policies which have long harmed residents in the DTES, Canada Post can help prevent further harm.
By Sozan Savehilaghi |
Apr 25, 2022 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
Apr 25, 2022 |
Next week, City Council will receive the Report on the Vancouver Police Board Budget Increase. We’re asking our allies to sign up to speak or write in support of Council Member Jean Swanson’s Motion “Rejecting the Increase to the 2021 Police Budget.”
By 
Meenakshi Mannoe |
Apr 08, 2022 |
Meenakshi Mannoe |
Apr 08, 2022 |
Pivot Legal Society's Staff Lawyer, Caitlin Shane, wrote a letter to the Canadian Minister for Mental Health and Addictions, Carolyn Bennett, outlining how low threshold quantities, if set too low, "will undermine the goals of decriminalization", while also causing more harm to the people who use drugs.
By 
Caitlin Shane |
Mar 17, 2022 |
Caitlin Shane |
Mar 17, 2022 |
Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA) harms sex workers; the people it claims to protect. Pivot and PACE Society wrote to the Standing Committee and will be presenting today calling for a repeal to laws that criminalize sex workers.
By Sozan Savehilaghi |
Mar 01, 2022 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
Mar 01, 2022 |
Today marks the 1st anniversary of the VPD killing of Chester. This year, Pivot is supporting members of the Defund 604 Network and VANDU, who are coming together to mark the first anniversary of his murder.
By Meenakshi Mannoe |
Jan 05, 2022 |
Meenakshi Mannoe |
Jan 05, 2022 |
Call for donations due to the recent raids and arrests of Indigenous land defenders at the unarmed Gidimt’en checkpoint to address the legal costs of the individuals going to court.
By Sozan Savehilaghi |
Dec 13, 2021 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
Dec 13, 2021 |
BC and Vancouver have each applied to decriminalize simple drug possession. Neither model is perfect, but how do they compare?
By Caitlin Shane |
Dec 09, 2021 |
Caitlin Shane |
Dec 09, 2021 |
Leading human rights and public health organizations release national drug decriminalization platform for Canada.
By Sozan Savehilaghi |
Dec 09, 2021 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
Dec 09, 2021 |
BC Provincial Court’s recent decision of R v Ellis marks a departure from harsh sentencing ranges for street-based fentanyl dealers. We know that a different approach is needed—the Court listened.
By Caitlin Shane |
Dec 07, 2021 |
Caitlin Shane |
Dec 07, 2021 |
Meenakshi Mannoe & Kit Rothschild want City of Vancouver to reinvest 50% of the police budget into community-led crisis response and peer-led systems of care.
By Meenakshi Mannoe |
Nov 30, 2021 |
Meenakshi Mannoe |
Nov 30, 2021 |
Researcher and policy analyst Chuka Ejeckam distinguishes public safety from police spending, as these concepts are often conflated.
By 
Chuka Ejeckam |
Nov 29, 2021 |
Chuka Ejeckam |
Nov 29, 2021 |
Defund 604 Network releases 6 demands to build safe, health and sustainable communities for all with release of results of the 2021 People’s Budget in advance of 2022 police budget deliberations.
By Sozan Savehilaghi |
Nov 22, 2021 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
Nov 22, 2021 |
Pivot Legal Society letter to City of Dawson Creek: Proposed amendment to zoning bylaw prevents access to life saving harm reduction services.
By Sozan Savehilaghi |
Nov 19, 2021 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
Nov 19, 2021 |
We urge Council to take this opportunity to begin addressing the City’s legacy of homelessness, eviction, displacement, and gentrification in the Downtown Eastside.
By Sozan Savehilaghi |
Nov 15, 2021 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
Nov 15, 2021 |